I just went to the track and I am now reviewing the tapes. My first and second gears are good, but my third seems like it takes forever to finiish. Can somebody tell me what I should do. Its embarrising when you take somebody out through the first two gears and cant finish them of in the third. I can even feel that there is not much power there.

Please help

Your help is greatly appreciated!!

 

the problem with civics is they tach out quick through firs and second, but in 3rd they go into econo mode. 3rd gear is pretty long. the only thing to do to shorten it up is a new tranny with a shorter 3rd gear.

 

do you think a cam gear would help. I can advance the timing

 

It's a matter of gear ratio, not power. Your options are to get a shorter, more evenly geared transmission, or to put the smallest wheel with the shortest tire you can find on it to lower your roll-out gearing.

 

put some 13's on that booger. or swap out your third for a better one.

 

what do you mean about swaping out the third for a better one.
What about if I would take the rev limiter out and rev it up to 8000rpm and then I will land at a higher rpm in third gear.
What are you comments about this?

Thanks Again for all your help

 

revving the shizer out of that motre is never the solution. My suggestion...buy a GsR swap, they pull in 5th harder than your car does in 3rd. My cheaper suggestion, look into some of those older trannys from the glory days of d-series. The ZC had a pretty tight tranny, as did the Si CRX (the old school style), but I'm not sure if they'd bolt up. I don't see why they wouldn't though, anyone know for sure?
BTW: what did you run?

 

Any D series would bolt up.. but you'd have to content with them being a cable tranny (which isnt such a big deal anymore). I'm 90% sure a ZC tranny would bolt up, but its a cable tranny. (like i said not such a big deal these days) ... maybe CRXer can verify the ZC fitament.

Even the USDM GS-R's have a pretty mild geared tranny.. the best thing you can do in that situation is:

(on a B swap w/gsr tranny)
keep 1-2 .. swap 3-4 with a ITR gears, and put an LS 5th in. .. you have a nice hybrid tranny with very good gearing 1-4 and 5th is so long your top speed is: ridiculous.

 

The ZC tranny bolts up I'm like 90% sure, but probably an easier solution would be an 88-91 Si gearbox, which should let you keep your original axles instead of tracking down a ZC midshaft and axles.