anyone seen this video?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63&q=tsx&hl=en

tsx are pretty quick

i love the sound of the engine and he/she is a good driver

 

Sounds sweet. Could have kept the RPMs a bit higher during start. 1-2 shift was a bit slow, the rpms dropped all the way to 5,000. Overall, not too bad for tsx.

 

check out the TSX section, i am pretty sure that is Jtso's TSX, he posted the vid, it is pretty sweet...

 

Yup, it's JTso's..

Also, the gearing on the TSX is what makes the RPM drop to 5K on the 1-2 shift.

 

That 1-2 is a bitch.

 

Definitely a rev happy motor, that K24A2.

 

ya, low end torque is nice, but the K24 makes for alot of fun with a stick shift. Gotta keep those revs up.

 

...which makes it a mixed bag. Torque is so much more useable in the not so open roads of NJ.

 

Shifts are way slow. And launch is poor.

Granted, with a modern cable shifted FWD car, you're not going to be ripping 1/10 of a second speed shifts (or power shifts - not good with a front driver). But his shifts are definitely wasting a lot of time.

And the launch was made at too low an engine speed. With these low-torque engines, you need to launch with a lot of RPM and slip the clutch enough to keep the R's in the torque curve.

I would bet he could pick up at least 1/3 of a second with the above corrections.

 

Has any TSX broke into the 14s with a REAL 1/4 TIME?


not with a gtech

 

Box stock I would be REAL surprised of one has. There just isn't very much under the hood to manage a 14 second E.T.

 

I'll tell what what IS amazing to me. The fact that an over 3500 pound front drive sedan with a high final drive (3.29) and a small V6 engine (196 CID) can rip off a 14.3 second quarter mile at 99 MPH. Now that's impressive.

 

well you'll be stunned to hear that I did a 14.1 @ 99+ in my CL-S. N/A

 

lolll

 

Is that stock?

If so, your 14.1 is, indeed, a super time.. no question about it.

 

Keep in mine he may be on stock rubber. No point in launching hard and sitting there spinning.

 

no, I had intake and headers. but my CL-S was an auto.

 

Obviously, not stock, but it was an auto.

 

How much does it spin? Don't forget a little spin can be better then no spin

 

The TSX has very low torque, but it will spin the tires. Still with such low torque, you can launch harder and control it better. This video definitely shows a lower RPM launch and a little bogging.

 

Yep.

Anyway, front wheel drive cars are notorious for poor traction. Just no way around it with a street setup - stock conditioned car. Physics are against you with FWD.

 

whats the average 6 speed tsx 1/4 mile anyway?

 

Bone stock you should be in the low 15's. It's not a dragster.

 

Not bad.

How about with I/H/E and even software?

 

software does great things for the k-series

 

That's a good time if you think about it, half the ricer's out there run in the 15's so the tsx should beat some if not most of them... i/h/e/p and maybe a hondata you should be set IMO