4th gear, 97 prelude SI AUTO

is there any way to get more power out of the automatic preludes shifting into 4th, i have a big need for speed and the past 2 times i have shifted into 4th gear at about 7,000 rpms, it seems the car has no horsepower and no pull, the only thing i can think is that when i shift at 7,000 it doesnt seem like the VTEC is kicking in at 4th gear, any ideas, if i wait till about 7500 or so and shift and the VTEC is already engaging, do you think this would make a noticable difference? is it safe to run it to almost 8000 rpms? Also, is there a governer or restricter on the automatics??

Its not what u want to hear, but get a manual tranny! All manual ludes kick ass

is there any way to get more power out of the automatic preludes shifting into 4th, i have a big need for speed and the past 2 times i have shifted into 4th gear at about 7,000 rpms, it seems the car has no horsepower and no pull, the only thing i can think is that when i shift at 7,000 it doesnt seem like the VTEC is kicking in at 4th gear, any ideas, if i wait till about 7500 or so and shift and the VTEC is already engaging, do you think this would make a noticable difference? is it safe to run it to almost 8000 rpms? Also, is there a governer or restricter on the automatics??

Do you have a 97 prelude. Don't all 5th gen ludes have manual trans????
I was reading all the specs on all the lude built and they said N/A to automatice unless they just never tested them because they are weak and manual is way better IMO

No 5th gen ludes come in auto and manual, all come with the h22a vtec motor, at least thats how it is in can, i dont know if u.s. gets it diff. prolly not

OH ok dumb site i was looking at. Or maybe they didn't test the auto because they know it is worthless IMO. Thanks

i thought all preludes in 97 were 5th gens

92 to 96 - 4th gen
97 to 01 - 5th gen

all 5th gens do have an h22 here in US

the base lude comes in 5spd manual or with an automatic "sportshift" tranny that WILL die before the car hits 50k miles.

the TypeSH 5th gen only comes in 5spd manual and has ATTS

all 5th gens do have an h22 here in US

the base lude comes in 5spd manual or with an automatic "sportshift" tranny that WILL die before the car hits 50k miles.

the TypeSH 5th gen only comes in 5spd manual and has ATTS


really?
my 2000 SS lude hit 89K with still no hesitation, and my friends 97 SS Lude just turned 155K and he's been FI with the FMAX kit ( around 9 PSI ) for like half the time and it's still showing no probs
maybe we just got lucky, cause ive heard of bad bad things about Honda automatics, but personal experience tells me otherwise

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