Do I have a proplem?

[PoohBEAR]

I can't seem to keep my RPM under 5K, the RM exhaust and the intake sounds soOooO good....is this bad for the car? Who else is having this issue? Do I have a problem?

 

[SaberX]

Seriously... WOT at 5k + especially VTEC engagement is so awesome. I roll the windows down, and just soak up that sound... I miss it when I'm driving normally.... ;-) And yes, if loving VTEC is wrong, I don't want to be right!

 

[coolnsx]

Pooh, bring it out to Palomar tomorrow and we'll check it out.

 

[nsxtasy]

Keeping the revs high is not bad for the car. The main downside is that it will use more gasoline than lower revs.

 

[brahtw8]

Keeping the revs high is not bad for the car. The main downside is that it will use more gasoline than lower revs.

There was a guy on the VTEC.net forums that said the NSX gets 30 mpg on the highway. I told him that was a bit high, and in any event I didn't know any NSX owner with that kind of self control . . .

 

[ncdogdoc]

There was a guy on the VTEC.net forums that said the NSX gets 30 mpg on the highway. I told him that was a bit high, and in any event I didn't know any NSX owner with that kind of self control . . .

I have gotten 30mpg on the highway, with a passenger!

But you are right, it is tough to maintain that steady pace for very long

 

[nsxtasy]

There was a guy on the VTEC.net forums that said the NSX gets 30 mpg on the highway. I told him that was a bit high, and in any event I didn't know any NSX owner with that kind of self control . . .

I've gotten 30 mpg on the highway, driving to the racetrack - and around 9 mpg on the racetrack itself.

 

[brahtw8]

I know it is possible, but nobody seems to be able to control themselves to sustain it for very long.

 

[NSXDreamer2]

what's the rpm you guys keeping

in order to get 30mpg?

I would have guessed smooth acceleration with just enough gas given + NO heel and toe downshifting, and shift to highest gear without lugging the engine...

what else?? I'm all for saving gas, since I DO felt gulity for my 8-10 mpg on track day...

BTW, I'll be happy if I can get 25 mpg in everyday commute, I'm still averaging from 21 to 23 mpg...

 

[goldNSX]

On long term average I get 26.5 mpg. The minimum was 27 mpg. What is important to save fuel is to push the throttle 3/4 on very low revs as the engine works efficiently under this circumstance. As a Sunday driver I'll get the torque from about 1400 rpm and shift it at 2000 to the next gear. About 2 % of my rev go beyond 3000 rpm and about 0.1 % to 8000 rpm. So I'm still having fun
and no complaining girlfriend (very important!)

But I even consider 25 mpg as very economic.

Greetings,
Thomas

 

[Joel]

Is it bad to VTEC the car in 2nd gear? I usually do it in 3rd.

 

[brahtw8]

Is it bad to VTEC the car in 2nd gear? I usually do it in 3rd.

What do you mean?

 

[paladin]

Is it bad to VTEC the car in 2nd gear? I usually do it in 3rd.

Yea, i'm not sure what you mean by this. 2nd is the gear i like to hit vtec in the most. WOOOOSH!
besides, vtec'ing in 3rd is bringing you in the neighborhood of 120mph right? Not alot of places you can do that one