ZX2 Performance?

What kind of performance does a ZX2 get.....i'd perfer one over a normal escort....how much better are they?

hahahahaha ZX2 and performance in the same line i'm already laughing hard ..............HAHAHAHAHA

if they can't even keep up with a volvo how can they keep up with a Civic Si

ZX2's are GAY

its got a 2.0 l ztec, my bro has one, and it has some low end torque, 130 hp, and runs 1/4 in 16.0

there are a couple guys in the zx2 world that run 13's but i havent seen any faster than that YET. i plan to take mine down lower than that




Chris

Originally posted by NSX-R-SSJ20K


ZX2's are GAY

What do you know? Have you ever driven one? I doubt it.

I have. Mine is a fast little car.

They have the Contour's 2.0-liter 16-valve Zetec. This is also used in the Cougar and the Focus. ZX2 has 130 hp and 4-cylinders. It'll go 0-60 in 7.4 seconds.

ZX2's are GAY

Do you even own a car??

Originally posted by NSX-R-SSJ20K
hahahahaha ZX2 and performance in the same line i'm already laughing hard ..............HAHAHAHAHA

if they can't even keep up with a volvo how can they keep up with a Civic Si

ZX2's are GAY

I got news for ya, I've kept up and beat a Civic SI before. Don't come in here and start flaming about something you don't know. :finger:

As far as performance, here is a spec sheet from Team ZX2 (http://www.teamzx2.com) .

Engine 2.0L 130-hp Zetech I4
Valve System 16 valve w/VCT
Transmission 5-Speed Manual Overdrive (stnd.)
4-Speed Auto. Overdrive (opt.)
Fuel Economy (cty/hwy)
5-Speed Manual Overdrive 25/33
4-Speed Automatic Overdrive 25/33

Horsepower 130@5750 RPM
Torque (lb-ft) 127@4250 RPM
Displacement (cc) 1983
Turbo/Supercharger No
Bore X Stroke (in.) 3.34 X 3.46
Compression Ratio 9.6:1
Fuel Type Gas
Fuel System SEFI

I hope that help answer your question.

Dexter

Originally posted by dexterzx2


I got news for ya, I've kept up and beat a Civic SI before. Don't come in here and start flaming about something you don't know. :finger:

...

Dexter

You tell him! Coming to a ZX2 thread to bash the car!

An Si cant keep up with a mustang gt so what. A civic HB or CRX cant keep up with zx2 unless its modded, but thats the fun in tuning 4 bangers.

to all you ZX2ers out there, just wait, there is going to be a new project ZX2 coming out of the woodworks.....

Can we get a sneek preview of what's to come? I would like to know what you are talking about.

Dexter

I'd love to, but I will get yelled at!! I am guessing you post on www.teamzx2.com , if you do, you will know soon.

Great performance off the factory line. My 2003 Zx2 ran a 15.5 Quarter last week in Albuquerque, NM. This is great considering the car is only 3 months old and still bone stock right down to the tires, and the altitude being 5500 feet above sea level. My 1992 S10 with a LT1 will barely run a 13 sec. quarter. Next for the Zx2 is a intake, body kit, and exaust. Hopefully this will knock a little off the quarter time.

hey dumb ass I have news for you I have a 98 zx2 with exhaust and intake, not saying much but one of my friends has an si and I have beat him so quit acting like a hard ass.

hahahahaha ZX2 and performance in the same line i'm already laughing hard ..............HAHAHAHAHA

if they can't even keep up with a volvo how can they keep up with a Civic Si

ZX2's are GAY

Hey Loser,

I ate up every Civic and Accord I've ever raced with my 2000 ZX2, including 2 Si's so up yours. If you don't like our cars then stay out of our forum. Everyone has a honda. What we have is unique, different, and capable of being boosted to 300HP, which for a 2500 pound car is fast enough to eat up most anything on the road in our class, including ANY Honda. GO visit www.loser_ricers.com and stay away from us (hint dummy, it's not a real website...)

:lol: :sunglasse :rofl:

Volvos and Civics are so played out I would take a Ford ZX2 anyday their sweet. And also my 95 Thunderbird LX has showed a couple of civics who their daddy is go ford especially ZX2s. Those who think that the ZX2s are a gay are just gay themselves and just trying to cover the fact.

the ztec engine has kits available in different level racing applications , one for example is a funny car setup using the zx2 engine with near unbreakable performance mods that can be removed from a blown motor and reused. The kit is extremely expensive but puts out 1500hp. It would cost twice as much to do the same to the v-tecs. One other thing , this is a solid car , the lil hodas are lite and cheap and by my standards not made for driving the roads of north americas climate. Also they are high maintenance due to the likelihood of early rust that is soo common on japenese makes.

What we have is a fairly new car to the driving and racing seen, it's a unique car, not a stupid Honda. Every where you go, you see Hondas with big "Chrome" rims, body kits, etc. I'm not trying to say that all Hondas that are modded are peices of shit, but there are so many out there that are pieces of shit it gives them a bad name. Ford, however, doesn't have a bad name to begin with, especially the ZX2 for it is a solid car. You don't usually see, unless it's a civic driver, somebody trashing a mustang. The ZX2 was produced after Ford dropped the Probe which was supposed to be the new mustang. In my eyes, since Ford made the ZX2 as soon as they dropped the Probe, the zx2 could very well be the next 4 cylinder mustang. I've even raced and beaten V6 mustangs (I don't have a prayer against a V8.....yet). So our cars are unique, fairly fast from the factory, and there is already a large amount of performance parts out there on the market.

Its all in the Ztec engines , you can do alot of different aplications on it. The body is perfect for a race car too.

ZX2's can smoke civic si's!!! no doubt, zx2 i a fast little car considering only 130.....if you want some cheap horse power chop the air box, cash the upper resinator and put on k&n filter.

my zx2 keeps up to friends 91 firebird 305 auto with shift kit up to 60....i feel that is pretty damn good.

p.s. any one want to buy a zx2, i am selling it :frown:
looking at 93 firebird formula 5.7 6 speed :naughty:

Yea,

I blew the doors off some clown in a Nissan 240 SX the other night. He was trying so hard, but by third gear, he was lookin' at my tail lights.

I got big plans for this car but the money is going into performance mods before exterior stuff.

:smokin:

Go Ford. Stay out of Ford forums if yuor going to trip on em.

[QUOTE=nd4sdp8]ZX2's can smoke civic si's!!! [QUOTE]
since when a stock zx2 will run a 15.7, a new Si will run a 15.7, a 99-00 Si will run a 15.5.......i see no smoke anywere.

[QUOTE=nd4sdp8]ZX2's can smoke civic si's!!! [QUOTE]
since when a stock zx2 will run a 15.7, a new Si will run a 15.7, a 99-00 Si will run a 15.5.......i see no smoke anywere.

Yea,

However all I can tell you is I have smoked every honda I've raced, Plus the dude in the 240 SX. You one of us or one of them? Who ya wit??

:evillol: :smokin:

I know my V8 would kick your civics (don't matter what kind) butt. And almost any stock ZX2 would with a decent driver. You can't go by the 1/4 times set by the co. It depends on the driver especially in a manual.

this is true. The driver makes the car. you could put somebody in a viper say, and if they have a shitty driver, they will lose to a modded neon (I have the video of it too, not my car, but still) That viper gets SMOKED by a little tiny 4 banger...

I have roasted every v6 stang that has tried to race me, and I have only lost 2 one civic, it was an SI, I was stock, he wasnt... (I had the car for 1.5 months at the time) and there was no smoke involved, I made him work for his win. F@CK honda.... and volo can eat SH@T... they are ugly anyway.

new volvo's look sweet, and thwy have some really mean prototypes out

If you think zx2s are gay then you should try racing a zx2 that has an experienced driver in it.

I'm new here, but i have a 98 zx2 pushin 326hp. i've spent 2 years on it and i've got it the way i want it. i've ran a 11.58 quarter with it and smoked vettes all day long. whoever thinks zx2's are gay I DARE YOU TO RACE ME!!!! I live in Indiana and i'm calling you out.

I'm new here, but i have a 98 zx2 pushin 326hp. i've spent 2 years on it and i've got it the way i want it. i've ran a 11.58 quarter with it and smoked vettes all day long. whoever thinks zx2's are gay I DARE YOU TO RACE ME!!!! I live in Indiana and i'm calling you out.

I just joined the site too and I would like to know exactly what all you have done to your car. I am stuck in turkey right now, but when i return home I am going to start working on my 2000 zx2. What kind of suggestions might you give someone who doesn't know alot about engines but can race like a pro, ( or at least that is what I am told.)

This isnt a new car to the modification scene , Ive seen almost everything done to these cars and I think the amount of performance stuff they got is definately comparable to civics and other cars that have a long list of parts available forem. I find the cars factory setup to be sluggish all through the power band and not really anything to brag about however the early non restricted models had no limiter on top speed which IS something to brag about. With a performance chip itself and no top speed limiter the car has some impressive capabilities, do this before intake/exhaust work cus its a bigger bang for your buck and will give you an idea of a real performance change that you will really notice. If you go with k&n clean the mas coils regularily so you dont run lean/rich and lose hp instead of gaining it. Also k&n oil can burn out mas and make the check engine light come on. If you change your exhaust youll most likely go catback however new hiflow headers should be fitted with greater diameter pipe and removal of the cat and an exhaust system that will provide enough back pressure and freeflow as possible, most header kits will have a exhaust kit to fit directly or a new cat and cat back system that is proven to work best with the headers. Biggie to remember O2 SIMULATOR , if you do a cheap job and remove the cat all together on stock pipe or even encounter a thrown emissions code with the factory cats on with headers use a O2 Simulator desighned for your engine specifically and youll never throw codes again if you cant reflash the computer and the light stays on it will take time for it to reset itself and eventually the light goes away when the car gets enough positive signals and stays out unless you have some other engine problem like its sposed to.

umm ALL zx2's have a 106mhp speed limit, except for the S/R in 99 and 2000

Does anyone here use nitrous oxide on a ZX2.

i know a few that do why?

Hey Loser,

I ate up every Civic and Accord I've ever raced with my 2000 ZX2, including 2 Si's so up yours. If you don't like our cars then stay out of our forum. Everyone has a honda. What we have is unique, different, and capable of being boosted to 300HP, which for a 2500 pound car is fast enough to eat up most anything on the road in our class, including ANY Honda. GO visit www.loser_ricers.com and stay away from us (hint dummy, it's not a real website...)

:lol: :sunglasse :rofl:

AGREED!

nitrous is overrated...........lol j/p. you don't drill into your gas tank to install it though!!!!! anyone see that or know what i am talkin about? nm, lol.

the car the tried to hide it and got in an accident?

You say the cars are 130 Horses, but isn't that the Fed Spec??? How much are they to the wheels, I'd guess about 103 whp... i'm not bashin your cars, my buddie's got one, pretty quick if he runs a high octane gas, And i guess the car is different in many categories from the range of owner, cuz we race in our slightly tweaked N/A 2003 Eclipse GS and waste it every time, The ZX2 is chipped, intake and exhaust and was designed more-so to be non aspirated than the Eclipse... Mitsu Gyped the hell out of us with that one... It's also auto and i'm sure the 5 spd rips up a hell of a lot more pavement than what he's got...

107-110whp(5spd) a chiped/intake/exaust(catback and header) zx2 is is more like 123whp and mid 15's if hes 5spd and can drive

but for an auto hes like a mid 16sec

how well does the zx2 hold up agasinst the probe gt

the probe gt will beat a zx2 by about .2-.3 with even drivers

i assumed a v6 gt not a turbo

yeah its the 2.5 v-6 klze

lol thats not just a probe thats te j-spec aint it?

that a high 14's lol vs high 15's not a race.

Automatic ZX2 with Borla Exhaust and stock intake makes 87.5WHP and 98.5 torque at the wheels. That was a dyno pull of my old 2000 ZX2 in Houston TX at UTI. After I installed the intake I made it to 90.5 WHP and 99.5ft/lbs of torque. Still not wopping numbers but better than the CRX, Civics, and the 4 cylinder accord at the wheels in matters of torque. But the Zetec engine is a low reving engine in the 4 cylinder crowd. I loved it to death great milage after my minor mods, cant really beat 37mpg on the highway with only 700 dollars into it. Now all I have to do is get my Z32 300ZX up to 30mpg on the interstate...... thats going to be hard. lol. I sold my Escort becuase I got tired of FFs, Front engine, front wheel drive. It was the best little car I have ever owned, and the only car I have owned with less than 6 cylinders, and the smallest engine and overall weight, wheels, wheel base, and trunk space..... but it was fun for a while, I guess if you begin on rear wheel drive cars you cant get that out of your system, I know I couldnt. Somtimes you just need to make a 3 point turn into a single powerslide bootlegger. Cant beat the feel of the rear end of the car coming around to make a turn sharper. You can take the drifting away from the drifter but you cant take the drifter away from drifting.

Drifting since '95, Retired from the "sport" in 2001.
Now I road race on closed courses, love the grip now, still need to power over and let the rear end hang out for show on occasions.

stock zx2 s/r: 119whp 117ft-lbs :)
stock manual ZX2: 108whp 106ft-lbs

there is a reason people dont bother racing/modding the auto's

oh borla doesnt make the zx2 an exaust, only a muffler

Thank you for that, but I place more faith in a AT than I do in a manual trans. They are more often than not stronger than a manual transmission and the torque multiplication is a godsend with a AT. That and its easier to work on torque converter for me.
As for borlas muffler, yes they only make a muffler, but thats enough to make some power differences on the car. All in all its a good low end car. And ZX2SRDOTNET, you need a leason in TACT. i have meet many people in my time who think they are gods, and I have proven them wrong manytimes over. I claim to be no uberman, but I do know a great many of things, one of which there is ALWAYS someon who knows more than you. So becareful how you word things, it sometimes makes you look small.

Just a pearl of advice for you.

more faith in a at? hmm tranny that breaks at 115whp vs one that can take 140whp(lot more if you get a LSD) yeah thats great investment. ther are auto zx2's that run high 15's that if they were manual they would be in the 14's, and many of those auto's are on there 3rd or 4th tranny.

look at fords tranny rep, unless you have a mustang GT or a truck the auto tranny's are crap.

and keep your pearl ive spent 4yrs learning this car i'm DAMN sure i know it

WTF is up w/ NSX-R-SSJ20K
how dumb to u have to be not to realize that not only is a ZX2 better then a honda (not to mention more unique and rarer) but that if u come onto a ZX2 forum and start saying the ZX2 sucks ur gonno get bashed on. BTW honda civic SI are EVERYWHERE and they SUCK

depends on the honda..........type-r? lol

at's SUCK!!!!!

ZX2's can smoke civic si's!!! no doubt, zx2 i a fast little car considering only 130.....if you want some cheap horse power chop the air box, cash the upper resinator and put on k&n filter.

my zx2 keeps up to friends 91 firebird 305 auto with shift kit up to 60....i feel that is pretty damn good.

p.s. any one want to buy a zx2, i am selling it :frown:
looking at 93 firebird formula 5.7 6 speed :naughty:

I've put on an K & N air filter and that boosted my mgp to anywhere from 35-40. I'm not familiar with the terms "chop the air box" and "cash the upper resinator". Could someone explain what they entail? I don't want to assume what they mean.

thanks
Michael

Its a ghetto term for replacing the intake with cold air intake and removing the catylitic converters for sound and power gains. But I could be wrong.

Mark,
I found this source which seems to explain at least about the resinator and about cold air intakes.
http://www.zx2racing.com/store/thumbnail.asp?cid=30

They did have this:
http://www.zx2racing.com/store/closeup.asp?cid=30&pid=108&offset=0

which "This unit replaces the power robbing 1.875" diameter unit with a 2.375" diameter replacement tube and elbow. "

Sounds logical. Lots of fun options. lol

Thanks
Michael

Hey Loser,

I ate up every Civic and Accord I've ever raced with my 2000 ZX2, including 2 Si's so up yours. If you don't like our cars then stay out of our forum. Everyone has a honda. What we have is unique, different, and capable of being boosted to 300HP, which for a 2500 pound car is fast enough to eat up most anything on the road in our class, including ANY Honda. GO visit www.loser_ricers.com and stay away from us (hint dummy, it's not a real website...)

:lol: :sunglasse :rofl:
I find this to be a interesting statement.I currently own a 2001 ZX2 but I previously owned a 99EBP Civic Si coupe(god rest her soul).I was never touched by a ZX2 at the track or on the street.Dont get me wrong I like my Ford and it is quick I am just interested in how this person achived this.One of the ZX2's I ran was using a ZEX kit running a 55 shot and he stayed with me on the highway until we reached 5th and I pulled away.BTW One of my buddies drives a 92 Civic hatch (2200lbs) pushing 400hp to the wheels at 16lbs of boost dynoed.So I would also beg to differ with the Any Honda comment and I am sure we would be happy to race a 300hp ZX2 if it came to Ohio.One last thing feel free to flame me but keep in mind that I am making this comment having owned both cars mentioned and currently driving the Ford.(And yes I do plan to boost it)

a ZX2 S/R and a 99 si is a driver race

I have to admit, I had placed the ZX2 squarley into the "girly pseudo-sports car" category until I bought this one for the wife. Even with the A/T, after the first test drive, I couldn't stop smiling. The instant throttle response, aggressive acceleration, and very capable handing for an economy car suprised me, and made me aware that there is some potential here. Everytime I drive it, I am suprised by what it can do and still achieve outstanding fuel economy. With some minor tuning, and a lowered and stiffened suspension, this car could be a pain in ass to the local rice rod wonks.

you think an autmatic is fun? lol then a 5spd will blow your mind lol its over 1sec faster lol

and you haven't felt throttle response till you've ported the throttle body and the intake manifold. fuckin A my car jumps when i hit the throttle.

as far as SI's... think he was talkin stock for stock. although... stock for stock it's a driver's race w/ a zx2 and a '99-'00 SI. a slightly modded ZX2 will edge though and i believe the ZX2 responds better to breather mods and for sure a better response to a UDP. Civic crank pulleys aren't nearly as heavy as our 1500 gram POS. so basically if the specs were the same for both engines... ZX2 would prevail first and foremost.

matt

No a drivers race is a 02+si and a ZX2. I dont see stock zx2's hiting 15.4-.6 at the track constantly like the 99-00 Si. An S/R can with a good driver.

and on the specs thing not really if you put a 99-00 Si motor in a zx2 (assuming the motor weights are the same cuz i have no idea how much either weigh) it would be nothing but a gearing and drivers race because the cars are similar in weight and would have the same power.