Does anyone know the 1/4 mile and 0-60 times for
RSX
RSX-S
RSX-R

thanks.

 

rsx-7.7 low-mid 15's

type s- 6.1 14.8 c/d

Type R- not here yet, and no official plans. should be high 5's and mid/low 14's


[Modified by Shea-bird, 7:38 AM 8/15/2001]

 

I'm also very curious about this topic. What are the real world times, like at a track you've seen in person. No publications etc...
Maybe I'm way out of the loop here, but is there a regular RSX and a Type S? I thought there was only a Type S??
Thanks a lot for any info.
M

 

I saw a guy running low 15's at the track and he wasnt getting good traction. So im guessing 14.8 to a 14.5 with a bomb driver and perfect conditions.

 

Yes there is a regular RSX and an RSX Type S.

 

Hey guys. I just watched this on motortrend television. The type S ran a 15.4. That is with a profesional driver. The car is not a super fast street racer. The only difference between a base RSX and a Type S besides looks and interior is 15 horsepower and 1 ft lb of torque. and about $5000


I would rather spend my money on a $15000 Integra GSR and do a few mods. I personally think the integra is better looking too.

 

theres a difference of 40 hp...not 15.

Base RSX has 160 hp
Type S has 200 hp

 

hey i thought the rsx-r was supposed to be around high 13s?

 

Honda's offical time for new ITR is 14.3 seconds for 1/4 mile time.

 

There is more difference than that. You are forgeting that VTC is apply to both the intake and exhuast side for type S. Base model only gets the exhuast side.

 

the fastest of the two TYpeS at the tracl last friday was ran a best of 15.2!

 

I can see a broken-in RSX, driven right and in good conditions running low 14's. Obviously even a profesional driver (as was stated) doesn't know how to drive all cars. I've gotten better stock 1/4 miles times in my Si than any other magazine (profesional drivers). It has to do with how the car is driven.

 

Well put Stolen

 

VTEC makes good HP but kills the torque

 

Huh??? 1.6 and 1.8 liters is what kills the torque--not vtec. Vtec just allows you to make decent low end while extending the torque curve higher in the powerband. Higher torque at a higher rpm = more HP, plain and simple.

 

DOH!

 

OK if you say so

 

I guess professional drivers can't drive then... "Obviously"!

I think they drive fine... Don't forget that they test the car in stock trim and realistic conditions. They may not always have a drag strip with grippy surface to work with, they don't lower tire pressures, they don't remove the spare tires and they don't power shift.

You can probably get better times than most magazines with favorable altitude, drag strip, lowering tire pressure and removing the spare tire, rather easily. It's not that professional drivers can't drive, it's just different testing conditions.

 

Heh,

One thing I haven't heard suggested here yet; maybe the RSX-S isn't as fast as everyone keeps saying...

Just a thought...

 

good consideration chris.

 

Just read the Honda Tuning Mag. and said the new RSX Type-S ran a 0-60 in 7.1s. I was very dissapointed. I've seen an RSX-S at the track running low 15's in the 1/4 mile... is it the car that's slow and overrated, or does all the RSX-S driver's suck?

I would love to see a bone stock RSX-S running mid 14's... anyone?

 

yeah i'm pretty disapointed about the RSX type S, saw two of them at the drags and they couldn't even get into the 15's, one looked pretty good with mf10's

 

Not that this means much, but I did two runs with the gtech two nights ago. I ran a 15.00 and a 14.68. I have the video, but i'm not sure how to upload it. Any suggestions? The only reason I think the gtech is pretty accurate is because it had almost identical times when i brought it to the track with the S2000. Only once was it 2 tenths off.

I also noticed that the meter is not accurate when there is wheel hop. It drops the meter lower, and makes it think you are accelerating quicker.

 

Oh, the runs were done with two passengers (410 lbs total weight) first run was with a/c on and second was with a/c off and vent turned to heat. I hope to post the videos soon.

 

Gtech 1/4 mile times
This is my first post on this forum, so please try not to be too critical. Basically, I've followed the rsx articles since late last year. I took delivery of my rsx a couple of weeks ago. I have about 1200 miles on it. After reading the first run of magazine tests, and hearing the various results, I decided that the only way to figure out how fast the car really is with my driving is to go out and test it myself. Keep in mind that the results that I got were using a G-Tech Pro. I don't know how consistent and accurate the device is so the numbers i'm posting here are extremely rough estimates (A friend of mine did test his at the track and found the numbers were fairly accurate in general). In any case, the best numbers that I got are as follows:

0-60 6.1, 1/4 14.65 @VERY roughly 96mph

My friend, who is a much better driver than I am got:

0-60 roughly 6.3, 1/4 14.68

I imagine that his numbers are a bit more accurate than mine are. I have difficulty believing that I could outdrive him. I think that wheel hop tends to affect the gtech to produce artificially faster times because of the fact that the hop creates extra artificial "g-forces" that make the device think it's going faster than it actually is. That being said, I got a little bit of wheel hop. My friend got very little to none.
The road was a little bit bumpy which might have padded the times slightly. I do have video footage of a few of the runs.

My conclusion is that I love the car, no matter what it runs really. I was curious, and figured that other people were too, for a real world estimation of the actual speed of the car. From the numbers I got, I can see C & D's numbers being doable. Granted the 0-60 and the 1/4 mile seem a little out of sync based on the numbers that I got, BUT that could be based on a lot of diffferent variables including launch technique, initial traction, and shifting speed.

Oh, btw, I launched using a clutch dump at 5500rpm. My friend used a dump at 5000rpm.

Finally, I imagine that these times could be off by as much as half a second, just because of the variability in the gtech measurements. But at least it's a start to getting some real world numbers.