i just got back from racing my friends civic si with aem short ram and apexi n1 cat-back, my R has aem cold air, apexi dunk cat-back and an action 2md clutch.
We raced 3 times once i beat him by about 2-3 cars and then the other time i missed 3rd and he caught up to me when i got it back into 3rd we were dead even and i didnt pull on him, the last race was a 2nd gear drop and i didnt pull on him till 3rd and even then it wasnt by much can you guys help me out. i am doing a compression test tomorrow, i am thinking about canceling my oder on the apexi n1 and toda header with carsound cat.
HELP!

 

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hmm.. street racing.. let me make this post honda-tech comptatible:

"my car feels slow, i missed 3rd gear (don't know if overrevved), getting compression test tommorow"

answer: "your friend civic si has nawwssss"

my opinion "probably nothing wrong with the car"


[Modified by vtec.dc2, 2:40 AM 1/5/2003]

 

no i didnt overrev and i know for a fact my friends civic doesnt have nos

 

if you didn't overrev i think it would be fine, what mods does he have?

 

it could be you dont know how to drive............ which is a sad thing b/c u drive a ITR.

 

Either something is wrong with the R or with the driver. I'm placing my bet on the driver. I can race a gsr with more mods than what your friend has in his SI and still beat them 5-7 car lengths just because I know my car and how to drive it. Thats even with my compression being fukked at 160 per cylinder.

 

i know this sight likes to flame people and i also know that i am a newbie, but i ahve taken the skip barber racing school and was 4th in the class, i know all about my car and how to drive, i also know that an Si should not be this close to me either, i have had this prob. before and when i took it to acura they said my clutch was sliping that is why i have the action one, but i am just scared that something is fucked up and no one can tell what it is also i am think about getting my money back on the damn 1000 dollar headers i just bought.

 

header you bought is the right step for N/A. Did you check your oil? Everything sounds normal in first post, if he reacted .4 seconds earlier - you have to take that in account too - car isn't going to be that much faster...


[Modified by vtec.dc2, 2:44 AM 1/5/2003]

 

street racing is stupid....

 

 

go to the drag strip if you want to drag race to see what kind of numbers you pull, then maybe we could help you out.

 

i have been to the drag strip and my best time was 15.02 but i had a 2.42 60 ft.
i cant get traction.
but my main concern is that i should smoke and Si even with intake and exhaust
when i first got my car i raced an si with i/h/e and i killed him but now i am right in front of them.

 

For what it's worth, my roommate has an Si too, and we've raced many times and I don't DEMOLISH him or anything... we both have (or had) I/H or I/E mods, and I only beat him by 1 second at the track. I also have run 14.9-15.0 at the track, and i don't think anything is wrong with my R. My 60's were 2.4-2.5. The Si was 16.0-16.1's with about the same 60's. I don't know how many "car lengths" that equals (1 second), and we don't really race on the street except for the occasional 4-5second spurts antagonizing each other on the way to some destination

I'd say your car is fine and/or your friend is a little better driver. Which Skip Barber school did you do?

 

I would not worry to much about it. The lack of torque at low RPM is what's keeping you from winning by a bigger margin.

Remember what a great man said: "a win is a win...by an inch or by a mile it is still a win...".

If you took a Skip Barber training school, may I suggest that you put your ITR on the track to practice what you learn...that is where you will have the most fun with your car (you can invite your friend and his Si and see how well he can keep up with you )





[Modified by JPP, 2:32 PM 1/5/2003]

 

 

How do you know what the conditions where when he raced his friend? Maybe it was at 2am w/nobody else on the road. If you consider racing on the street in correct conditons(ie open road, good weather ext) "street racing" then you have a serious misconseption of how people drive around the world on a daily basis. Don't be so quick to judge people.

 

i took the skip barber school when i was 16 it was my b-day present from my parents and i drove a viper gt-s the whole time so it is kinda different from my itr. i dont street race often but my friend just got his exhaust and i was giving him a hard time about his civic, but i hope you guys are right i am dynoing it on fri when i put my header on. thanks for the imput.

 

Did you at least check the basics? Oil condition and level? Air filter? Sparkplugs?

 

ya i did except for the sparkplugs what do i look for?

 

Obviously you dont realize that most of the pulling you do will be in 1st and 2nd gear
any gear higher and you wont pull much if at all

 

Things that make you go hmmm