tranny whine in reverse - Honda Prelude Forum

G_Loc · 03-13-2002, 04:18 PM

what causes my transmission to whine while in reverse? i've heard this on other cars too

93 Si, 5-speed

Daemione · 03-13-2002, 04:31 PM

Reverse gears are generally straight-cut, which are stronger, cheaper, and a lot noisier.

Racing transmissions usually have straight cut gears for strength, but they're noisy as a bastard.

PreludeNYC · 03-14-2002, 04:21 AM

...I love that noise....

-Jose

jkoc · 03-14-2002, 04:47 AM

yeah.. i like it too. sounds like a supercharger hehee

smoothludey · 03-14-2002, 07:54 AM

almost every honda has that noise....i call it the toy car sound cuz it sounds like an rc car.

G_Loc · 03-14-2002, 03:25 PM

lol, thanks for the input. if straight cut gears are stronger and cheaper, why dont they use them for the other 5 gears? smoother shifts w/o them?

red98lude · 03-14-2002, 04:14 PM

Just imagine what your reverse gear would sound like at 80. Probably get annoying after a minute or two.

G_Loc · 03-14-2002, 04:18 PM

lol, true

joedaddy · 03-14-2002, 05:09 PM

yep...only "Cheaper" cars make that sound...meaning the prelude is a ....