stock manual rsx vs. the lt balt. . good story
05-10-2009, 01:10 PM
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stock manual rsx vs. the lt balt. . good story
okay so lol . . . . i really thought i had no chance in hell with this one because people are always talking about how fast and slick rsx's are . . . not the case. . . me and my buddy with his 04 rsx base model and my 07 lt . . . we get out of work and pull up to the first red light. . . start reving my engine up to about 2100 rpms . . . my friend is in the manual so he was revin it in nuetral of course . . . light turns green and we floor it . . . right of the bat my car jumps ahead by about af a car length . . we speed up to around 40 and hit the break slightly to drop the rpms and than floor it again. . . my car takes off and the rsx is about two car lengths behind me . . . by 90 i was way ahead of this guy . . . we get into work the next day and dude is totaly upset because he was talking so much **** to everyone about my chevy 4 banger and i smoked him . . so he wanted a second roundfrom a 30 mph roll . . . did not help his case. . smashed him even harder lol . . last time he talks **** about a I4 eh lol . . even rmvd my backseat for this race i was real parinoid about loosing lol
05-10-2009, 05:24 PM
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05-10-2009, 05:36 PM
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he was saying he had a 6 cylinder under the hood . . . dont know much about rsx's other than a lot of people have them aroun here '.... now i wonder why though lol
05-10-2009, 06:19 PM
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lol good kill.
I would have expected a better race though.
The base models just have a 5 speed. Also they have "i" in "i-vtec". They do not have i-vtec like the Type-S's. It's for economy only. Kicks in at 2000 rpms to adjust cam phasing.
I would have expected a better race though.
The base models just have a 5 speed. Also they have "i" in "i-vtec". They do not have i-vtec like the Type-S's. It's for economy only. Kicks in at 2000 rpms to adjust cam phasing.
05-10-2009, 06:22 PM
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why dont i belive this.......
i just got my ass handed to me by an rsx with "header intake catless and exhaust"
i have almost the same (header highflow cat and exhaust) and my cars light as ****. and for those of you saying. "oh you just suck at driving" shoot your self.
dude who raced me could be full of **** or something
not trying to start a fight just my 2 cents
i just got my ass handed to me by an rsx with "header intake catless and exhaust"
i have almost the same (header highflow cat and exhaust) and my cars light as ****. and for those of you saying. "oh you just suck at driving" shoot your self.
dude who raced me could be full of **** or something
not trying to start a fight just my 2 cents
05-10-2009, 06:24 PM
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why dont i belive this.......
i just got my ass handed to me by an rsx with "header intake catless and exhaust"
i have almost the same (header highflow cat and exhaust) and my cars light as ****. and for those of you saying. "oh you just suck at driving" shoot your self.
dude who raced me could be full of **** or something
not trying to start a fight just my 2 cents
i just got my ass handed to me by an rsx with "header intake catless and exhaust"
i have almost the same (header highflow cat and exhaust) and my cars light as ****. and for those of you saying. "oh you just suck at driving" shoot your self.
dude who raced me could be full of **** or something
not trying to start a fight just my 2 cents
Could it have been a debadged Type-S?
But you're right. Generally from what I've seen the Base models are not TOO far behind the Type-S models (stock for stock). Especially from a dig since they share the same 1st gear.
05-10-2009, 07:54 PM
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even if he does have more hp than u, peak kicks in at like 6500rpm on the base(160) and 7400 on the type s(200). thats so gay. vtec is gay. and both have 141ish tq at 4000 for base and 6000 for stype. so fricken gay.
u should still take him cause u can keep in ur peak better than he can cause ur peaks are lower and he has to go pretty much to redline and stay there to stay in his peak range. thats why he lost.
u should still take him cause u can keep in ur peak better than he can cause ur peaks are lower and he has to go pretty much to redline and stay there to stay in his peak range. thats why he lost.
05-10-2009, 11:27 PM
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not stretching the truth . . . however when i bought my car it had halo projectors and a few other things done to the exterior . . . was pre owned . . . now as far as i can see . . . no mods under the hood but someone told me around here my car drives like it has a ecu tune. . . i cankeep up with the ss's almost im usually a car length behind . . . ill take vids next time I
05-10-2009, 11:41 PM
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not stretching the truth . . . however when i bought my car it had halo projectors and a few other things done to the exterior . . . was pre owned . . . now as far as i can see . . . no mods under the hood but someone told me around here my car drives like it has a ecu tune. . . i cankeep up with the ss's almost im usually a car length behind . . . ill take vids next time I
05-10-2009, 11:53 PM
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even if he does have more hp than u, peak kicks in at like 6500rpm on the base(160) and 7400 on the type s(200). thats so gay. vtec is gay. and both have 141ish tq at 4000 for base and 6000 for stype. so fricken gay.
u should still take him cause u can keep in ur peak better than he can cause ur peaks are lower and he has to go pretty much to redline and stay there to stay in his peak range. thats why he lost.
u should still take him cause u can keep in ur peak better than he can cause ur peaks are lower and he has to go pretty much to redline and stay there to stay in his peak range. thats why he lost.
For ONE... those cars (well I can only speak for the Type-S) are geared AWESOME! Plus... if low end torque was so all-mighty important why are most diesels so slow? Answer that one. I have a tuned SS/TC and love the low end torque. But in a drag race... you've got a problem if you somehow land in the 2k rpm range or even 3K range.
TWO..... PEAK torque may not be anything to open your eyes wide, but the curve is EXTREMELY flat. Particularly a reflashed or k-pro'd one. They have nearly the peak torque at 3k rpms even though technically the peak is 6k rpms.
THREE... if you're in a race. After you launch (and depending at what RPM is good launch at) you don't need torque down low anyway. I know this stuff cause I owned one once.
Shifting from one gear to the next was sweet. The next gears rpms would land 5500-6000 rpms. So every gear was peak torque, then peak hp.... then peak torque and peak hp.
They CAN be decent from a dig too but I'll admit it takes a pretty good driver who knows the car well to launch it right. I think most the owners haven't gotten it down which is why you'll see their 1/4 mile times vary quite a bit.
Go run a boosted one with like 280whp and "only" 210-220 lb-ft of torque. They're not slow. I'm sure you'd take it having a modded SS/TC... but it might surprise you when it's not buslengths behind.
05-11-2009, 12:15 AM
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Wow... you need to research and educate yourself man.
For ONE... those cars (well I can only speak for the Type-S) are geared AWESOME! Plus... if low end torque was so all-mighty important why are most diesels so slow? Answer that one. I have a tuned SS/TC and love the low end torque. But in a drag race... you've got a problem if you somehow land in the 2k rpm range or even 3K range.
TWO..... PEAK torque may not be anything to open your eyes wide, but the curve is EXTREMELY flat. Particularly a reflashed or k-pro'd one. They have nearly the peak torque at 3k rpms even though technically the peak is 6k rpms.
THREE... if you're in a race. After you launch (and depending at what RPM is good launch at) you don't need torque down low anyway. I know this stuff cause I owned one once.
Shifting from one gear to the next was sweet. The next gears rpms would land 5500-6000 rpms. So every gear was peak torque, then peak hp.... then peak torque and peak hp.
They CAN be decent from a dig too but I'll admit it takes a pretty good driver who knows the car well to launch it right. I think most the owners haven't gotten it down which is why you'll see their 1/4 mile times vary quite a bit.
Go run a boosted one with like 280whp and "only" 210-220 lb-ft of torque. They're not slow. I'm sure you'd take it having a modded SS/TC... but it might surprise you when it's not buslengths behind.
For ONE... those cars (well I can only speak for the Type-S) are geared AWESOME! Plus... if low end torque was so all-mighty important why are most diesels so slow? Answer that one. I have a tuned SS/TC and love the low end torque. But in a drag race... you've got a problem if you somehow land in the 2k rpm range or even 3K range.
TWO..... PEAK torque may not be anything to open your eyes wide, but the curve is EXTREMELY flat. Particularly a reflashed or k-pro'd one. They have nearly the peak torque at 3k rpms even though technically the peak is 6k rpms.
THREE... if you're in a race. After you launch (and depending at what RPM is good launch at) you don't need torque down low anyway. I know this stuff cause I owned one once.
Shifting from one gear to the next was sweet. The next gears rpms would land 5500-6000 rpms. So every gear was peak torque, then peak hp.... then peak torque and peak hp.
They CAN be decent from a dig too but I'll admit it takes a pretty good driver who knows the car well to launch it right. I think most the owners haven't gotten it down which is why you'll see their 1/4 mile times vary quite a bit.
Go run a boosted one with like 280whp and "only" 210-220 lb-ft of torque. They're not slow. I'm sure you'd take it having a modded SS/TC... but it might surprise you when it's not buslengths behind.
i have respect for imports just not so much hondas and higher class hondas (acura) mostly because of the guys who rice em up and think they got something when they dont. And i see ALOT of that where i live. there are a handful that are petty sweet, but most of em are all fart can and body kit and stickers and nothing more.
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not stretching the truth . . . however when i bought my car it had halo projectors and a few other things done to the exterior . . . was pre owned . . . now as far as i can see . . . no mods under the hood but someone told me around here my car drives like it has a ecu tune. . . i cankeep up with the ss's almost im usually a car length behind . . . ill take vids next time I
05-11-2009, 12:37 PM
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u make it seem like i was all about the tq, i barly even mentioned it, and i wasnt talking about a boosted rsx, i just simply stated that he won cause he was in his peak power first and has more rpm to work with where as the vtek gets most of its power when the vtec kicks in at high rpm. i didnt say they were bad i just said vtec is gay, and they should kick it in sooner for it to be better, geez calm down man. i raced a vtec with a sunfire, it didnt start catching and pulling past me till his vtec kicked in, and i just think its not the best thing out there.
i have respect for imports just not so much hondas and higher class hondas (acura) mostly because of the guys who rice em up and think they got something when they dont. And i see ALOT of that where i live. there are a handful that are petty sweet, but most of em are all fart can and body kit and stickers and nothing more.
i have respect for imports just not so much hondas and higher class hondas (acura) mostly because of the guys who rice em up and think they got something when they dont. And i see ALOT of that where i live. there are a handful that are petty sweet, but most of em are all fart can and body kit and stickers and nothing more.
I like RSX's... I don't care what people think of me for it. Every car make has rice. I see crap all of the time. Base Neons, Grand Ams, Grand Prixs, Civics, Accords, Cobalts, Camry's from time to time... everything.
05-11-2009, 06:30 PM
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We're cool. Now you're making sense. In the other post you just generalized this is gay and that's so gay, etc.
I like RSX's... I don't care what people think of me for it. Every car make has rice. I see crap all of the time. Base Neons, Grand Ams, Grand Prixs, Civics, Accords, Cobalts, Camry's from time to time... everything.
I like RSX's... I don't care what people think of me for it. Every car make has rice. I see crap all of the time. Base Neons, Grand Ams, Grand Prixs, Civics, Accords, Cobalts, Camry's from time to time... everything.
Rsx's are sweet looking cars in the end.