Who will win?? im running a 2001 CL-S with a CAI and pulley my friend has a 03 rsx-s with headers and exhaust but its stick

 

Driver's race.

Assuming the RSX-S driver CAN drive, I think he'll edge the CL-S due to the more aggressive gearing.

 

get some headers

 

yea so much i want to do with this car but all in due time thats what i want done next tho

 

stock the CL-S will easily take an RSX-S


there used to be a video done on a old run way showing a 01 or 02 CLS against RSX-S and it was clearly a CL win

 

A stock cl beat a supercharged cl??? Damn

 

rsx*

 

RSX-S is 2767 lbs and 200 hp so it is 13.85

CL-S is 3510 and 260 so it is 13.5lb/hp

given the results of that video, it is appearant that the title is incorrect (he must have thought type S stood for supercharged vs sport).

The CL easily took him

 

CLS. Headers don't add much power on a 4 banger RSX-S. I've seen totally hooked up RSX's at the track only running 14.2's. He may pull off the line but the CLS should catch up quick.

 

Yea so my boy wants to run for some quick cash 200 bucks so should I do it guys??

 

Btw he wants to the race off a 40 roll so I kno I should have him from a roll

 

^If he's willing to put down $200 against a CL, then he's got a surprise under the hood.

Might cost him a bottle of spray, and $200 for you.

 

Stock vs. Stock, you should beat him.

 

You're only comparing HP.

RSX-S - 142 lb-ft @ 6000 rpm

CL-S - 232 lb-ft @ 3500-5500 rpm

Almost 100ft-lbs of torque more than the RSX-S and available much sooner to get you up to full speed (and HP). Thats a huge difference.


Thread Starter: Get out there, race and see. Who cares about armchair racing and speculation. Get out in the real world where variables like driver, tires, road conditions, engine condition, etc all come into play.

 

200 bucks huh? def a drivers race. It isn't the 05-06 RSX which is faster than the 03. Both cars with those mods are capable of mid 14's. If he is anything but a good driver, you will win. But if he knows how to drive, he may edge you out.

 

You should also compare gear ratios..

Tire tread, wheel sizes, wheel weight etc etc

+1 to just finding out

 

Go dew it, make a video, post results.

 

There is really no need to bring in the other numbers as the 60hp difference is going to be hard to overcome consiering that both engines have a similar rpm range (well OK the RSX can spin up to 7.9K vs 7.2K for the CL and with both engines having their power high up in the RPM range it is pretty much a given that the larger engine with more cylinders is going to produce more torque.

Also, most honda/acura have a really low final drive ratio on the order of 4.x to 1 the CL is 4.2 and the RSX is 4.7

The thing that helps the CL-S is that the torque curve is flatter than kansas....

 

my money is on the following cars for such scenarios.

from a roll the cls will win.

from the dig my money is on the dc5.

why u may ask. im not confident you will power brake it off the line but this is with me having high hopes your friend doesnt come off the line like a ricer spinning tires and everything.