Really? Is that the engine that comes in the 04's?

 

I dynod at 220 to the wheels...and it was a hot day. Was mine a freak too?

You sir... are a Doofus. That Sarcasm is as Neccesary as side exhaust on my s2k...

The rubber isn't wider. We have the same width tire as they do.

 

Agreed! I'll be interested to read what you come up with.

FWIW, I ran my car to redline in third while coming up a freeway on ramp. I was not on the floor, just accelerated until the redline started flashing. The fuel cutof point was never reached. My speed was about 80 mph and on shifting to forth, the tach was showing 6300 to 6400 rpm which is well above the 6000 VTEC engagement point.

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

 

Really? I'm not trying to be smart here, just asking. I remember reading it somewhere, on this forum I think, that the rear tires on the MY04's were "around" 1 to 1.5 inches wider than the previous models.

Any of you folks with access to a stock '04 and a stock '00 to '03 care to put a ruler to it?

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

 

Really? Where's the dyno sheet with side by side comparison to an 00-03 on the same day back to back?

Doofus?? Coming from someone with Sonic as their avatar and a freak tendency to capatilize random words, I think I'll take that quite lightly. You sir...are too cool for me.

 

Yep, that's the way it should be. According to the gear calculator at http://www.reverendsgarage.net/index.php?c..._calculator.php (you'll have to manually input the '04 gearing specs) it's only the 1st to 2nd shift that lands you below 6000. Since the gearing is tighter for the later gears, all the shifts land you at or above 6000.

The graph indicates that we can hit a max of 38.9mph at 8200rpm in first. So what RPM does 39mph get us in 2nd?

 

I have pictures of '03 wheel/tires next to 04 ones... I'll see about uploading them. The '04s are a bit wider in the rear, but the fronts are suprisingly similar. (This doesn't really show tread width, however - it's more a function of the sidewalls, you know?)

 

Its cool. Im going off what i had once heard. Sorry if it came off wrong, following my other two remarks, i can see where you gathered that i was going off on you.


Will my dyno sheet, and another person's dyno sheet. On the same dame be sufficient...Not sure i went right after him.

Im sure the sonic revealed so much about my personality and Intelligence. Please don't hurt my feelings like that ...your cutting too deep.

That Sir... Went without saying.


Ill get my dynos for ya real soon. That way you can come with an all new reason to throw out dry sarcastic comments.

 

So what would we need to do to kep it above or at 6,000 RPM from 1st to 2nd. Change VTEC engage ment or change the gearing? I know we can shift from 1st to 2nd and keep it in VTEC but changing it to make it easy/better would be a good thing I think.

 

Using a VAFC to lower engagement to 5500 is what I'm thinking. Any mechanical change would be way too difficult.