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It'll be an ILX with a marginally more powerful engine, AWD, and no manual transmission. If there is a manual, it'll only be available in the model that's completely neutered in terms of features (current ILX, Accord Sport sedan). In the end, just remember that Honda hates us all.
Don't get excited. Recent history suggests they'll screw this up.
Originally Posted by Yumcha
I'm trying not to be the e-grump on this...and holding out hope that Honda/Acura finally "get it".
So, yeah...gotta believe!
Originally Posted by SamDoe1
Better be awake then.
It'll be an ILX with a marginally more powerful engine, AWD, and no manual transmission. If there is a manual, it'll only be available in the model that's completely neutered in terms of features (current ILX, Accord Sport sedan). In the end, just remember that Honda hates us all.
Originally Posted by Booya4139
put the 3.5 in the ILX, FWD with an LSD and an MT and stop with the neutered exterior styling and it would be a winner
Originally Posted by Majofo
Just bring the type-R here and stfu honda.
Originally Posted by Yumcha
A true Type R treatment of any car in the Honda/Acura line-up? PLEASE.
Originally Posted by Yumcha
But, won't happen. Cuz. Honda hates you.
Originally Posted by civicdrivr
I'd rather see AWD, 6MT, and the new Type R power plant (or a slightly detuned version).
I'd track one of these all day every day over one of the low power low weight cars. 86/s2k/miata would rape this on an autocross course though.
This sounds like the kind of comment one makes when the opposing car would just shit all over it every where else.
Unless the autocross cross is configured to just completely favor small horsepower cars, I doubt it will get "raped" with P Zero Trofeo tires that the engineers claimed were originally producing "too much grip".
This sounds like the kind of comment one makes when the opposing car would just shit all over it every where else.
Unless the autocross cross is configured to just completely favor small horsepower cars, I doubt it will get "raped" with P Zero Trofeo tires that the engineers claimed were originally producing "too much grip".
It's heavy though so no matter how grippy the tires are you still have to accelerate, decelerate, and move that much mass side to side quickly. The tires help a lot when carrying a ton of speed through a corner but a lower speed track like an autocross course will put the Camaro at a disadvantage simply because of the weight and not enough of an opportunity to put that enormous amount of power down.
srika, what is that car? I want to say some sort of Lamborghini.
Also... what is officially considered "too close to the sidewall"?
It is Italian-- Iso Grifo, but probably a Chevy or Ford power train.
Love them and the Bizzarinis, but haven't driven them.
The tire is repairable, but some tire places have corporate policies against plugging and patching unless the hole is beyond the first tread block next to the sidewall.
Originally Posted by oonowindoo
It is repairable.
Go to your nearest American Tires and they will fix it for you for free.
American Tire Depot has a policy against repairing a hole in that position on the tread.
It's heavy though so no matter how grippy the tires are you still have to accelerate, decelerate, and move that much mass side to side quickly. The tires help a lot when carrying a ton of speed through a corner but a lower speed track like an autocross course will put the Camaro at a disadvantage simply because of the weight and not enough of an opportunity to put that enormous amount of power down.
Which is exactly why it has the suspension setup out of the One-77, which is directly from racing cars:
The Z/28 uses Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve (DSSV) dampers made by supplier Multimatic. If you haven’t heard of that before, that’s because this is the first time it’s been on a regular production vehicle (we’re not counting the Aston Martin One-77 as regular). But it’s been a big deal because it debuted in Champ Car (now IndyCar) racing in 2002. Since then, DSSV dampers have won 4 F1 world championships and were on 20 of the 56 cars in the 2013 24 Hours of LeMans.
Tradition shocks work by restricting oil flow around a metal disk. The spool valve instead guides oil through specially shaped ports that allow for consistent performance and nearly limitless flexibility in shaping the force-displacement curve. The Z/28 also has two spool valves per damper, one for rebound and one for compression, so that either motion can be tuned independently.
In addition to the dampers, the Z/28 comes with 85 percent stiffer front and 65 percent stiffer rear springs, and almost all of the suspension bushings are stiffer as well. The anti-roll bars are actually smaller by a tiny margin.
As reviewers have noted, the car is incredibly planted in corners & the car has zero problems putting down 500hp through 305/30 racing slicks.
As said, chiming that the car would get raped by a Miata in an autocross course is like declaring a 911 is great and all, but my Subaru can seat four people comfortably. Who cares?
As said, chiming that the car would get raped by a Miata in an autocross course is like declaring a 911 is great and all, but my Subaru can seat four people comfortably. Who cares?
10-20-2014, 01:52 PM
Go hump that window you own. 
