I Have A Question

I was on the interstate yesterday doing about 75 mph, and in 5th gear, and this guy comes up behind me and was messin with me. I have a slow car (95 Civic CX), and I'm just learning this whole stick shift thing. What could I have done to pass him? (He was in a 92-95 Civic DX sedan). Thanks so much guys :D

AMY

to pass him you need your engine to rev higher so you have more power so... downshift into 3rd or 4th depending on how much power you need or if your on a steep hill and your strugglin a lil bit downshift

passing him would require swapping your 8-valve head for a 16 valve one, and putting the ex intake manifold on, then you should have no problem passing a dx

Originally posted by onesojourner
to pass him you need your engine to rev higher so you have more power so... downshift into 3rd or 4th depending on how much power you need or if your on a steep hill and your strugglin a lil bit downshift

Isn't it bad to downshift to third if you're going 75? :eek:

I know I need to swap some stuff, but I'm not stopping with just changing the head, I'm going for a B18 :)

Originally posted by CivicGirl


Isn't it bad to downshift to third if you're going 75? :eek:

I know I need to swap some stuff, but I'm not stopping with just changing the head, I'm going for a B18 :) i think 4th gear would make more sense you wanna check your rpms when you redline in 3rd so you know how fast and what gear to shift to when you want to accelerate downshifting to accelerate 5 mph faster is pointless for example

the problem is a honda civic cx is 72hp, and no matter where one downshifts, it's not gonna go any faster cause it's 72 hp

Originally posted by cybercrx00
the problem is a honda civic cx is 72hp, and no matter where one downshifts, it's not gonna go any faster cause it's 72 hp


lol ................lol

Originally posted by NSX-R-SSJ20K
i think 4th gear would make more sense you wanna check your rpms when you redline in 3rd so you know how fast and what gear to shift to when you want to accelerate downshifting to accelerate 5 mph faster is pointless for example


CX civics dont come with a tach.

Originally posted by CivicGirl


Isn't it bad to downshift to third if you're going 75? :eek:

Amy,just upshift all your gears at redline(you'll hear the rev limiter or stop when you think the engine is gonna blow:D )
then you'll know how fast you can go in each gear.
At 75 mph,3rd gear should be near redline,so 4th gear would be better.In my car I know 3rd gear goes up to 85 mph for example.

if you do switch out the head and intake manifold and ecu, then you can go 45 os so in 1st and 90 in second on that tranny. back it up with a turbo and you only have to shift 1 time in a streat race.

Originally posted by drift
CX civics dont come with a tach.

This is true, it's annoying.

Seeing as I knew I couldn't really pass him with my 72 hp, I tried to slow down, but he slowed down too :rolleyes:

I'm going to get a small aftermarket tach, so I can know a little bit more what I'm doing.

Thanks for the help guys :)

Don't feel too bad cuz I used to have a crx HF, which is the car yours is the replacement for. I think it was only 68 hp. The one thing that was nice about that engine was almost 50 mpg I got

Originally posted by drift



CX civics dont come with a tach.

i forgot about that one but yea have you got one yet - you said you were going to get one!

Flip him off,:finger: but definatly dont show him ur boobs cause i guarantee he will either pull infront of you or stay right beside you. naaa just kiddin but pull ur car into 3rd or 4th and speed by that nasty gimp.

lol the guy was messing with you! I would be messing with somebody too if a saw such a slow car as yours.

i bet u would mess with a little cx cuz u probably cant beat any cars of ur class.lol

Well maybe I can't beat cars my class, but atleast I can beat your civic, considering that the car in your sig is not yours, and that your drive a STOCK civic EX

Hmm, well you don't need a tacho. My car doesn't have one, half the cars in my family don't. You just can listen and feel the engine.

If you are going to downshift on the freeways, then always double clutch down into a lower gear. If you just put it straight down into say 3rd, it puts ALOT of instanous force thorugh you clutch, transmission and engine.

If you match you revs to the speed (ie double clutching), then change down, it will PERFORM much better and its also better for the car.

Oh and your car should be able to handle 75miles in 3rd, i've taken my car up too 110km in 2nd (thats when it tops out :) ), thats about 70miles.

sarujin

Originally posted by IceMan255
lol the guy was messing with you! I would be messing with somebody too if a saw such a slow car as yours.

Wow, that was harsh.

I'm sure you didn't have an RSX ALL the time... Geez...

Just downshift into fourth, but do it subtle so he doesn't think you're racing. A DX will mutilate you, especially on the freeway.

And if you see a newer Integra with a shiny chrome emblem on the back and shiny alloy rims. Do NOT downshift on him... He'll pass you like your'e going in reverse.

Oh yeah and if you see IceMan messing with you, even up with him at a lite, roll down your window so he thinks he's getting a number, then tell him he's ugly and his face makes his car slow.

Originally posted by IceMan255
Well maybe I can't beat cars my class, but atleast I can beat your civic, considering that the car in your sig is not yours, and that your drive a STOCK civic EX

Hello IceMan...welcome to PH, and CHILL WITH THE SUPERIORITY COMPLEX. I've never banned anybody as a mod before, but if you continue, I promise you'll be my first.

EDIT:

BTW, I have a four door LX...it'll be out of the shop next month...wanna race me then? Also, smileys in your post go a long, long way towards changing the air of your posts...without them you just sound arrogant. With them you'll just be playful...which one are you?

just like i said in my post before. which obviuosly u cant read. can u beat cars in YOUR class. no.is my civic in ur class. no. so shut the fuck up.:D

I race with anybody and everybody on the street, sometimes, YES I do beat cars my own class, Integras, Eclipses, Preludes, and sometimes I don't.

Eclipse's? The Eclipse in your class is the GSX or GS-T. I'd like to see you break off one of those. And I'd like to see you break off a Subaru WRX, THOSE are your class. Since when do Integra's cost 25,000$? The only Integra that costs 25,000$ is one that will do you dirty on a 1/4 mile run AND on an autocrossing event.

And don't send me private messages, people will get the wrong idea.
No my Corolla isn't fast, I made it quick, but it's not fast. If I wanted I could put 2,500$ into the engine, and break you off really good in a race and my car's total cost will be only around 17,000$ total. So if I beat your car, which cost you a pretty penny in a car that cost me a rusty dime, how does that make you look, "IceMan"

And as I've heard, rendog has a pretty healthy swap in mind. So considering his Ex already LOOKS better than your bubble-mobile, and his swap will make him pass cars like yours like you're in reverse, you don't seem to be having the upper hand do you?

Oh and maybe my car can't break you off, but my parents have a 2000 Mustang GT 5 speed that they will pass down to me as soon as it's paid off, can you break that off? Oh and I have a 1992 Integra GS in my backyard without an engine, can you say... H22?

Originally posted by IceMan255
2001 TRANS AM Ram Air

So you don't have an RSX Type S anymore? You have a 2001 Trans Am? Considering your number of posts, lack of pictures, and high strung attitude, I'm under the impression that you're a poser.

I'm not flaming, so carrrnut don't warn me please. I'm simply trying to determine what it is that I'm debating with.

Welcome to PH, man. I had a rough time here when I barely started posting but let me give you a piece of advice... I figured out, after an amount of posts (about 60), that attitude doesn't sit well here when you're new, or when you're a veteran, whether you have 120 posts like me, or thousands like carrrnut, you don't go around starting sh!t with everyone. Just because you said you had an Acura RSX Type S earlier, didn't give you any king rights over some girl's CX, or over rendog's Ex, I've seen CX's with engines under the hood, and polyurethane on the body that look pretty badass. Just like I've seen Ex's that have beautiful body work done to them, and Greddy turbo kits on them running mid 13's all day on street tires.

Now the Trans Am is a badass car, and so is the RSX, but they're car's, and we're people. We're people who love our cars and love cars in general, so don't mix attitude with the two, because when you talk trash about a person's car, when they're an enthusiast, you're stepping knee-deep in sh!t that you can't pull yourself out of.

HAHAHAHAHA are you sure you drive a WS6?

maybe you wont mid answering some questions about it then...
im sure BlkCamaroSS or Blackbird01 can figure out if hes telling the truth.

or maybe he drives an intrepid

obviuosly he is just a poser that doesnt even have a car. and u can say goodbye now cuz ur about to get banned. bye:finger:

he has a car a 93 intrepid. i bet i could beat it on foot:D

what a mouth

bannned? dont make me laugh

Mods will never ban me, I give good head.

Originally posted by kidrocket
HAHAHAHAHA are you sure you drive a WS6?

maybe you wont mid answering some questions about it then...
im sure BlkCamaroSS or Blackbird01 can figure out if hes telling the truth.

or maybe he drives an intrepid

You rang???
Fill me in, did he ask questions in the posts that were removed?

Okay BlkCamaroSS... Here's the scoop. This guy, IceMan255, talks a lot of trash. Yesturday he was putting down a lot of people's cars, but here's the deal, yesturday in his sig it said "2002 RSX Type S" and he only had like 5 posts....
And now today he's still talking trash but as you can see, in his sig this time it says, "2001 Trans am RAM AIR"

So we're wondering if he really has that car. So we want you to ask him questions that only an owner of a F-body car, as badass as yours, could answer.

Well, you could start with questions like,

What is the difference between an LS1 and an LT1? and which do you have in a 2001 TA?

What gears come stock in the rearend of a 2001 TA?

What styling cues make the differences between a Formula and a TA?

What does SLP make the Firehawk from, a Formula or a TA?

What year did SLP produce the first Firehawk, and how many were made?


Some of those are harder than others, while some of those are gimmes...
See if he responds...

Note: Blackbird01 is much more mechanically inclined than I. Being that answers to these can be found readily online, and the fact that I have an SS, he may be able to ask more Pontiac oriented questions...just a thought.

he is not going to answer any of those questions because he really doesnt have either car.:D

That or he is already banned.

Originally posted by BlkCamaroSS
he is already banned. ;)

lol...You guys are all crazy!:D T/As SUCK!!! Z28s for life!!

With it being that he might be banned, why not open it up to everyone. Can anyone tell me the answers to those seven questions?

Originally posted by BlkCamaroSS
Well, you could start with questions like,

What is the difference between an LS1 and an LT1? and which do you have in a 2001 TA?

What gears come stock in the rearend of a 2001 TA?

What styling cues make the differences between a Formula and a TA?

What does SLP make the Firehawk from, a Formula or a TA?

What year did SLP produce the first Firehawk, and how many were made?

I'm gonna guess....
1) LT1 is the Corvette tuned engine and LS1 is the Z28/Formula spec tuned to 305 horses rather than 345 like the LT1, I don't know the exact things that are different between the motors....
2) 3.55?
3)The Formula doesn't have the ram air scoop and doesn't the Trans Am have fog lights rather than just those little circle parking lights. Aren't the rims different too?
4) The Firehawk comes from a Firebird
5) The first Firehawk was a 94, well I remember a 94 and it was the first one I saw, so I'm guessing that was the first year.

LT1 is the older Fbody motor, not the vette tuned.

no idea about the gears

formula doesnt have the raised rear spoiler for one i think. hood maybe is another difference

SLP makes the firehawk from i dunno a TA


i know the first one was before 94 since they made Firehawks in the pre94 bodystyle

Originally posted by jay@af
;)

Dammit! You beat me to it!! I wanted to do it!:mad:

Oh well:p.

Answers:
1. The LT1 engine was used in 93-97 Camaros, C4 Corvettes, and 94-96 Impalas. This was a strong engine, but the precursor to the LS1. The only thing the two motors have in common are the connecting rod bearings and the roller hydraulic lifters. In a 2001 TA would be an LS1. LT1's are fast and sound awesome, while LS1's are faster and just sound good.

2. Stock gears on a 2001 TA are 3.23's, at least for a six speed.

3. A Trans Am has the mid-height wing, as well as the ground effect package that includes the side skirts and the rear bumper, an different front end. A Formula is a much more stream lined design, with the minimalist wing out back. No difference in engines between the two models.

4. SLP makes the Firehawk from both the Trans Am and the Formula. The owner-to-be has to specify which one he wants it built from when ordering the car. Again, only subtle differences in final look of the Firehawk between the two origins.

5. The first firehawk was built in 1992. 27 were ordered, but only 25 were built (21 red, 1 aqua, 1 white, 1 blue, 1 green).

i was kinda right on some of them

I was wrong on all of them... :mad: :(

And I used to own a 1967 Firebird Formula 400... haha...

Oh well... What's the runner up prize?

Originally posted by S2Corolla
Oh well... What's the runner up prize?

You get respect above those that didn't post an answer...