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Mar 8, 2009 | 04:05 AM

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Domolution

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Originally Posted by distant_02

WOW. Another Honda hater....spell check is your friend. You just made my 'brian' hurt...

I rev match all the time....my original clutch is at 50k and still pulling strong...and it is safer to downshift than to put in into neutral .

Ohhhh.... you like Hondas?!?! Wanna mod my 2000 si? Wanna try to get 400whp with the B16a2 i have?

Mar 8, 2009 | 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Domolution

Ohhhh.... you like Hondas?!?! Wanna mod my 2000 si? Wanna try to get 400whp with the B16a2 i have?

Relax chief...all in fun....
And yes I love Hondas...I had a 99 si and loved modding it. 400whp on a b16a2 is blasphemy imo...

Mar 8, 2009 | 04:42 AM

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tell them to you tube and do their research. thats the most retarted thing ive heard.

Mar 8, 2009 | 04:42 AM

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brokeazzlos

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Originally Posted by guapoholic

I knew it.. but I had no solid proof or any actual explanation. They know their sh** I can't deny that.. but they all drive highly modded n/a Honda's and evidentally don't know too much about turbo charged motors. Can't wait to tell them they're wrong. They won't go with what I say unless I tell them like a certified Mitsu tech told me this so yeaaah

@RedDragon
Trust me I'm well aware of this which is why I found it so hard to believe, even coming from them who I've always taken advice from in the past. I'm not new to driving manual transmission cars I just know the Evo is a whole other realm compared to my previous cars so I just wanted to make sure.

It dont matter what kind of car it is, you can downshift. N/A or turbo what difference
does it make.

I love my Honda.

Mar 8, 2009 | 04:47 AM

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Skott2k

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Not only can you down shift, but in virginia its almost the fn law lol. you cant coast down hill, through an intersection, over railroad tracks (duh) etc. . . .in neutral.

Mar 8, 2009 | 05:07 AM

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sauce4u

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lol,its all funny

Mar 8, 2009 | 05:24 AM

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skyblas

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an amuse honda s2000 is a gd example of a very fast NA car...
dont bash honda
what about NSX...

Mar 8, 2009 | 07:20 AM

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I miss my Honda 00 Integra GSR. Will own another someday

Yes you can downshift. Your friends have no clue what they are talking bout

Mar 10, 2009 | 07:18 AM

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Been said before, but I'll reiterate, there is nothing wrong with down shifting and rev matching. I always do it. Esp since it sounds sexy when you do.

Mar 10, 2009 | 08:23 AM

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Ted B

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Originally Posted by guapoholic

...None of my friends have Evo's... none of them own a turbo car... yet they all insist I shouldn't downshift or rev match in my Evo...

Easy Solution - get new friends.

Mar 10, 2009 | 08:26 AM

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i might sound like a nooob but wtf is a revmatch

Mar 10, 2009 | 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BocaShula

i might sound like a nooob but wtf is a revmatch

1200+ posts and you don't know what rev matching is?

It's blipping the gas when downshifting to get the RPMs matched to where they should be for that gear at the speed you are going.

Mar 10, 2009 | 10:51 AM

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Owner manual says not to downshift like you would a ricer

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Originally Posted by guapoholic

.. but they all drive highly modded n/a Honda's

Would you believe the recommendations from a lawn mower modding enthusiast? Well, it's the same thing. All your doing is matching the disc with the pressure plate during a downshift, nothing special. Your Honda friends just enjoy the ricy irritating 120whp noise their 4"ID exhaust (with 2cm restrictor

) makes during a downshift, they dont want ya to take it away from them