Originally posted by razorv3
i personally think its ok to manually shift through the gears as long as you have common sense and don't put it into d3 when you're going 90 mph. but although it will be ok, i hardly do it cus its not worth the extra effort and theres no need to act like you have a 5-spd. if you want a 5-spd that bad, do a tranny swap...
hehe.... 3rd gear is good for over 100mph
so when i used to race on the freeway, i could beat 5sp accords. the ecu wont let u downshift if its unsafe, but u can hit the rev limiter all day long if u leave it in low gear. when racing, i usually went about 250rpms into the red, then shifted. it kept the motor in vtec after the shift
btw if the gear selector is in d4, d3, d1, the car starts in 1st gear, so acceleration is the same (in 1st gear.) d2 starts in 2nd gear, great for snow driving.