Took a RSX-X

I finally got to race an RSX-X. It was close as hell though. He had me from the jump but once I hit third I pulled up next to him and took the lead. Thats how it ended up. I beat him by about 3/4 of a car. We stayed this way the whole time. I couldnt gain any more on him and he couldnt catch me. Even match once we hit higher gears.

torque torque torque torque...

Just to show, Honda just cannot build an engine with torque... Or an engine that can beat the QR.

Torque is king :bandit:

RWD helps out a lil too ;)

Good job on your kill. Trust me when you get even better with your car it will be alittle bit more. Good job.:D

Do you mean RSX type-S? Because those cars, in numbers anyway, done both by professional magazine editors, are supposed to be quite a bit faster than the spec V. I've seen 0-60 times as fast as 6.2 seconds for the type-S and the fastest I've seen for the spec V is only about 7.2 seconds.....or is the type-X the base model?:confused:

Don't forget that the people who test the cars for the magazines are professional drivers, and that they are given launch rpms and shift points... Some magazines like Motor Trend test cars on slicks too, at least at the drag strip.

The smaller the powerband on a car, the harder it is to race on the street. An S2000 can do 60 in easily under 6 seconds, but that doesn't mean it's easy to do it. An RSX is the same way, it makes a lot of power on paper, and has good acceleration on paper, but on the street, it falls flat on it's face, because it has no torque.

The Nissan QR 4 cylinder is quite torquey however, and easily out muscles the RSX engine, even though the RSX has a lot more top end power.

Are we missing something, RSX-X???

ive seen rsxs run 14 second quartermiles. i doubt a stock spec v could pull 14.8
my guess is the driver of the rsx was a chimp

I meant RSX-S. I am dislexic half of the time. Sorry about that

Originally posted by kidrocket
my guess is the driver of the rsx was a chimp
I'm somewhat leaning towards this theory as well.

Ah, the honda driver arrives to defend his brand :p

A SE-R spec V can nail a RSX off the line. It is pretty hard to launch screamers, because they must launch at a high rpm or they bog. If you launch too high, you smoke your tires. At the track on a good day, you could get a good launch. On the street in a spur of the moment race, you more than likely won't.

In a 1/4mile, with a really good drive who can launch it perfectly, you might see a 14 second time from an RSX. On the street, with an idiot who bought it because it's the biggest baddest honda short of the S2000(which is too expensive/hard to get), it's probably not going to do a 1/4 in 14 seconds!

It's not a very difficult concept! An engine with a 1500rpm powerband that's in the upper rev ranges is not going to be a peach on the street! On the other hand, a light weigh Nissan, with a bigger engine that has lots of low end grunt, is much more likely to have strong acceleration at lower speeds.

fuck off. Just because i drive a honda doesnt mean i dont like other kinds of cars.

The spec V is a damn fine car, but even people i know who have them say 15.2 is about the fastest they can get stock. The RSX has run as low as 14.6 stock, thats quite a bit of difference, but thats to expected, the RSX costs a substantial amount more. Both are very potent cars

Dont be so fucking quick to jump on people.

Even your fellow nissan guy agreed with me

Originally posted by kidrocket
fuck off. Just because i drive a honda doesnt mean i dont like other kinds of cars.

The spec V is a damn fine car, but even people i know who have them say 15.2 is about the fastest they can get stock. The RSX has run as low as 14.6 stock, thats quite a bit of difference, but thats to expected, the RSX costs a substantial amount more. Both are very potent cars

Dont be so fucking quick to jump on people.

Even your fellow nissan guy agreed with me
Yeah, as I said, driver error probably played the biggest part in that race. Not knowing what RPM to launch your car runs under the category of driver error. That's why I have an automatic, runs the same 1/4 time every time, because a chimp really and truly could drive it, hooray for automatics!:D

Originally posted by kidrocket
fuck off. Just because i drive a honda doesnt mean i dont like other kinds of cars.
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Dont be so fucking quick to jump on people.

Even your fellow nissan guy agreed with me

Take it easy, I was joking around, note the silly smileyface and it's signifigance.

Anyhow, I was commenting on how although the RSX has a faster 1/4mile, most of that would be in the last half, and the V spec would most likely have it off the line.

BTW, I'm not a Nissan guy.

its cool dude i just know how much i hate it when bitches come into a forum and piss on any car that isnt their own, and i try my best not to do it myself.
sorry i should have said even A nissan guy, and alas hondas are not known for their torque so i would have to agree with you about the spec v getting the jump

what exactly is your car? is that the manufacturer?

Originally posted by Cbass
Ah, the honda driver arrives to defend his brand :p


Check out the quote in the middle of my sig.......[lil' friendly honduh bashing, yet so true:p ] not that i hate'em, just that i think their not meant for racing.

actually that was a quote by domestic guys about import racing, but youre cool cause you made it exclude you:rolleyes:

Originally posted by kidrocket
actually that was a quote by domestic guys about import racing, but youre cool cause you made it exclude you:rolleyes:

Kidrocket is correct. It originally read "Import Racing, the Special Olympics of Motorsports". It's still a close-minded, bent way of giving yourself an ego boost, doesn't matter who says it.

Sorry...i didn't know. I got it off of a picture with the exact same quote as i listed, and it had a pic of a "gifted" child running across a finish line...i just quoted it as i saw it, but i'm sure there's many dif versions of it.....it's nice how every knows exactly what their talking about:(

hey im cool im gonna bitch at everyone with two cylinders and two turbos less than me:rolleyes:

Originally posted by kidrocket
hey im cool im gonna bitch at everyone with two cylinders and two turbos less than me:rolleyes:

Suit yourself......I only have 1 turbo:D Twin turbo Z's weren't available untill the 1990 model on up. You chose to buy the 4banger, not me. And the last time i checked, 4bangers are possible to make fast....if you got the know how. :rolleyes:

*watches the imports bicker*

Well, my non turbo'd torque engine will stay out, why? Because of just that, torque...so I am happy...yess...:bandit:

weerd i smell something brewing too. lolz.

Tat your ride is sick:)

the thing ya'll are forgetting is that the rsx and even the rsx-s are very tricky cars, they don't launch very well, not any better than any other honda, and learning how to shift them and drive them takes more time than you would think, i've driven them and personally i think they suck, they sound like a big vacuum cleaner and yes they do hit 14's stock but if you were to buy it and a week later race it, you won't hit 14's , it takes time in those cars, a friend of mine has one and he claims 14.1 on short shifter and a filter, i'd give my prelude si about 14.6 but i think he's bs'n cuz it shouldn't be that fast for that slight of a modification, oh well have fun, and yes i do think the ser spec v would win in this case, but if two pro's were driving it, the type s will win

thanks for the compliment kidrocket. and as for gettin better times. its like that with almost every car. you have no know what your doing. if your just goin to launch it at any random rpm, its not goin to work. you also have to know where to shift it. most honda's you have to shift at redline. my car takes forever to hit redline once it gets past 5.5K sooo i have to shift at my power drop off. it takes time to learn to drive your own car. but i'm pretty sure most people here already know that. sooo why am i even saying this? lolz

i dont have to shift.. cause my car is smart it shifts for me!


its high tech, it has Vstock... it shifts when the Rpm like.. reaches its redline... like at 2500rpm... i go screaming i swear!

People on bicycles... wheelchairs.. and people with crutches... have no idea what they're up against.

When my Vstock kicks in... man in out like a log!... i make like a tree and get the f**k out of there!

Then, i was at Pep Boys and was looking at the Import catalog cause they're super fast. So I saw lotz of them fools use NOS... and some of the Pros.. use NAWZ. Which is like better.. cause it is! So i figured... if NOS is good... and NAWZ is gooder?... what about Propane!? So now i fill up at Home Depot and other Home Improvement stores ... im still working out the bugz HAHA.

So like when i find out why my engine keeps blowing head gaskets, Ill let you know when i break the 17's in the 1/4!

LOOTS!


(hope i didnt offend anybody... i was just bored... i wish i had Vstock!)

your Vstock is to Laugh!

I win because Iam me!

HHHHHHHA hHHHHHHhhhhhAAAAAa
....yess...

Now let us never speek of this again

(all worth while points have been beaten to death, so I make with the random)

because it says DRIVE



:D

Well, that does sort of give him bitching rights :D

Alas, my car is not paid for, so it's not mine... yet! It would be kind of hollow to list it in my sig... Enzo Carsinis are fine italian loafers...

14.1?...in a rsx...with just an intake...yea right. there is no way that an rsx is gonna beat out a wrx which is turbo and all wheel drive in the 1/4 mile. no way possible. and i can say from experience that spec v's can beat rsx-s. i beat one from 50-105 mph. so don't take the specs for granted.

hmmm.... I happen to own an acura rsx type s... and so far nothing on the road has been able to take me, well... anything stock and of course not counting vettes, ferari's and things like that :) . Not bragging but I honestly think you guys need to research it a little... The torque on this car is crazy... and I don't even know why you need the 6th gear on this thing... 125 in 5th gear at 4000 RPM??? Hmmm... Truth be told this car rocks... then again... I had an Audi A4 before (it sucked) so I guess anything is better.

Just a little info you Lopan, my SpecV hits 120-125 in 5th as well.

my car hits 125 in 3rd gear.



of course i only have 3 gears... :)

lopan, don't get us wrong. the rsx-s is very fast. but the spec v is smokin fast too. i hadn't lost to anything on the road until this weekend. when a bmw m3 and a prowler pulled beside me and wanted to race. i lost majorly. and then later on an eclipse gsx wooped my butt too. but other than that, there aren't too many cars that can beat a spec v. i think that the rsx and the spec are too close....it mainly just depends on the driver. especially on the street.


redneck...you crack me up. my friend has a 400 c.i. v8 in his 73 cuda and man does that thing scream. it runs low 12's. nothing can beat the power of a v8.

Yeah... I didn't mean to come in here and start steppin on toes... I just got this car so I'm still pretty excited about it. About the 125 in 5th gear, What sucks about the RSX is you zoom up to 125 then loose power, it'll get a little faster but not really that much. I need a chip to kill the speed governor I guess... I'd really like to be able to use 6th gear for something other then fuel conservation... :)

fun fun ..........come to think of it have i even read the rest of the thread errrrrrrrr.........

I hear what your saying Lopan, I too wish that sixth gear was used for something else than just a cruising gear. I hate the fact that the car can get to 120-125mph with no problem, and then it seems like I can't get it passed that. In recent threads on here people have claimed to have gone like 135. I don't how that's possible, unless they were going down a very slight hill or something.

babyskyline....my friend said that he hit 135 in his. and another friend of mine was with him and said that its tru. i personally have been up to 130 in mine. i don't know about that extra 5 mph. but i know 130 is possible.

Oh I wouldn't doubt it, the best I have done was 130, but I remember someone saying awhile back that they even did like 140. Unless we have different engines, I don't see how they did that ya know.

maybe it was a reeeaally long downward slope

Originally posted by lopan
hmmm.... I happen to own an acura rsx type s... and so far nothing on the road has been able to take me, well... anything stock and of course not counting vettes, ferari's and things like that :) . Not bragging but I honestly think you guys need to research it a little... The torque on this car is crazy... and I don't even know why you need the 6th gear on this thing... 125 in 5th gear at 4000 RPM??? Hmmm... Truth be told this car rocks... then again... I had an Audi A4 before (it sucked) so I guess anything is better.

I also have hit 125 in 4th gear. Crazy torque? let me tell you about torque.......

Originally posted by lopan
hmmm.... I happen to own an acura rsx type s... and so far nothing on the road has been able to take me, well... anything stock and of course not counting vettes, ferari's and things like that :) . Not bragging but I honestly think you guys need to research it a little... The torque on this car is crazy... and I don't even know why you need the 6th gear on this thing... 125 in 5th gear at 4000 RPM??? Hmmm... Truth be told this car rocks... then again... I had an Audi A4 before (it sucked) so I guess anything is better.

I also have hit 125 in 4th gear. Crazy torque? let me tell you about torque.......

i've done 125 mph tops. i don't know how you guys get above that. the speedometer freezes at 125 mph. maybe the guy that was goin 140 was going on a 10 mile straightaway downhill slope with the wind going his way

lol i hit 135 in both my old 90 integra GS and my civic Si
hell, i hit 100 in my 1975 beetle

Originally posted by 94svt5.0


I also have hit 125 in 4th gear. Crazy torque? let me tell you about torque.......

How about 500 lbft from a Ford 400M with a mild street build :rolleyes:

These kids with their Hondas and Nissans... they think they know the torque... I think they have to FEEL the torque!