02 Civic Si can beat us?
09-08-2002, 01:11 AM
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02 Civic Si can beat us?
On the way home tonight a new si hatch was trying to race me, but there were too many cars on the road so I didn't bother. I followed him to his house and asked him if he wanted to run somewhere else. He said "No" because he would lose off the line, but he said he would beat me on the freeway and in auto-x because he claims to have beaten 2 Type S' already. I never raced him anyhow, but just wanted to know everyones opinion. BTW, all he had was an AEM CAI.
09-08-2002, 01:32 AM
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No Way! The new SI's are slower than the old ones. The best year was the 99 and my friend has one. He also has CAI and exaust. He gave up trying. Highway, dead stop, it doesn't matter. The new SI's are runnin 16.1 quaters
09-08-2002, 11:43 AM
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Our cars have lots of Torque (compared to other Hondas). I have owned about 8 of the high strung Honda 4 bangers in my past (including 2 S2000's) and the TLs will beat any of them at mid speeds without a problem (as long as you are in SS and have the rpms up to begin with). Most Honda high 4 bangers are fast off the line and fast after that because gearing keeps them in VTEC and in good torque range but if you catch an S2000 in mid speeds unprepared (under 6K rpms which means they have to shift down 2 gears normally), you'd spank them.
Ricers,LOL.
09-08-2002, 12:35 PM
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lol they are slow, just last night a last gen civic Si with front mount intake and exhaust wanted to run so we went up to about 95. he even got a jump on me off the line by about 1/2 car length but i just flew past him. when we shut it off i had about 1 1/2 cars on him
i always thought they were fast
i always thought they were fast
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09-08-2002, 02:13 PM
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My last ride was a 99 Si with quite a few mods.....I raced a TL-S in it and got beaten by a carlength.....and the new Si is slower than the old one.....he wouldn't have a chance. What is really funny is how he said he would lose off the line, but win on the freeway.....the Si would probably have the jump on the street for a second or two, but on the freeway the Si wouldn't even come close to the TL-S, or a TL-P for that matter. I've raced several Si's in my AV6 and have beaten them in races from a stop and on the highway.....they aren't very fast unless they have some MAJOR mods done to them.
09-08-2002, 08:41 PM
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no way a tl-s has a lot more off the line speed the new si's are a discrase they were made for grannys you really need to race that fool!!!!!
09-08-2002, 11:39 PM
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Civics may seem like an easy target, but don't let that fool you. Some civics with engine swap are unexpectedly fast. You can never tell what's under the hood.
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09-09-2002, 02:19 AM
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Originally posted by numbaonexstunna
it might sound like its going faster.........but its actually not.....
thats the problem with ricers
it might sound like its going faster.........but its actually not.....
thats the problem with ricers
I can't stop laughing!!!
09-09-2002, 09:54 AM
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Originally posted by samkws
i have seen a civic hatch with JDM Type-R engine and tranny....that one is FAST...no kidding but it could hang with the NSX
i have seen a civic hatch with JDM Type-R engine and tranny....that one is FAST...no kidding but it could hang with the NSX
09-09-2002, 11:29 AM
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Originally posted by adam
uh, no. i've owned an Integra R, and i know plenty about motor swaps.. no civic hatch with just an R motor is going to keep up with an NSX, unless it's boosted.
uh, no. i've owned an Integra R, and i know plenty about motor swaps.. no civic hatch with just an R motor is going to keep up with an NSX, unless it's boosted.
Agreed.... And that’s only in a strait line, it would be impossible for a civic to act like an NSX or S2000 on a reat track unless you spend 25K to make it completely race prepped.
But people are still comparing apples and oranges. Were talking stock Vs Stock. If you want to talk about suped up cars fine, that suped up civic can come up against a Comptec supercharged TL or even turbo'ed TL also.
09-09-2002, 05:20 PM
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Re: 02 Civic Si can beat us?
Originally posted by TL909
On the way home tonight a new si hatch was trying to race me, but there were too many cars on the road so I didn't bother. I followed him to his house and asked him if he wanted to run somewhere else. He said "No" because he would lose off the line, but he said he would beat me on the freeway and in auto-x because he claims to have beaten 2 Type S' already. I never raced him anyhow, but just wanted to know everyones opinion. BTW, all he had was an AEM CAI.
On the way home tonight a new si hatch was trying to race me, but there were too many cars on the road so I didn't bother. I followed him to his house and asked him if he wanted to run somewhere else. He said "No" because he would lose off the line, but he said he would beat me on the freeway and in auto-x because he claims to have beaten 2 Type S' already. I never raced him anyhow, but just wanted to know everyones opinion. BTW, all he had was an AEM CAI.
, i bet he got scared, yea, you'd kill em, both ways
09-10-2002, 12:34 PM
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Originally posted by hemants
If it's got a 2 foot high rear spoiler, clear tails, and blue neon lights underneath it then maybe, otherwise I'd say not a chance
If it's got a 2 foot high rear spoiler, clear tails, and blue neon lights underneath it then maybe, otherwise I'd say not a chance
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