JDM Inspired

Well I just wanted to share the power of Honda.....
Turbo Civic VS a a 3rd GEN Twin Supra!! alittle NY flavor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1aS3QG3ZM

iforyou

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wicked.

anx1300c

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That Civic almost took out that onlooker. I guess these people haven't seen the videos of an out of control car wiping out a crowd of people?

I hate cars

Not bad. Though there is no reason on this planet that the Supra should not have taken the Civic out of the hole especially since it was on slicks. Decent cars, dumb crowd.

ZEUS'O3TL

fawk that thing is fast

JDM Inspired

See thats what you think, you cant sleep on Honda PERIOD and how was that crowd dumb? everyone was just chillin.......PLUS!! that Supra is a 2J boosted with Nitrous 10SEC TRACK proven....... man that bubble is look up Midnight Autoclub they dont play games!

race4ed

^^^ werd, i was saying the same thing. Thats how we do, nobody is stupid out here, all we do is chill, Midnightauto and HI boost have some of the fastest civic's in NY period!

race4ed

this has been going on for a very long time and for someone to lose control, cant control the car what so ever and does not have experience, thats something youll never find.

I hate cars

My point is the Supra wasn't set up right. Slick to slick, the RWD car should've slaughtered the FWD car. Not taking anything away from the Civic just pointing out that's not how it normall goes.

I hate cars

Am I reading that right, you're saying you'll never find anyone with no experience that can't control a car?

Sonnick

Lol. I'm not sure what he was trying to say either, even people with plenty of experience lose control of a car. Someone may launch wrong, shift bad, etc and have the car act up no matter how experienced he/she is. Losing control of a car has little to do with experience (per se).

That said, that video was sick! That Civic r

Sonnick

^^ What I meant to say before my computer sh!t on me is that the Civic is a beast! Also, just because the Supra lost RWD vs FWD slicks, doesn't mean the Supra wasn't "set up right," maybe the Civic was just set up better. Regardless it was a good race and I may have to look up this Midnight Auto Club

I hate cars

Going from experience, I've run two 10 second Civics on slicks on the street with my car on stock suspension and slicks and it's not even a race. I'll put 2-3 cars out of the hole in the first second. The Supra either had turbo lag or the driver couldn't launch end of story. I'm not saying the Civic wouldn't have run him down and I'm not making excuses for the Supra. It's run what you brung and hope you brought enough. Just pointing out the Civic got a free lunch.

iforyou

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Don't you think there's a chance that, the two Civics that you ran against were not setup properly? Or may be both drivers couldn't launch?

I hate cars

One was running 10.80s at the track. It's simple FWD vs RWD. The FWD doesn't compare, especially on the street. The Supra in the video looked like it pulled a 2.0 60' at best. It was lazy out of the hole.

iforyou

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When you go over to dragtimes.com, you can see that those 10-second Civics have 1.5 -16.s 60ft, and that's about the same as the Supra's shown there.

http://www.dragtimes.com/Toyota--Supra-Drag-Racing.html
http://www.dragtimes.com/Honda--Civic-Drag-Racing.html

The Supra in this video did launch pretty softly though. However, from my understanding, the Supra is more of a "highway killer."

race4ed

that civic is probably laying down 600+ HP.

I hate cars

Supras have never been known for their outstanding launches.

However, FWD on the street is a lot diffferent than on a well prepped track. The FWD is at a larger disadvantage on the street. What we have in the video is a FWD that hooks exceptionally well and a Supra that is lazy off the line.

Go90go

^ Yes, and that is a MKIV Supra, not a 3rd gen MKIII.

~Cheers~

Majofo

Yeah that's a MKIV (4G).. and the supra launch was crap.. not taking anything away from the hatch but we're all watching the same vid right?

Even the most experienced drivers have lost control of their vehicles. Tire blow out.. blown axle / bearings.. slicks over water.. You have to be a naive dumb MF to think that a driver will always have control.. especially when you're putting anywhere from 500-600hp+ down.. there have been plenty of chill onlookers turned into hamburger meat.

iforyou

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So typically a drag track is more grippy?

I hate cars

MUCH more grippy for drag radials and slicks. Not so much for street tires.

iforyou

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ah, I just learned something new!

I hate cars

You would love slicks on the track. Just as an example, on slicks on a well prepped street, I can launch at 4psi boost, roll out at about half throttle through first and put it to the floor at the bottom of second gear. At the track I launch it with the pedal to the floor for all it's worth.

On street tire I can't even go half pedal until it hits third and then it fights for traction the entire time. Not to talk about my car but just to illustrate the difference in tires and the track vs street.

JDM Inspired

I wonder who would win if You and that Supra ran??....10sec club

Majofo

I saw a street match up not too long back.. a young a*hole in his late model GT500 pulled up against a nice '68 GT fastback.. Dick head in the new GT500 mashed his pedal and slipped bad.. race was over before it really got going..

It was better this way.. they ended up going through Sunday church traffic. The guy in the GT500 let off.. fortunately. I didn't see the '68 after the first few seconds from the intersection.. I think he went through a worm hole.

I hate cars

I can't push my car very fast so probably the Supra lol. Love those Supras though. My friend with an M3 didn't know any better and tried to run with a Supra with a front mount on the freeway. I tried to warn him but he didn't believe me until the Supra put about 20 buslengths on him.

I hate cars

I used to win many races off the line. I loved the mind games. I would always tell people I was going to leave on them and they would never be able to catch me and the basic trash talking. Most of the time it worked so well they would go up in smoke and I won just because of the intimidation. There were a couple cars I had seen run nearly a second faster than me at the track that I would kill on the street because I made them nervous.

Majofo

lol.. yeah the experienced ones know.. that's exactly what I saw.. the new GT did a burnout to get the other guys attention.. then the refined salt & pepper haired gentleman in the '68 did his trash talk with an enormous tire burnout on his fat slicks.. I'm sure the other guy got nervous.. lol.. it got my heartbeat up.

iforyou

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lol, so psychology is part of drag racing....interesting...haha