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| quote: | Originally posted by TurboGS-R
well first of all that civic they listed is a friggen dx with little or no engine mods to it. the other car had NOS and whatever shit done to it. obviously it was done for a joke. we all had our laughs but to diss honda as a nice looking or maybe to some of you bad looking slow cars is somewhat overboard, almost ignorant about their cars and their potential.
i've read in a recent article from sport compact car and this is what it had.
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/toc.shtml
Integra GS-R (B18C1 Motor)
Garrett T3/T4 Turbo at 28psi
491HP
300 something lb/ft
12.1 sec @ 128 mph in the 1/4 mile
i'm pretty sure most eurocar owners wouldn't want to mess with this car when you pull up on a red light with it. i know there have been 9 sec honda's around too.
aside from the idiots you see running around in their civics trying to act all hardcore, there are also real car enthusiasts out there who know what to do to hondas.
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Dude, you need to chill out.... you take everything as a personal attack.....
First off, as i've seen you post before, you don't even HAVE that car (civic/acura), you just like them..... (which is ok)
Second, ANY CAR IN THE WORLD can be fast if you slap a huge turbo on a non-factory motor and run 30 psi of boost... jesus, thats overkill...
The point here is not so much with speed but taste.... You can't generalize taste by car owners, so i'm not going to say "all honda owners...blah blah blah..." but down here in my neck of the woods (and ask ANY south floridan on here and they will agree), that 99% of hondas on the road down here are friggin jokes... they have that STUPID ass big wing, the lights on the hood, HUGE garbage-can exhausts, and they are lucky if they break into the 16's in the quarter mile.....
And as far as the whole honda-thing.... i know you don't like me b/c i rag on them... but in case you're ever curious as to why i rag on them...... its b/c i USED TO OWN one..... i know how they are. i had a '95 EX civic coupe ... I had an Integra LS head with GSR intake manifold, and with all mods made 170 HP at the WHEELS.... but it sounded like crap, and was a PIECE OF SH!T.... This of course was when i was younger... (when you are younger, i noticed the whole "honda" thing appeals to you more...) Hondas are great for what they are meant for - daily economical transportation.... NOT race cars!
Then i grew up and decided i needed a real car... a nice semi-luxury car that was quick.... so i got my VW. (actually on my 2nd VW - 1st was a 1996 GTI VR6).... You want to talk numbers? My '96 GTI VR6 ran consistent 13.91 @ 114 MPH at the track, and that car was ALL motor, no turbo, supercharger, no nitrous, on STREET tires... all motor... and this was my daily driven car. You will never find an all-motor Honda that will run that, especially with a stock motor or on street tires... and my last car only cost me $18,000 BRAND NEW... as much as a civic SI! lol... I traded this car in a year ago for my 2000 which you see pictured...
Anyways, My new, 2000 GTi has heated leather seats, 6 airbags! (driver, pass., 2 side, and 2 curtain), one-touch windows, climate-controlled A/C system (the kind like in your house where you just put it to what temperature you want, and it automatically goes there.... like the Mercedes & BMW have), my car also has rain-sensing windshield wipers, an 8-speaker 380-watt Monsoon sound system (stock, mind you), and a VR6 engine.... and it cost me $22,000..... about 1 THOUSAND dollars less than a new Acura RSX Type-S, which has less equipment and options... Yhis car is no speed demon, but its very nice and faster than anything i'd ever need to get away from down here...
Note of interest: I ran a RSX Type-S at the track last week, and i have 18" wheels on my otherwise stock car.... and i beat him in the quarter by .7 seconds..... This is one of my points, Turbo GS-R! This car costs $23,500, has "200 HP", but is slower than a much heavier, cheaper car, that IMO is MUCH nicer...
And as far as respecting Honda Power, i have a lot of respect for it, when i see it... there are very few hardcore Honda tuners down here that actually MAKE them fast as opposed to making them LOOK fast... one of my friends works for Pacific Performance down here, which if you recall have the fastest Nissan 200SX in the world... they also have some VERY quick Hondas and Acuras.... but these are not streetable cars...
I have respect for fast, QUIET performance that is every-day streetable....
That silver GTI from this link is a daily-driven street car, Turbo-GSR!! I am sure the honda you mentioned is a trailer queen!
But anyways, don't worry about my comments, they are not directed at you, ok?
-ABT-
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Peace.
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