low gearing in my car

i have a honda civic 5spd an my car seams to be geared very low atleast to me

yesterday i was on the interstate and only going 65 and my car was pushing 5K in 5th gear

is there an easy way to fix this? or any way that i could do it myself?

thanks for your time

You could change the final drive gear.

Its not hard to do, but that all depends on your skill level and what you define as expensive.

something doesnt sound right ... 5k in 5th gear going 65mph? .. ive driven plenty of civics in various years and i have never seen that. it should be like 2-2.5k at 65.

Have you changed the tire size from stock ???

Your Civic is broken.

Yeah that don't sound right. Were you in third gear?

that would make more sense.

no i was in fifth gear i know i was i drove on the interstate again today and it ran better about 3K in 5th gear goin 65

yes i have 17in wheels with a low profile tire but this still seems as though i wouldn't be able to go very fast i want my civic to zoom

campbellsco wrote:

no i was in fifth gear i know i was i drove on the interstate again today and it ran better about 3K in 5th gear goin 65 yes i have 17in wheels with a low profile tire but this still seems as though i wouldn't be able to go very fast i want my civic to zoom

Sorry, but your RPM at a given speed in a given gear doesn't just happen to change. It's simply a gear ratio. Given the engine RMP and all the ratio's one can determine their speed. I'm willing to bet that you were in 3rd and not in 5th.

The clutch could be slipping to cause this to happen. If it is, you should smell a bad, burnt odor.

My guess is he was smoking some really good stuff... Did you notice and floating green leprachauns while you were driving? I bet they tinkered with your transmission... *grin*

What was the stock tire size , versus the new tires ???

campbellsco wrote:

no i was in fifth gear i know i was i drove on the interstate again today and it ran better about 3K in 5th gear goin 65 yes i have 17in wheels with a low profile tire but this still seems as though i wouldn't be able to go very fast i want my civic to zoom

it would take quite a bit to make it "zoom"

lol great thread.

wouldnt take much, just some NOS stickers on an extra vtec or 2 or around. and a light u shift knob

Yellow Nos stickers add 20 MORE horses

take it to 9 grand. It's cool hondas can handle that.

robbie wrote:

take it to 9 grand. It's cool hondas can handle that.

Chevy made a pushrod engine that can handle 8500rpm.

I would bet you were in third gear as the RPM would not change based on the day.

If you are looking for a higher top speed and sacrifice power off the line then gear down./

If you want more power off the line and a lower top speed (ie higher RPM on freeway) then gear up to a higher gear ratio

Your civic should not do 5K rpm at 6500 unless someone has put in a higher gear in the car before you got it.

PwrRngr wrote:

robbie wrote: take it to 9 grand. It's cool hondas can handle that. Chevy made a pushrod engine that can handle 8500rpm.

Stock Z06's red line at 7000 with a rev limiter of 7100rpm....imagine after some head work.....

corvettecrazy wrote:

PwrRngr wrote: robbie wrote: take it to 9 grand. It's cool hondas can handle that. Chevy made a pushrod engine that can handle 8500rpm. Stock Z06's red line at 7000 with a rev limiter of 7100rpm....imagine after some head work.....

That's the engine I'm talking about. The LS7 (which is in C6 Z06) has been tested up to 8500 rpm (no power up there due to cam and intake). That's a lot of rpm's for a BIG V8 and not a little 4 banger.

Yeah... lemme get a liter 'a cola...