Ok, so I finally decide to test my newly equipped B16 91 STD Civic against my friends stock '97 Prelude. We were on the freeway racing from roll, and he totally killed me, is this just because of the tranny, or what?

 

Do a REAL race...Like from a stand still not from a rolling start

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by russian_racer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do a REAL race...Like from a stand still not from a rolling start </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea do it from a stand still. Even though his car is heavier than yours, you guys were on the freeway, not at a stand still so weight didnt play as much of a role...so his torque just pulled him up up n awayyyyyy. Either that or you didnt downshift to the right gear.

 

B16 Civic... you should pull away from him if you downshifted correctly... what tranny do u have?

 

if you cant beat um..join um...sell your B16 and drop an H22 into your EF...gobs of power

 

Just re-race him and you'll beat him....its that simple....STOP CRYING

 

what tranny are you running? if ls tranny then yeah its not surpising you lost.

 

I raced a prelude before also but it was from a standstill and I lost but I had three of my boys in the car I have the same setup as you just mine is a Si. And we raced like 3 times, it was just spur of the moment type thing I usaully don't do dumb **** like that but what the hell. I don't know what he had done though but I had three of my boys in the car and my boys ain't small. Just race him from a stand still then let us know what happens.

 

I'm running sI tranny, makes since that I didn't stand a chance on the freeway, shortest gear ratios ever!

 

You should have pulled on him. Go from a standstill and then tell us. What is your set-up? I have a B16 I/H/E on my DX and the thing pulls like a banshee! Stock Prelude's can stay close but shouldn't win unless the civic driver misses a shift...etc.

 

I agree you should definantly pull on him
Im thinking you wernt in teh correct gear

when u floored it what rpm were u at??
lol 3000?
4000?

I like starting at 4500-5000
its an instant surge when u floor it

 

you lost b/c your b16 has no torque. its at like 110lbs or something. my d15 has more than that

 

I downshifted correctly, and I was pulling hard. Lol, one thing I forgot to mention however, my mugen chip wasn't hooked up to my pm6 at the time, so my redline cutoff was 6800. Now I got the good ol' 8200, I'm sure things will be MUCH different, 1400 rpms matters.

 

so does torque

 

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ther4es ur problem
stop crying about not being able to win.. shifting at 6800 u wont....
go back now and race him with the 8200 redline and tells us a good story

 

Will do Hey man, give up the whole torque thing, that's what a turbo's for

 

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Actually that's what a V8 is for, if you want torque don't get a 4 cylinder.

 

dissapointing that you lost badly. You should have killed him and given him a bad loss...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by limoZeen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you lost b/c your b16 has no torque. its at like 110lbs or something. my d15 has more than that </TD></TR></TABLE>

tourque is not much of a factor on the highway when the revs are already up......tourque gets you out of the hole when dragracing.....or towing.

 

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lol, dude how could you forget to mention this?!

once you get that settled you will own him

 

haha, I know right?

 

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tourque is not much of a factor on the highway when the revs are already up......tourque gets you out of the hole when dragracing.....or towing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you cant generate hp w/o torque. to put your theory to shame, launch at 7k on your b16 then. something w/ more torque will still own your ***.

 

6800

So wonder you lost. Did you hit the rev limiter or did you just shift before the revs got that high.. ?

 

Rev limiter hit, my mugen chip wasn't in at the time.

 

do a stand still. but if you insist on a rolling start do this-if you are on the highway in 5th gear, when he gives the ok to start racing slam it into 3rd.. you will instantly be in 7krpm or so and in the nice part of vtec-watch your redline and RACE!!!! you will surprise the **** out of him 4 sure!!