the reason i ask this is because one of my ignorant friends got his first import today which is a rx8. so he thinks hes the **** now. so of course he clowned me saying theres no way i can beat him in my rex and if i do its only with a swap. i mean for a stock rx8 they look aggresive i aint scared but do i have a chance going at him stock meaning i have a stock zc sohc with just exhaust i plan on doing more but i want to build a dominating d series engine i dont no were to start

 

rx* > crx

in all imaginable aspects.

 

lol your friend is deff the **** with an rx8 and you deff cant beat him with your crx sooo yea sorry (i have a crx too)

 

yeah its a nice car. but a crx can take him badly with a swap man ive been hearing there slow

 

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just for kicks what is done to your car?

 

Go B20VTEC on his ***.

I would NEVER let any Rotary crap outrun my REX. Even if i would kill myself in the process of getting away from it.

 

my car is stock with an exhaust.hes is completly stock.i know he can beat me,but were should i start first to be able to beat him,or be able to hang with evos,wrx's or rx8's

 

B16 TurboVtec is a good start.

 

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with that info i have 100 bucks on your buddy.

 

i aint going to race him i wasnt saying that what im saying is this punk used to drive a sebring and then he got in a accident so he got the rx8 doesnt no **** about it lies up the *** about his knowledge of imports and has the nerve to talk **** about my rex just cuz hes got a stock fast car now never raced in his life. i mean i might sound like a hater but **** now a days you dont even have to work on your car that much to have high horsepower with these dealer bought cars like the evos and wrx, rx8 etc i mean there nice cars and i would buy one if i had the money but i would like to see there faces when they get raped by a crx

 

its not so much driving skill as it is the huge difference in power between an rx8 and a "stock crx with an exaust", there's just almost no chance unless he really messed up, you'd need a tuned b16 minimum to have a chance

 

Quick little comparison. 97 Civic Coupe with a b18c1 got beat by about two cars on the quarter against a stock rx8.

 

rx8's is garbage.... i have a built gsr in a crx and i have stretched all of my friends sti's and my friend jake's rx8. i have races him about 5 times on the freeway and he has only won once due to my tire exploding. other than that easy money 1Up4Hondas

 

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wrong, I destroyed one with a B16 swap in an HF before going turbo (it was untuned, why would u need tuning on NA anyways?) Now it would really be a joke if I raced one. I would say about 10 cars minimum now.

 

I could care less what engine a crx had in it, I would still take the Rx8. Those cars are very well balanced. RWD&gt;FWD

 

This thread is whack, LOL
Will a stock RX8 beat a stock CRX CRX (sorry but exhaust IMO is still stock) YES
A swapped CRX has a good chance of kicking the RX8s ***, I've seen one get beat repetetively one night at the track by a B16 CRX (stcok internals, just IHE) and whooped by a Accord with a homemade turbo.

 

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Driver &gt; car

 

As high performance cars go, the RX8 is a real slug. But it is still ALOT faster than a bone-stock CRX. My advice? Go get a GSR swap, and then show your buddy what a 15+ year old car can do for a fraction of what he paid.

 

Turbo your stock D-Series, It can be done a hell of alot cheaper than swapping engines and you'll get much more WHP for your dollar. If you're smart and read up on what you're doing - you'll come out of it with 180whp+ boosting 8-10lbs and have only spent $1200 or less. I'm trying to build mine under $1000, with the d16z6 I just bought in that equation.

Someone will inevitably post "until you blow the engine" - Damn straight, but it aint a $1000+ B-Series, it's a $150 D-Series - swap in another one and prepare to blow the crap outa it too in a few months.

 

Home made turbo are illegal in ca.
Just swap in a b series.

 

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Engine swaps are illegal too, until you get it certified by a Smog Referee.

 

I beat an RX8 in my prelude. He had an automatic tho.

They aren't that fast. A stock B16 with a good driver in a Rex could take one.

 

i drove a rx8 at the auto auction i worked for a month ago i was more than disapointed with the power felt like a complete slug, i also think my 1.5 crx would give it a run (not beat it but it would still walk away with its pride for being a basicaly stock 1.5l)

maybe there was somethign wrong with the one i drove besides it being automatic

 

a stock rx-8 runs a mid to high 14 1/4 stock. If your friend is a idiot and cant drive lets just say 15 sec then. I got my stock crx si into the mid to high 15s with just intake/header/exhaust....so its really not that far out of the realm of beating on almost stock. A bolt on turbo on the D-series would own that car unless your a horrible driver too.

Anyways this type of thing is never ending. Friend saying this car is better then the next. All of it comes down to the driver when cars are remotely close in specs and even then a bad driver in a fast car can even be the same as a great driver in a much slower car. Driver owns more then ppl think

 

i beat an rx8 with my b16 ef hatch, those cars are slow... but then your stock crx is even slower... lol