Thread: 8200 PRM Damage
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by vtec-y
how the crap does shifting at 5500 and not redline make you go faster?
i was told that vtec takes over around there plus you want to drop into the power band of the next gear. but i have been wrong many times

plz enlighten me

--andrew
His engine is non-VTEC, and those types of Honda engines have no power up top. Even on a VTEC engine you'll quickly lose torque nearing and past redline.
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