WHO WOULD WIN OUT OF A 96 ECLIPSE GST TURBO AND A 96 PRELUDE VTECH, I SEARCH FOR 1/4 TIMES ON BOTH AND THEY BOTH COME IN AT LOW 15s, MY BROTHER INLAW WHO OWNS THE 96 ECLIPSE SAYS HE CAN BEAT A PRELUDE VTECH THEREFOR I'M HOPING THE PRELUDE WOULD TAKE IT, BEING A PRELUDE OWNER AND ALL (93 PRELUDE SI automatic)

Dead Stock?
I Think It'd prolly be one of those Drivers edge races.

I'm inclined to say the Eclipse... Really have no clue tho :P

it would most likely be a drivers race.

I think the Lude's didnt come out w/200HP til 97 so I gotta give the nod to the GS-T

Well, the 93-96 Prelude VTEC made 190, and the 97-01 made 195. However, the 97-01 was significantly heavier. The fastest VTEC 'Ludes are generally the 95-96.

definately a drivers race here , those gs-t's are slobs big time for a sport compact !! i would prolly tip my hat to the prelude tho , when it comes down to two cars , one boosted and the other N/A , making almost equal power to weight ratio's i always lean toward the one thats N/A

Stock for stock it'll be an even race, but eclipses have an unbelievable amount of potential for easy HP. For example, you can pull a vacuum hose here and plug something there and raise your boost for free and run well into the mid 14's for free.

Altough not impossible, you can make a prelude run 12's, but it's not as easy as making an eclipse run 12's.

Stock for stock it'll be an even race, but eclipses have an unbelievable amount of potential for easy HP. For example, you can pull a vacuum hose here and plug something there and raise your boost for free and run well into the mid 14's for free.

Altough not impossible, you can make a prelude run 12's, but it's not as easy as making an eclipse run 12's.

you pull that vacum hose and you better be for retarding your timing about 2-3 degress for every 50-100 estimated HP.... or at least throw some premium gas in there...making a car the normally runs in what? the 16's? slaping 2 seconds off adds a good chunk of HP....though i am not a fan of honda i do know the H22a has major potential...even more so than that of the D and B series motors....im not as familure, however, with a turbo eclipse so i really cant call it on either one....but ill probably go with what alot of ppl have said...its all about the driver...

OT, i dunno , b series motors have about the same , if not alot more potential than the H22

very true to a point....a stock cast iron B seires block is not adquite for more than 350HP where as the H22a block is much more sturdy though it is still cast iron and can probably reliably handle 400-450Hp...but hten agian im not a honda fenatic...this is just what i have gathered from every one i know loving hondas as i love RX-7's...the b-series block design how ever is strong enough when made from cast or forged aluminum to sustain 600HP....now thats amazing out ofa 4cyl with an 84mm bore.....

you pull that vacum hose and you better be for retarding your timing about 2-3 degress for every 50-100 estimated HP.... or at least throw some premium gas in there......

Retarding the timing a certain 2-3 degrees for X amount of HP is a basic rule of thumb for NITROUS, I doubt the same applies for raising your boost on an Eclipse. Eclipse motors are at 215 HP, but they're more like 260 HP and choked down to 215.

B-series motors are'nt iron, Honda usually chooses aluminum for thier blocks.