anyone raced a honda?

[RAJ]

for some reason i thought maybe they offered it w/ v6. Ohwell, must be another acura

[barische]

raced a mitsubishi galant se the other day and beat the girl so bad. i onoy have intake
i know that its not a honda but still i beat her.

[bimmerboi318]

If we're considering my 1980 Datsun 280zx a ricer, the ti will take it off the line. It's a 3 speed auto so it suffers from the dead stop. But anywhere over 30mph I LOVE the 280, it pulls so nice well past the 85mph speedo. Our cars through 1st and 2nd gear are pretty quick I've found, especially if you know how to launch and shift well.

[GDB]

well, my old 280ZX would slaughter the ti, but I also had a 5 spd, plus some other goodies istols:

[Mendi3]

Well, I raced a honda civic hatchback and beat the guy pretty bad. Afterwards, the guy followed me to ask me what do I have in my engine. I have a cold air intake and a supresprint exhaust. He had an intake, performance exhaust and a performance chip. It felt good!

[NEKO]

I raced a newer VW GTI Im not sure if it was a 1.8Turbo or a VR6 but I was able to kill it off the line and to the next traffic light that was about 3 blocks away.

I also drive on the PA turnpike a lot and every now and then I run into a few M3 and we cruise at about 110-115 mph for a good distance until one of slows down.

[Mendi3]

It probably was a 1.8 Turbo. VR6's are pretty fast. That's cool still. What do you have in your engine?

[Phunkatek]

According to Edmunds specs (US):
2003 Civic EX 1.7L
2555 lbs.
127 hp
114 tq

1999 Civic SI 1.6L
2601 lbs.
160 hp
111 tq

1999 318ti 1.9L
2778 lbs.
138 hp
133 tq

If you calculate out the weight/power ratios for each, the '03 Civic and 318ti are about equal with the 318 having a bit better weight/torque ratio.
(Since I used weight/power instead of power/weight the lower # would be better)

The SI's weight/hp ratio is much better than the 318's, though the 318 does have a better weight/torque ratio than the SI does, but the advantage isn't as large as the SI's.

What's good about asian imports is they seem to be able to get much more hp out of a smaller amount of liters. They generally don't get much more torque though.

[NEKO]

Originally Posted by Mendi3

It probably was a 1.8 Turbo. VR6's are pretty fast. That's cool still. What do you have in your engine?

I haven't done anything to my car yet. Though I am about to replace my clutch. My throw out bearing is going.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by NEKO

I haven't done anything to my car yet. Though I am about to replace my clutch. My throw out bearing is going.

Then it was not the 1.8T or he was not racing, or he could not drive.