I didn't say that 4 cyl cars like the RSX don't love mods and was just making a point about NA power where it was mentioned "never seen an NA car respond so well to mods"..........ANYWAY what excuses are there? BTW as for being a V8 lover..... when the GT is in storage, seems to me a have a winter car that has an "H" on the motor which is extremely dependable.

Whether I like V8's or not, the RSX is weak down low and whether a car starts out with 30 more HP or not, it's the torque and how it pulls the gear that matters.

BTW I know exactly what LSD is except under a different name: 8.8 Traction Loc. If you're still going to flame me for confusing LSD because I wasn't familiar with the acronym then fine.

 

Maybe because the guy's always been into imports.

 

Maybe so. I grew up watching monster trucks, truck pulls, Nascar, local short track racing, and reading all sorts of Hot-Rod magazines with killer motors in them. Maybe that's why I'm not really a fan of bolt ons. They help, but a bottom build (overbore or a stroker kit ) is how to really unlock N/A performance and get big numbers. I'm getting a new set of Mac long tube headers an a pro chamber for the GT but I'm not going to put the car on the dyno for that. It's for exhaust sound more than a power adder. When you watch 500-700hp cars roll down the 1/4 mile at 10 and 9 secs, and have seen high horsepower engines all your life, that $600 Mac exhaust and the maybe 15-20 hp gain suddenly seems small in the scheme of things. But then if you really have the racing bug and that 15hp means edging out the next door neighbor who always beats you, then maybe it's worth it. Also to be fair, not all cars have the luxury of space under the hood for a bigger crate engine if their manufacturer even makes them. In that case I guess it is important for a solid engine to start and to chose your bolt-ons carefuly.

 

A rsx-s is a little weak down low, they also respond well to mods, for example the hondata reflash 4, more hp/tq, and also builds the torque at low RPM. "best 600 bucks ever" as some say

 

get some stage 1 cams springs and that hondata tune and you can redline up to 9000 and get 35 hp more to the wheels. then a good intake header exaust yeilds around 25 hp to the ground

 

Half a second? Good lord man. More like 2 or 3 tenths at most.

 

I dunno, there's still that traction issue. With a fwd car, traction is an issue, even from a roll, and you gotta fight to keep it on the street. Do you have any idea how much torque steer there is and how easy it is to lose traction from a 45mph roll with any decent amount of power???

Even from a roll, there's still some skill involved keeping the car under control and the wheels from spinning.

 

so a stock GSR can pull better than a 15.5? i've seen a stock RSX-S pull a 15.1 stock so far.. my friend ran a 15.28 stock RSX-S... i've only seen for a stock GSR pull best at 15.6.

 

[QUOTE=yellow civic ex]I dunno, there's still that traction issue. With a fwd car, traction is an issue, even from a roll, and you gotta fight to keep it on the street. Do you have any idea how much torque steer there is and how easy it is to lose traction from a 45mph roll with any decent amount of power???

I'm not trying to insult anybody or anything, but personaly I have a hard time with the fact that the terms FWD and "Sports Car" have ever become related. Mind you, RWD cars depending on their make sure aren't perfect but RWD is the ticket for racing and high horsepower applications. I don't understand why sport compact cars have not gone with RWD and continue to push the biggest contradiction in automotive history when it comes to racing/agressive driving: putting the traction wheels on the end of the car that lifts under acceleration. The only things I like FWD for are in the rain and in the snow if it is an all season vehicle because in those cases the handling is better.

 

my friend with is 01 civic ex with K20A engine built Auto X's his car VS camaro SS's, Corvettes, and he places in the top 3 everytime.. so whats this about FWD not a sports car?