^^ i cant find it anywhere. Also does anyone really know how much hp was added for the 06' model if they didnt use the new way to test hp?

 

any of the car magazine's 2006 cars issues will give all the 0-60 times. the '06 TSX does it in 7.8 for the manual and 8.0 for the auto I believe. of course you need to stand on the gas to get anywhere near that -- i believe the vtec doesn't kick in until 6200 RPMs.

 

forget the TSX and go buy an evo or WRX if you want 0-60 performance.

 

I hate to get into this discussion because I know the TSX isn't a speedster either way, but I believe the numbers are better than that and also that there is more than a .2 second difference between stick and auto

but who knows

 

From vtec.net

06 6spd - 0-60mph - 6.9secs
06 5AT Full Auto - 0-60mph - 8.7secs
06 5AT SportShift - 0-60mph - 7.7sesc

 

6.9sec for MT? I doubt it....

 

So do I. I've never seen better in any credible publication than 7 point something.

 

what the hell? is that 6 speed hondata+CAI?

 

I usually use Car and Driver as my basis. Keep in mind that they get a lot of wheel spin and then dump the clutch which is really rough on the car. So ususally they have the best times. But I believe they had 7.2 or 7.3 seconds for the '04 TSX. I doubt the 2006 would be much faster than 7.1 seconds.

 

holy resurrection! how about 06/07 6mt with CAI?

 

Why would anyone doubt TOV? They are the experts when it comes to Honda and Acura cars. Besides, the TSX may not be quick, but it's also not nearly as slow as people think.

 

I know TOV had a TSX with an intake so maybe that 6.9 was with the intake. Also I believe the TSX IS as slow in a straight line as people think it is. I mean there's a thread on here about how some guy got beat by a 4runner....that's bad.

 

A whole second faster between Full auto and Sportshift? Now this has to be with the VSA turned off.

 

TOVs initial numbers were taken when the car was stock. They always take a baseline before modding the car.

And you can believe what you want, but the numbers do not lie. People have taken bone stock TSXs and gotten very comparable numbers in the 1/4 mile to nearly all the competition. The TSX is no slower, on average, that the cars it competes against in the segment.

 

I think the guy that got beat by the 4Runner was "Granny Shifting, and not Double Clutching like he should've".

 

Here is a link to the Car and Driver article that compares some key SUV's, all I can say is forget the 4Runner, watch out for the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1


By the way that's great that they may be able to beat us 0-60, but as soon as we take one of them in to a turn, that's where we gain it all back.

 

 

The guy beat by the 4Runner has an AT, and didn't mention being in sport-shift mode.

The MT TSX seems reasonably fast --- whether it's faster or slower than 7.2 0-60 doesn't keep me up at night, but it's definitely better than 8.0!

A lot of cars will be better off-the-line (FWD? Non-sports car tires?), but once up to speed it seems decent.

But yeah, I wouldn't buy the TSX for drag racing. (And street racing is a bad idea anyway.) Just enjoy the ride!

 

Agreed. I've owned my TSX for 5 months / 4,000 miles now and I have a good feel for the performance. One way to describe this car is "fast enough". It's not the fastest car on the road, but it sure as hell isn't the slowest either. It will out-accelerate any economy car and also beat or at least run even with just about any big engined SUV. Anyone who wants the acceleration of a large displacement luxury or sport car shouldn't be looking at this car. I'm too busy enjoying the 30+mpg and the luxury features to think about revving the piss out the engine and exposing it's horsepower weakness.

 

I had written a whole thread on my comparison of my 04 AT to my now new 06 AT and there was pretty substantial increase in power. The only thing with the TSX from my experience has been that when you get out of first gear 2nd seems like it struggles a lot and doesn't pull nearly as hard as 1st gear. However, when you hit 3rd, it begins to pull hard again. It is just a lack of torque. But if you rev this puppy up to the redline through 1st and then 2nd, your already about about 65-70 mph and it certainly feels fast enough to me.

Although, i went for a ride in my buddies WRX STi that he put a bigger turbo, bigger intercooler, and few other little goodies that allow him to get about 380 WHP, that things have torque just screaming to be unleashed!! That thing is crazy fast!! But in all honesty, i would probably either kill myself or get so many tickets i would have my liscence taken away....he almost hit that mark too! So to me, its not worth it anyway.....but it is fun....

 

i think i read in some car review rag that the 5 speed AT clocks at around 9 seconds from 0-60.

 

That was probably the consumer reports one and they sure as hell do not know how to drive when compared with more dedicated car magazines. Take their "performance" numbers with a grain of salt, though their reliability information is probably pretty spot on.

 

One of the major publications (I think it was car and driver or road and track) did a dyno test between the 05 and 06. In the end, it was decided that the revised engine (06 and up) was about 15hp more than the 04-05 model.

This seemed to make sense when you look at the hp numbers for the cars that did not get a revised engine, TL went from 270 to 258, RL went from 300 to 290, MDX went from 265 to 253, and the RSX went from 210 to 201.

 

it should be around 7 seconds. i dont think a magazine has tested the 06-07 tsx..

 

Link? I'm subscribed to each of MT, C&D and R&T and don't ever recall that comparison.

Having said that its pretty much been established via various dyno's that the 06/07 has about 10-15 more HP than 04/05's.

 

http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-ar...&page_number=4

No mods

 

Every 0-60 run, whether personally or from a magazine, will be a bit different depending on how the engine is running, the adaptation of the ECU, elevation, barometric pressure, temperature, rolling resistance of the tires, fuel tank level, etc...

That said, my best G-Tech 0-60 so far has been just a little over 6.7 seconds. My car is stock. When it was newer, I squeezed just under 6.9 seconds from it (6.88 I think).

The 2006 6 speed isn't a race car, but as you can see, it's not slow by any means. The performance it is capable of befits the rest of the car very well.

 

Also take into account the low range torque band of SUVs. Sure some will have faster 0-60 times; A Grand Cherokee v8 with 15.5 lb/hp and a max torqeu at 3600 rpm will certainly out-accelerate a TSX with 16.8 lb/hp.

With a market demand for speed, automakers just shove large engines in SUVs to keep the acceleration times competitive, and it works as a marketing scheme. Cars like the TSX will still outperform in other areas like handling, trap speeds, and fuel economy, and driving experience.