Originally Posted by
Jafro
Learning to drive with this transmission on any variety of torqueless d-series engines can be challenging, but once you figure out that if you keep it wound up (like an early S2000) to make enough power to get out of its own way, it's extremely driveable, and in some cases even advantageous due to the lack of shifting needed.
Driving like this does worse things to your mileage than just having some usable power, IMO. Believe me, I drove a stock vx drivetrain for over 4 years, and I learned how to make it go... basically just wail on it in 1st-3rd gear, skip 4th and put it in 5th ONLY on flat or downhill highway. I didn't see a noticeable drop in mileage going from a stock vx setup to a stock b16a setup... mainly because I could shift at a reasonable rpm without holding up the old-folks busses. :hsugh: :edit: I also made an effort to keep the highway speeds legal, which I generally don't do.
Granted, I live at over a mile elevation, and frequently drive up to 10k feet going to WP or Copper, so I guess my experience should be taken with a grain of salt
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