A friend of mine took his RSX-S to the track for the first time. He has a little over

4000 miles on it so its broken in. His only mod is a highflow muffler that makes a

lot of noise. His first 3 runs were with 27psi front tires. First run 17.XX don't know

what went wrong, 2nd run 15.2X, 3rd run 15.3X, on his last run he was heated with

his shitty times so he lowerd his front tires to 20psi and removed his intake box

and filter to run a 14.990 with a best 60' time of 2.365 against my 14.851 with a

60' of 2.370 Boy do I have a hard time launching my R. Oh my other runs

were 15.1, 14.9, and 15.0 with horrible 60' times, but I managed to smoke a celica

GT-S, Ford Focus, moded civic coupe. All in all we had a great time.

 

what trapspeed did his RSX get?

 

trapspeed of 93.87 mph

 

Not impressive to say the least.

 

I'm sure just as well as I if he gets his 60' times right he'll knock of a few tenths.

 

Something I've been wondering about is if the gearing is really short enough for that car.

I know, I know, it's got a nice, close six speed. But the final drive is somewhere in the neighborhood of the GS-R's (4.389). And with the larger rolling diameter of the 16" tires of the RSX, well, maybe it could stand to have a shorter FD. Just a thought.

Something else that I think will enormously help the RSX is a lightened flywheel. The one I drove felt like it had an 800 lb flywheel. When I'd let off the throttle to shift the revs would hang forever, and the engine just didn't feel very responsive compared to what I'm used to. I'd bet that lightweight flywheel and a performance clutch (the stock clutch is downright girly) would make that car 200% more fun to drive. And hopefully faster too.


[Modified by Mycroft Holmes, 11:47 AM 9/17/2001]

 

What gear do you finish the 1/4 mile in when driving a 6-sp S ?

 

I sure it was forth gear.

 

The revs hang forever not because of the flywheel but because of emissions - specifically odbII has very long throttle lift control. This can actually hurt times because shifts are slower/jerkier. Dean Sapp has noticed a similar problem with newer Camaros and suggests removing the throttle sensor after the car warms up. This fools obdII and allows quicker throttle close. Don't know how it works on Hondas

Regards,
Alan

 

Now that you mention it, it did feel "electronically induced." I still think a lighter flywheel will help responsivness though.

And it would be nice if Hondata could find a way to get into the new ECU. I've never been a fan of VTEC controllers because the OEM ECU changes the fuel and timing maps at the VTEC switchover, which an aftermarket controller doesn't do. VTC adds yet another variable to the mix. Hmmm. It'll be interesting to see what comes out for this car in the next couple of years.