rayman009(2)

Ok, so i know a TL is pretty fast for a 4 door car. So i just want to know what cars can a 2000 TL-P beat that's on the market now. I'm talking about cars like the Rsx, wrx, rs, etc.

and what cars should i avoid racing? i been so tempted to race a porche that thinks he's the Sh!t....but i know for a fact that i can't stand a chance....

Red Hot TL

okay, you can beat an RSX, but not RSX-S with 6 speed. WRX, don't even try... Porsche Boxster yes, but nothing else. Trust me, I know.

rayman009(2)

i beat an rsx type s......i can beat a boxer??? is that the one with the exhaust tip in the middle?

Control

ok well you might be able to beat boxter but not boxter s... if you want real good races, go for GSRs, Supras (non turbo) older eclipse gs-t with aftermarket turbos, Civic Si, 330s, 530s, etc...

Red Hot TL

hmm

I've got TL-P with h/e/p/i and I beat an RSX-S 6 speed by 3 car lengths quarter mile. not sure if I could beat him without the mods, that's why I said no.

rayman009(2)

it sucks to be 17, have parts for your car be so dam expensive and i have to pay for any mod done and i'm earning sqaut.

miwa

consider yourself lucky to be driving a TL at 17. me? I had an old buick century. and it was my parent's car. while it wasn't bad, it wasn't anything NEAR as nice as a TL. bide your time, finish school, and you'll soon be making phat flow and then you can hook up anything you want.

tl-kode16

I am 17 as well but no job no more to put money into car.

songoku

TRUE!!! :o

wbuch2

yes you can definitely beat a porsche boxter...i read it in road and track! seems kinda weird doesn't it....but it's true!

BlackShadow

Cars you can beat:

gs300
is300
es300
i30/i35 (if you get a good start)
older eclipses
3000gt, not the VR4
civics
integras
neon
prelude
accord
camry
e320
c240
325/328 (depends)
525/530
maxima (not current)
acura cl/tl (1st gen)
a4
a6 2.8
celicas
rsx

...there are a few more but I can't remember right now.

dimsumo

What BlackShadow say was true. But remember all cars are not stock. For example, a fully modded civic can make you look like you drive a minivan.

On the other hand stock vs. stock, we can beat a lot of cars. But in reality it depends on the driver vs. driver

For example, is300 is a good rival. I raced one and we don't pull on each other, the race was decided on the launch.

david27

I must agree on beating the lexus gs 300. Wasn racing just trying to get home. At first running about 75 cruising along in my rearview I see this gs 300 pull in behind so I decided to try ss out dont have but 2100 miles. So I slow down slightly drop into 3rd and gun it (didnt floor it, havent yet) quickly pull away and slow down to a steady roll of about 80. This was on a four lane road by the way. Lexus follows suit. We come to a 4 way stop. Both side by side. I pull off it follows suit but to no avail no contest. I know the person so later in the week they stop and ask what in the world is in that car. We might not have the fastest car but its definitely one of the tops in the class albeit with the best gas mileage I think for all that power.

rayman009(2)

Haha well maybe where you live civics are hella fast, but here....the body kit doesn't match the rest of the car, they think they're fast, because they know some stuff about cars and they read import tuner, they have oversized mufflers that don't fit their body kits and they think having an intake makes their car so much faster. O man! i want to race those annoying civics!!!! put them in their place.

torqueaholic

guys, I thought the prosche boxter was a pretty fast car! I was just wondering, whats the 1/4mile time for a 2003 TL-P? I have seen 0 to 60's as low as 6.9sec to 7.1sec!! I know we can gun down an automatic v6 altima just from our 0 to 60 time (6.9secs)

torqueaholic

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2002*TL

dude i had my car as soon as i turned seventeen which is about a year ago. The funny thing is though i got hit 3 times in the last year. 2 times i wasnt even in the car. even though i had the money to do stuff to my car i couldnt it was in the shop for so freakin long(still is). Maybee life will be better when im 18

merlyn

the stock boxter is kinda slugish...it's nice around the twisties...but it has many things to be desired of when going for quickness. The boxter S is a very different story.

rayman009(2)

what type of engine does the boxster have?

dimsumo

Race for fun not to win

Look at the beauty of two cars side by side putting their grand strength on the line to become a victor.

Oh yeah, Winning is fun too.

Control

boxter S has 250 HP with 225 Trq under the hood and weighs less than 2900 lbs.... it's suppose to run under 6 sec for 0-60 and low 14s for 1/4... i highly doubt any TL-P will even come close to this no matter how much mods you got

rayman009(2)

maybe i should start by racing cars that i have no chance of beating and then work my way down. Maybe i'll race Audi TT's i see around...or maybe those NSX's...hmmmm wish me luck.

Bitium

We sure can beat boxter S. Were did you get that number

From porsche website:

The 2.7-litre Boxster engine develops 162 kW (220 bhp) of power at 6,400 rpm, with maximum torque of 260 Nm available from as low as 4,750 rpm. As well as being extremely flexible to drive, the flat-six Boxster unit offers an eager throttle response and optimised cylinder charging, as well as ultra-smooth running characteristics. Driven through a five-speed manual gearbox, the Boxster takes just 6.6 seconds to reach 100 km/h, levelling out at a top speed of 250 km/h. In short: more than enough power for all road situations.

I had a good race with a boxter on the highway the other day. He was a good driver, but no match for me. Anyways both my 4 speed TL and his boxter seem to have the same power as we race for a couple of miles. Of course most of the time he was behind. My car did seem to pull a little more, since I have an intake. It was a fun race!!! a very cool older guy.

Control

the specs you just gave are for regular boxters... Boxter S even comes with a bigger displacement at 3.2... i say it once again... if TL-P (stock, suped up whatever) goes against Boxter S, it will lose... same for TL type-s... eventhough a fixed up type-s might beat it...

Bitium

well not even the TL type S would beat it :p Who said we could beat the boxter S anyways

Control

RE: well not even the TL type S would beat it Who said we could beat the boxter S anyways

umm.. you did remember? you said, and i quote

"We sure can beat boxter S. Were did you get that number "

Bitium

well you said it before I said that, At the time I didn't know of a boxter S. . So again before my quote, who said we could beat a boxter S anyways????

SL1200MK4

You can run pretty dead even with a lightly modded Prelude 5spd.

But that means you have to torque brake, hard on your tranny.

Dvs rice

on the road i'd always get alot of civics trying to race me and i still burn them i do have I/e but i also always have a full load like 3 to 4 people in my car. i got a couple of 330's but the strangest was a camry solora. i beat them all, but i was wondering can we really beat a a4 that thing has turbo, i know we have a bigger engine but can we actually be faster than all of those cars?

gohawks63

Mine was a '76 FIAT 128. What a chick magnet that was.

FIAT definitely stand for "Fix It Again Tony".

BDI

I have a 99 TL and I beat my friends TT roadster(not the 225 hp one) all the time, so you shouldn't have a problem with those.

Black TL

I'm not positive on this one but you MIGHT be able to beat a 2000 Chevy Metro. It will probably be a tough race but you might as well try!

torqueaholic

i'm sorry if this has already been beat to death but, could you guys confirm 0 to 60, and 1/4mile times for the 2003 acura TL? I've seen 6.9 to 60! this would make it whoop an auto v6 altima !!!

Control

not sure.... i've seen a lot of different times for TL-P... fastest i've seen so far is 6.7 by motortrend... you kno that section in the back with all the cars and their times? slowest i've seen is like 7.3 or something on some other magazine which i forgot which... but you can't really race by magazine times... just gotta do it in real life...

side note.. it's called "break torque" not "torque break"

miwa

brake torque?

Control

oops i misspelled brake torque

brake torque is used to better the off the launch acceleration on a auto tranny car.... it is done by holding down the brake and giving the car throttle to increase RPM and then letting go of the brakes... kinda like dropping from neutral but not as damaging to the tranny... use it when you drag... i sure do

Monte TLS,MAX

Actually The TLP isnt as quick as the 3.5 Alti auto its best time so far is slightly quicker than TLP's times. The 95-01 Maxima and IS300 vs the TLP depends on the driver.