mines only got 4. mines a EG tho, 1.5. probley a different gearbox. But i don't no why everyone thinks Autos are slower. my dads got a 1.6 Nissan sunny (dont laugh) and that has a compression of 200 on all cylanders and its bout 15 years old. manuals always lose out on the change up.

Well a 5spd is going to be about half a second faster or more depending on the driver and such

Example

Me 96 4 door accord auto I/E 16.93
friend 94 4 door accord 5spd I/H/E 16.4(his first time at track)
They get us at the launch and beacause they can move the gears quicker While we sit in 3rd gear for most of the track they can get to fourth.

But that's not neccessarily going to gain you anything. I actually just top out 3rd by the end. It all depends on the gearing.

So how bad is it to redline the car?

Whats a Dyno?

Hmmm...

A dyno or dynomometer is used to calculate the HP at the wheels.
http://www.mustangdyne.com/ChassisDyno/chassisdynos.htm

Is it bad? I think the redline is the top RPM you can safetly change of gear, but to pass of the redline, thats bad!
Am i wrong?

Stock Ex's run a Low 17, i think you should get your car checked out, i know for a fact mine runs faster than that.

Really? That's weird cause even when I was stock I had to shift my car into 4th by the end of the 1/4mile. I didn't think that I had to my first run and bounced off the rev limiter 2 times before I crossed the line netting me a whopping 16.1 1/4 mile time.

My second run I didn't even think about staying in 3rd again and I netted a 15.9 with a bad 2.5 60ft.

The third run was a 15.7 with a 2.43 60ft

My last run was a 15.58 with a 2.31 60ft at just a little over 90mph

This was with my Si completely stock with 1,600 miles on the clock. I mean there are alot of other factors when it comes to running at the track like track condition, weather, elevation and such but I just find it odd how much it varies.

My best run this season was 10.689 with a r/t of .549.....that was when it was bone stock.:)