Just raced a WRX tonight......twice .

First race was off the line. The wrx got a great launch off the line, 4wd drive is awesome. I got a horrible start and peeled out forever. After I finally get some traction I start to catch up. The WRX ends up beating me by a cars length.

Second race is off a rolling start at 20 MPH. As soon as we start I get a car legnth in front and stay that way until we shutdown somewhere around 110 MPH.

All I got to say is that car is amazing and as far as I know the car was stock. I can see why Ridinlow likes his so much

Mods if you prefer to move this to racing stories go ahead but since its about a 1st gen CL I thought it would be better appreciated here.

 

it must have been stock

 

yeah, better appreciated here. What road did you race him on?

 

maybe if you woulda got some traction off the line it woulda helped, so far mine is stock and I smoked a manual integra w/ all the goodies (cam gears, pulleys, exhaust, intake, Its my bros) I just flew off the line and he sat there scweelin

 

Even though i hate having an Auto after driving a stick for two years there is one plus to the auto ... no human error! some ppl just dont know when to shift

 

Does your Zex spray at full throttle or certain rpm? I figured you were spraying because those little WRX's haul some ass. Turbo or not they are quick. Good job.

 

I raced him on US1 by Sunset Place really late at night when there is nobody on the street. Yes I sprayed my 75 shot racing him both times without it I wouldn't of had a prayer to win either race. Zex only works at WOT. As far as I know all WRX's are turbo 4wd and run low to mid 14's stock. Hopefully Ridinlow can read this and let us know the actual stats on WRX's. Automatic trannys might be good since you won't miss any shifts but they can't handle alot of power, so they are pros and cons to autos.

 

isn't there auto upgrades to handle any power you can dish out

 

You can get a Level Ten rebuild. I've heard mixed results, and not sure if it's worth it.

dcsquirm88: Great kill!

 

Thanks Dustbuster

Level ten does do tranny rebuilds but for alot of $$$ and they are getting sued for false claims and trannys the break weaks after being rebuilt by them.
Manual cars in the hands of good drivers are faster than automatics. I wish my car would of come manual .

 

what about switching out an auto with a manual ... can it really be done and is it worth the $$$

 

prolly come out on top by finding a manual 2.2 and trading yours in for it

 

Switching auto to manual can be done on the 4 cylinder CL's using a 94+ accord tranny or a 93+ prelude tranny. You would need the following parts: a pedal assembly, a manual center console with a shift boot, clutch master cylinder, clutch slave cylinder, hydrolic line between the master cylinder and slave cylinder, left axel assy with the intermediate shaft, 5-speed tranny mount, shifter with cables, a clutch and a pressure plate. I'm guessing you can get all the above parts and a tranny for around $1,000. Then if you can install the new tranny yourslef you'll have to pay for labor.

 

I Have a 3.0cl not a 2.2 or a 2.3

 

hey dcsquirm88 what color is your cl? I saw a black one with the bumper lights switched saturday night arround 10-10:30 pm on I-95 (I think exit 2 or 3) We were coming from Bayside. if that wasn't you do you know who it is? I was gonna take my CL but ended up going with my friend. He has a white 2000 prelude. Also saw a red Skyline on Bayside...Have you seen it before? That racing machine really stands out.

 

Nope wasn't me. My CL is white on white rims. Haven't seen a red skyline but it wouldn't suprise me. You see the coolest cars at south beach and bayside. I see a black skyline quite often, since one of the guys that works at blitz drives one. I was actually at south beach Saturday night to bad we didn't see each other.
Heres a pic of my CL in case you ever see me.

Oh and perfecto there is no manual tranny that will fit a 3.0 CL. Honda never made one for the j30a and no other tranny will work with it.

 

Forgot the pic

 

dcsquirm, didn't Blitz just move from being off Bird rd to over down off Kendall Drive? I swung by there when I was home around Christmas and they were getting ready to move all that stuff out

 

Yeah Blitz did move one of their location off Bird road. The one that used to be on Bird and 137th Ave. is now on Kendall Drive and like 127th. They still have the other shop on Bird Road and 90 something Ave.
But honestly I really hate dealing with them, for tons of reasons I won't even get into.

 

could a 75 shot of nos work on an automatic tranny?

 

dcsquirm,
those wouldn't happen to be windshield wiper led lights on
your car would they? (i'm really hoping not)

 

A 75 shot works on my automatic transmission, why wouldn't it?

And yes they are led lights

 

hey dcs, can you list all the mods you have...i wanna know

dp

 

I'll try but I know I'll end forgetting stuff so here goes
ZEX kit with 75 shot
ZEX spark plugs
NOS bottle blanket
NOS purge kit
OBX CAI
OBX headers
OBX racing cat
custom 2 1/4 inch cat back exhaust
OBX exhaust
arospeed coilovers
Ingalls camber kit (front and rear)
17 inch rims
kumho tires
AEM fuel pressure regulator and fuel rail
Magnecor spark plug wires
MSD 6al with blaster coil 2
front strut bar
brembo front and rear X drilled and slotted rotors
AEM brake pads
Aladdin 2000 alarm
2 12 inch infinity perfect subs
2 rockford amps
pioneer mids and highs
panasonic cd player
indiglo gauges
racing pedals
autometer gauge pod with A/F gauge and water temp. gauge
apexi vafc
fuel pressure gauge


and an h22a sitting in my room
That's all I can think of for now..I am sure I missed stuff

 

DCSquirm your car is lookin pretty sexy