My friend bought a 2005 TSX 6 speed last week and we just ran 3 times (0-90mph) , we switched drivers once and my 3.0 cl beat him every time. Does that make any sense considering his is a stick and Iam an auto ?? My only performance mod is an AEM CAI intake. Shouldn't the TSX be faster?

 

3.0 = around 40 more pounds of torque. Winnar

 

TSX is slow

 

yea i drove a TSX auto at my honda job and i am not impressed. but it does sound sick once its hits VTEC.

 

the tsx is a bit underpowered for my tastes.

itd be nice if there were a 3.2 v6 inside

 

underpowered and overpriced. we get them at my job and they never sell. i think most ppl would rather have a 7th gen V6 accord for the same price then a small JDM accord. they look nice though and the interiors are nicely designed. and i cant get enough of those HID's. but i would much rather have an accord.

 

yes they are slow

 

i never knew i-vtec had a certain engagement point? and i havent ever heard it engage before, i always thought that it was open at WOT

 

Not only that..having to but 91 gas into it makes no sence

 

the tsx is my least fav acura....is it really a 4banger?

 

i dont know when it exactley engages. but when i was driving it up the highway i had it in sportronic shifting and i would shift at redline and after 4500 there was a certain whining noise i heard until i shifted. so im assuming that was VTEC engaging.

and yea it is a 4cyl. its a high compression accord engine (K24A3 i believe). the JDM version has a K20A

 

All honda/acura motors have a certain RPM that VTEC engages at not one of them just comes on at WOT

 

dude its like driving a stock civic.. you dont go anyware.. but; you do go noware in STYLE!!

 

i knew this, but like, i thought i-vtec came on after a certain point at a certain throttle position, unlike vtec, which is a set rpm

 

well, you are wrong

 

lol thanks for setting me strait, want to explain the diff between i-vtec and vtec to me then?

 

dig through the honda tuning archives, thats where you'll get your best answer.

 

A stick-shift TSX should beat a V6 3.0 CL. It won't spank it but it should win.

 

TSX is a nice car, very nice interior, classy/sporty looking with the OEM kit. Yes they are not very quick, I've driven both the manual (which is an awesome gearbox) and the auto, and the manual wins hands down in terms of better power making.

In terms of it's VTEC changeover point it's at around 5.5-6k RPM's, you can tell because the car starts to pull a little harder, but when it shifts, falls way out of VTEC range unlike the J32's.

I really think they are a great car, and I would get one as a daily driver and have a weekend car too.
Their handling is pretty decent too.

 

tsx = slow 4 banger

 

The TSX forum wont like this thread.

How much horsepower dose the TSX have ?

 

Being a first gen acura CL forum, we really shouldn't be making posts calling TSX's slow. A stock TSX has 200hp which isn't too bad compared to what our cars come with stock. My 2.2 gets beat badly by my friend's TSX, and I think that an unmodded 3.0 would lose to the 6-speed TSX. The 6-speed in the TSX shifts like butter, especially when compared to an auto CL tranny.

 

my opinion of slow is anything higher than a 14 sec 1/4 mile car

 

well, the CL is slow as well

 

 

If you buy the TSX for speed you just wasted 25K , it is slow for it's price but the car looks and handles great.

 

Sexy car, just slow. Like another acura product we all know

 

I tricked a sales man into thinking i was goin to buy a tsx and got the test drive 6 speed package i was not impressed at all but ill tell you what the sales man in the passanger seat shit him self, he told me to drive it like i owned it so i did and i diidnt even put me back in my seat. i didnt like the motor either just wasnt enough power there. i was very sad

 

i-vtec

 

i never really liked the vigor either..

bastard step child.. i swear..

 

vigors and there i-5 hah thats funny

 

To answer the original question:

Does anyone ever visit the TSX forum and see the posts some of their members make? They have members claiming to beat Accord V6s (7 gen) and even G35s. That's a particular person on the board, but I can't tell you how many of them have told me that they think their TSX 6-speed can take my 2005 Accord V6 coupe. Reading lots of posts on that forum it becomes clear that lots of them make the TSX out to be way more than it is, especially when it comes to power. Stock for stock, the TSX will get raped by an Accord V6. I've driven a TSX loaner for a month and it was a 5AT and to be honest, it wasn't too much quicker than my friend's 98 Camry four-cylinder - we tested them.

 

lol..don't mean to hate on our TSX brothers but they must be upset they got beat by a Honda..The Accord V6 will destroy it..

 

there RWD like the Inspire though right??

 

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ive seen pics of the early models and the engine is vertically opposed. so im assuming its RWD. and ive been told they were told, the vigors i mean.

 

The engines in the Legends/RLs (except 05+), Vigor, and Gen1 TLs were all laid out LIKE RWD but all the cars were FWD.

 

Iam not haten' on the TSX, I just thought it would be faster because its the same hp as my 3.0 cl , newer technology and a stick. From a 30- 40 mph roll his TSX can stay a couple car lengths ahead so it does have some advantage when it comes to passing.

 

should i even answer that question or should i throw you infront if a train, im just kidding but i dont think i have to answer that question.
I have 2 friends with vigors, they are so odd, the motor is a 5 cyl odd its vertical odd, its a skinny and long car that doesnt even have good rear seat room its just a werid car its so long one might think its got a nice read seat, the rear seats in our cl's are roomier haha. the vigor just makes me laugh haha