some prelude owner has something to talk about

**predator** · 04-03-2006, 03:51 PM

i was out playing around and was in a double turning lane with a prelude... light turns green im on the inside... i get her striaghtened up... give her a lil gas... and shift to third...

well about 100 yards down the road i hear a loud... ummm best way to describe it is... braaaaeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuzzzzzzz... i see him comming up fast and b4 i can figure out what gear i need to hit he blows up on my door... i find 1st... hammer down and start to gain momentum... about that time i here waaaaa waaaa waaa waaaa.... DAMN IT!!! rev limiter... that damn thing was sooooooooo loud i couldnt hear the vette breathing through the corsas.... so i finally find 2nd, but by then he was letting off thinking he had done something...

about the time i get beside him to leak some of the fluids from his big head he turned into a parking lot...

moral of the story... i need a shift light...

-me

**jgriff** · 04-03-2006, 04:12 PM

.............Or practice shifting more? It'll save you a couple hundred.

**99Hugger** · 04-03-2006, 04:18 PM

Ouch... 3rd to 1st!? Shift light wont help miss shifts. Better check them push rods.

**ss~zoso~ss** · 04-03-2006, 04:31 PM

how fast were u goin when u hit up first gear?

**99Hugger** · 04-03-2006, 04:40 PM

Yea... thats what I was wondering. He said he gave it a little gas and shifted 3rd. So I'm guessing around 35-40mph? I'd never down shit to 1st gear from a roll, period.

I did go 6th to 2nd once at 80mph... was aiming for 4th! Bent 4 push rods. I was lucky that was it.

**predator** · 04-03-2006, 04:57 PM

i wasnt rolling (i had let up since i didnt think he was gonna try and i was actually about to hit second since i had to slow down for a truck that was gettign int he turning lane) but maybe low 20's (soo second really wouldnt have jumped on it)... tried my best to match rpms... and i didnt bump the limiter till what like 45 or 50... not really sure... had i been looking at the hud i would have noticed the tach...

and yes i do need more practice... especially since my clutch feels like its either on or off, which makes hills a bit of a challenge... especially when dumb asses in mercades like to try pin a peice of paper between my car and theirs...

-me

oh that brings me to point... can you really drive like cags wants you to? when im just barely going it tells me to shift to 4th... then i wind her up about 1500 more just to go to third... can you really hit 4th at like 7 miles an hour?

**third_shift|studios** · 04-03-2006, 05:45 PM

dude! skip-shift eliminator, it's 30$ and will make you a happy driver!

**predator** · 04-03-2006, 06:04 PM

i think it has it already... but the light still comes on... but it always comes on at like 2500 rpms in first gear... and goes off at like 3 grand... and tells me to shift to 4th...

-me

**91Z28** · 04-03-2006, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by 99Hugger

Yea... thats what I was wondering. He said he gave it a little gas and shifted 3rd. So I'm guessing around 35-40mph? I'd never down shit to 1st gear from a roll, period.

I did go 6th to 2nd once at 80mph... was aiming for 4th! Bent 4 push rods. I was lucky that was it.

I shoved it into first at about 40 before. I'll never do it again, it seemed like it was really tough on the drivetrain.