Originally posted by bkw4287
Yeah... I sold my Prelude a couple months ago, but I had a JRSC running 6psi. I/H/E, 2.5" cat and Hondata 2b with 440cc injectors and P28 ECU. All Tuned it made 228whp and 190wtq.
Now given that info I did a lot of research and know a lot of people with JRSC Ludes. I'm not sure where a lot of you get your info but it's way off. A JRSC SS with nothing but the charger will put down ~190+whp and ~170wtq This is more than enough power to leave a bolt on 5spd wondering what just happened. Add I/H/E and you are above 200whp. I've seen a couple timeslips with JRSC SS in the high 13's and most are in the low to mid 14's. The tranny seems to hold fine and most seem to think it is a great mod for the SS.
5spd swap is worthless. If you want a 5spd trade your car in and get one. Don't spend thousands just to make your car into a stock 5spd.
i'm not so motivated to draw a graph, but to spend ~3500 to run mid 14's doesn't seem very cost effective to me. granted it'd probably cost ~3500 to swap the tranny, get an LSD, and a spend the leftovers on some bolt ons, dollar for dollar after the initial investment, the 5spd swap would be faster with less money. it's just the nature of the beast.
of course it could all depend on what year and what condition your lude is in, and the one your trading up to buy but for some it makes more sense to do the swap. it's also an opportune time to get a quaife or a LSD equiped honda tranny. but personally i find the swap is less worthless than spending thousands trying to make an SS fast. ask kotetu how much he "regrets" swapping in a 5spd for his SS. What i think is even more of a waste of money, is spending 3000 bucks on a JSRC for a car with a transmission that will probably fail at some point in the next few years. If you're over 100K miles, that's another couple G's for a rebuild, and for what? to keep driving a car with an inferior transmission? i mean, swapping a tranny is a pain in the ass, but so is replacing a SS, and wringing your hands because your JSRC just burnt a hole in your credit card balances.
13 second SS's are fine, and much faster than my car but i'm curious as to how much extra pain and trouble they went through to reach those numbers. and i'd like to see them negotiate a road course...