Reverse Sound

[exexexex]

guys,this maybe a funny question to ask.But I was always wondering about this.Every time we put the gear into reverse and go backwards,there is a sound from the tranny or engine I am not so sure.But people told me that's only for honda.Only honda makes this sound? I didn't hear it on toyotas at least.Any idea why our hondas make this sound?

[brownaznkid]

Re: Reverse Sound

Originally posted by exexexex
guys,this maybe a funny question to ask.But I was always wondering about this.Every time we put the gear into reverse and go backwards,there is a sound from the tranny or engine I am not so sure.But people told me that's only for honda.Only honda makes this sound? I didn't hear it on toyotas at least.Any idea why our hondas make this sound?

that's not really true, at my college i heard an MR-2 make the same exact sound..... what it is really i dont know....

[CustomLowz]

Re: Reverse Sound

Originally posted by exexexex
guys,this maybe a funny question to ask.But I was always wondering about this.Every time we put the gear into reverse and go backwards,there is a sound from the tranny or engine I am not so sure.But people told me that's only for honda.Only honda makes this sound? I didn't hear it on toyotas at least.Any idea why our hondas make this sound?

Ive heard domestics make that sound too. I dont know what it is... but i love that sound.

[JailBa8]

Almost all manual trannies do that. Honda is the only or one of the few many that with an autotragic it makes that sound too.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question522.htm

[GrayCar]

It's just gear noise. Happens because of the shape and styl eof the gears used, that's all.

I like it too, sounds like an old Jeep.

I also like it when it happens in the lower half of third gear, sounds like a racer.

[cb7-R]

Yup it's gear noise. the reverse gear is a straight cut gear and it's cheaper and more cost efficient to produce. It is NOT exclusive to hondas. Almost all car manufactures use straight cut gears for reverse. How-ever the high end car makers use helical cut gears for reverse and they make no noise at all. The noise comes from the straight cuts of the reverse gear coming in contact with straight cuts of the output shaft.

[dwf137]

is this the remote control car sound that you're talking about??

[Maple50175]

Originally posted by dwf137
is this the remote control car sound that you're talking about??

haha thats a good way to put it.. yeah thats what they mean the noise kinda scares me when i go in reverse really fast.



Is there any con's of driving fast in reverse? like will anything brake?

[Sho Nuff]

Yeah only manual transmisssions have it.

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Reverse doesn't have synchros and it's a shorter gear than first

[JailBa8]

Originally posted by Sho Nuff
Yeah only manual transmisssions have it.

Autotragic hondas do the same

[texasvtak]

Originally posted by Sho Nuff
Yeah only manual transmisssions have it.

Must be the reason I hear it all the time then.

(has an auto)

[dwf137]

i've got that hilarous noise and i'm sittin auto right now too... not sure how much longer that'll last, but for right now..

[texasvtak]

Just a thought, but does anyone else see a correlation between this sound and a transversely mounted (mr or ff) engine?

[mojo]

Ummm...to the best of my knowledge, every manual transmission does it. Even fr, f4 and r4 cars do it, just some are a little more refined than others.