Rev-hang ?

[SteveGG]

Just curious, what's this all about ? Learning to drive and for 30 years thereafter, I drove MTs. 3, 4 and 5 speeds, in a wide variety of cars. Can't ever recall anything like this. There was always the obvious concert of clutch, throttle and gear selection. Very smooth, ideal RPMs, never a problem. Been with automatics for the past 25 years and much prefer these.

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[gtman]

Rev hang is something that's become more prevalent in the newer cars. A lot of it has to do with manufacturers needing to reduce emission levels.

Here's an article that describes it in detail that should help explain it to you Steve.
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/rev-hang-explained-and-why-petrolheads-hate-it/

 

[SteveGG]

Thanks.

 

[VarmintCong]

My 6MT annoys sometimes with the rev hang, it feels like a CVT.

 

[MilfShake2108]

It makes me wait so long for the RPM to drop in order to have a smooth shift without the jerkiness.

If I don't shift slowly, especially from 1st to 2nd, the transition will never be smooth, the car will jerk.

Or maybe I'm just a newb at driving manual...

 

[WNC_Civic]

My 2017 LX coupe doesnt do this at all,ever.

Been driving a manual for 28 years

 

[DarkLight]

This is pretty common with K-series engines. Its occurred with the K20Z1 in the RSX-S, K20Z3 in the 8th Si, and K24Z7 in the 9th Si.

It's just a DBW thing. Tuning will fix it.

After getting tuned, my LX never does it anymore.

 

[Draken187]

This is pretty common with K-series engines. Its occurred with the K20Z1 in the RSX-S, K20Z3 in the 8th Si, and K24Z7 in the 9th Si.

It's just a DBW thing. Tuning will fix it.

After getting tuned, my LX never does it anymore.

My k24w does it but ive gotten used to it and can shift quickly amd smoothly

 

[NorthernEX-T]

Yes as @DarkLight said, it's a drive by wire thing mostly.

 

[chuenoona]

I've learned to shift with it ... No jerkiness here ...the rev hang does suck when you first experience it

 

[planedoc]

My 6MT annoys sometimes with the rev hang, it feels like a CVT.

A CVT? Yikes! Say it ain't so!

 

[planedoc]

It makes me wait so long for the RPM to drop in order to have a smooth shift without the jerkiness.

If I don't shift slowly, especially from 1st to 2nd, the transition will never be smooth, the car will jerk.

Or maybe I'm just a newb at driving manual...

I've been driving a manual trans for over 50 years, traveling over a half million miles in them, and it did the same thing for me. It's the car pal, not your technique.

 

[planedoc]

I've learned to shift with it ... No jerkiness here ...the rev hang does suck when you first experience it

Do you ever get used to it to the point where you don't notice it any more?

 

[NorthernEX-T]

My pos 2007 Pontiac wave (chev aver) was terrible for this, I never got used to it. Feels like it wears the clutch out more too because I got tired of waiting for the revs to come down so I just let the clutch out which would put wear on it obviously, so yeah I hate it. I hope the Type R and Si don't suffer from this.

 

[planedoc]

My pos 2007 Pontiac wave (chev aver) was terrible for this, I never got used to it. Feels like it wears the clutch out more too because I got tired of waiting for the revs to come down so I just let the clutch out which would put wear on it obviously, so yeah I hate it. I hope the Type R and Si don't suffer from this.

I am certain they will.... unless you get a tune that disables it... which would be a nice thing to do for other benefits as well, but, bye bye warranty

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