Only evo have it down as slower... I read many articles about the DC5, some have the 0-60 booked as low as 5.6....and surely if people testing these and other places saying the same, why does the integra seem not to be as fast. Do they weigh a lot more?
Another point to note is that the Teg redlines at 8,500 RPM rather than 7,800 RPM in the civic. IIRC, the civic redlines in second at 58mph, meaning you have to change to third gear to hit 60mph, whereas you could theoretically make 60 in second gear in the teg. Those gear changes make all the difference.
The ep3 ctr redlines at 8,200 rpm's not 7,800, jermal:smt047
Although you can take the CTR upto 8,200 before it hits the rev limiter, it actually redlines at 7,800 and this is where the peak power output on a standard CTR is. After that, the power curve is on a downward gradient, so you might as well change gear anyway.
Look at the redline on the left of this image of my old CTR
Although peak power is at 7800rpm it's better to hold on to the limiter if you're driving quickly. If you change up at 7800rpm it'll drop you back in at just under 6000rpm, and the power a CTR makes between 6000 and 6400rpm is considerably less than it makes between 7800rpm and 8200rpm, thus you'll get a net gain by hanging on until just before the limiter.
Also IIRC the DC5's limiter is 8400rpm, 200rpm more than that of the UK EP3. I thought a limiter of 8500rpm was required for 60 in 2nd?
8400rpm is where the redline starts however the limiter is more like 8600rpm-8800rpm. It's the same as the argument you've just made for the civic, only better.
Yep the higher the revs the more inaccurate the rev counter becomes
http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/iharvey/?action=view¤t=04022007.flv
Yep the higher the revs the more inaccurate the rev counter becomes
http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/iharvey/?action=view¤t=04022007.flv