i was driving down one of our main roads when all of a sudden this jerk off do rag guy pulls up next to me and speeds up. after about 10 minutes of following we finally got an open road and we took off. i have a red 4 door lx witha puny 102 hp and 98lbs of tourqe. he had a 2dr eclipse gs with 140hp and 130lbs of tourqe. anyways we took off from 65 and it was even at 75 and then he pulled a bit switched gears into fourth and i being a honda still 1.5k rpm left in third. so pulled on him for while he was switching gears and when he was in fourth. but when i hit fourth i pulled on him all day. we finally stopped at 110 and i was 2 cars in front. i dont understand how i could beat him when he has way more power than me?? please explain this or how the motors are different. i just dont understand the physics of this. please help?

Here is a list of the mods.
Me- lowered, injen short ram, power 1 muffler, and powertech headers.
Him- lowered, gay big *** spoiler, injen intake, and greddy catback. thats all i could see or tell.
please put anyfeed back on here as you want. or any of your race experinces

 

damn, so just by hearing his intake you could tell it was an injen??

or was he one of those cool kids with the clear hoods? or even more hardcore, NO HOOD AT ALL!!

that's hardcore JDM.

 

i love when people think they know everything and try to be funny. he had one of those license plate frames that said injen on it.

 

maybe he had a injen sticker, i have a nos sticker and i got 3 bottles of nos, so should i put 3 stickers?

 

This does seem somewhat amusing...2 slow cars racing for supremacy.

Anyway power isn't the only thing that factors into a race, suspension setups, gearing, how strong the motor is.....thsi things all play into why X car beats Y.

 

You're a f**king retard.

Don't ever race that stupid agian.

Going fast does not mean you beat a person.

Horsepower is relative, weight, traction, driver, everything and ALL combind for a fast car.

A four door dx civic is a car designed to carry your family, not race. I'm almost positive you DO NOT have Z rated tires, so your ignorant *** is luckey you didn't split a tire an die, or ever kill some else - like me for all I know, so this is a slap in the face to me.d

Take a 92-95 civic hatchback Si, quick little car, not fast by any means, but more geared and designed to racing or acceleration.

Don't take what I'm saying the wrong way, I want you to learn, so this is where is starts. Take my advice, learn how danerious speeding really is, learn to drive, and most important, give honda a good name and don't race a stock family sedan...

Most of all, do it safe and legal at a drag strip!



Modified by 976 at 11:01 AM 7/23/2003

 

i got a blitz license plate frame that my friend gave me, so i must be turbo!

Besides, haven't you seen all those cars with import tuner-esque stickers when all they have is intake and exhaust??

 

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AMEN!

 

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I love when people act all smart and then think that people only put stickers or plate frames on their cars for modifications that they have.

 

****.........I beat a 5.0 Saturday night from 80 mph roll in my 2000 si with just an

intake and exhaust, that shouldn't have happend

I know why though, dumb *** couldnt drive

 

because your car weighs 600 lbs less

 

I was walking very slowly and I beat a guy jogging. In before this get locked and boy does it need to get locked.

 

I think instead of locking this thread, I want to hear his reply.

Is he going to take everyone's response negitive or positive.

I know earlier I dogged him, however someone needs to teach him, rather then giving him the boot and watch another rice boy be made, or killed.

B18C5-EH2, what do you think?

 

I don't think he will reply and if he does it will probably result in negativity to all others that have posted and then a flame war is the result. Sometimes funny but most of the time annoying . (To me anyway)

 

i dont really care what you guys say. thats not what im here for. i think its funny what most of you have to say. i know that my car is slow as all **** but its the only car i have to do anything to. i dont have anything to save my money for since i cant buy a new car and i like somewhat improving my car. its fun to learn on and it helps pass the time. oh and by the way i have konig monsoons sitting on kumho supras. so i dont think i wouldve split a tire or anything. i really dont understand why everyone bashs everyone else here. some people just arent as lucky to haver some of the nice *** cars that other people do. there is no need to bash them here though. but whatever keep the replies coming.

 

Uhhh luck has nothign to do with what most of us have. ITs caleld working your *** off or using credit.


i don't really see much bashing. People are giving you the truth without sugar-coating it.

If you have been lurking and watching how this forum in particular goes then this should be nothing new to you. We are harsh esp on new comers that ask ?'s that seem stupid to them.....not calling your question stupid just breaking it down for you.

 

I'm moving this to the Kills Forum in like 15 minutes - just a heads up for those following thism one...

 

Once Tom sees this thread it will be locked. Second, this should be in Kills.

Now, about you beating a Eclipse GS...Maybe he wasn't pushing it all the way, maybe his car wasn't running correctly, or maybe even your car is indeed faster then his. Who knows? The bottom line is that there are too many variables to answer a question like this. And in this forum you will get "flamed" for asked such a question, especially when you were street racing.

EDIT: Tom posted right before me, so I guess he saw it.

 

oh well it was worth a try i guess.

 

redciviclx14:

We want you on this board, don't take the bashing the wrong way.

My first ride was a POS toyota coralla, then a Acura Legend which I tried to modify, only small performance upgrades - which was a waste of money on a god damn v6 heavy as hell car.

Then I got a 90 Prelude Si, it was beautiful, exect the engine, I learned by hybriding a new motor into it which cleaned my bank. So I understand what you mean. You seem like a young guy who is having some fun, I'm just telling you bluntly the seriousness of driving that fast w/o experience and or a car built for the purpose. Hey, at least you do have Z rated tires.

Stay here, learn as much possible. Trust me, with the knowledge you gain here you can rebuild your engine for low compression and use fellow members to order a cheap turbo.

Also, I would recommend upgrading suspension, it's cheap and much more fun around corners than 110mph on a straight!!!

 

thank you 976. i now know you understand where im coming from. this is my first car and its fun to do **** to it. i know its probly a waste but ill learn. as for the suspension i just got finished lowering it with h&r sports. it looks nice cuz its not to low. it also handles much better. i also got some cheapo gas shocks from autozone. 50 each. does anyone have any experience with them? what else can i do to improve the suspension. im gonna get the front and rear strut bars in a week. sorry for the gay question earlier but i just wanted to know if a 102 hp 4 door should be able to beat the 140hp eclipse. oh well. thanks for all the input.

 

so all this was on the street huh??? thats cool!!