Can Accords ever beat RSX type-S?
Originally Posted by BONE
if you turbo the F23 you can definately can beat him considering that he doesn't have anything beyond bolt ons.
Bottom line is that the Accord was not really built/designed for performance. It was built to be a luxurious, reliable day-to-day automobile. It can be modified to perform, but the stock form is not oriented as well towards performance as the RSX-S is. I am sure that the F23 can be built to beat an RSX-S, but with the money you will spend doing that I would just save it and get something faster out of the box.
Just my .02.
I have a 1994 Accord EX 5 Speed with the only real performance mod being the Greddy Evo exhaust. My brother and sister in law have a 2003 Type S bone stock. My brother and I are about equal drivers, he is a slight bit better. The following are our times from the two autocrosses we ran in together.
Grantville auto x Sept 26:
My brother in the Type S: fastest time 39.246
Me in the Accord: fastest time 41.551
Grantville auto x Oct 3
My brother in the Type S: fastest time 46.921
Me in the Accord: fastest time 49.079
The numbers say nothing as we didn't swap cars and try and set times. We'll do that next year and I'll post the results.
Grantville auto x Sept 26:
My brother in the Type S: fastest time 39.246
Me in the Accord: fastest time 41.551
Grantville auto x Oct 3
My brother in the Type S: fastest time 46.921
Me in the Accord: fastest time 49.079
The numbers say nothing as we didn't swap cars and try and set times. We'll do that next year and I'll post the results.
Yeah, going with a different ride would be an easier solution, but I take it that's not really in the equation.
I don't know what you'd have to do to make it more fair. But if you were really, really good, and he was having a bad day, then maybe you could do it.
I don't know what you'd have to do to make it more fair. But if you were really, really good, and he was having a bad day, then maybe you could do it.


