Ford Thunderbird vs. Honda Prelude

I have this friend who's all about American muscle and big motors, not to mention that he hates hondas, probably because they are everywhere. Anyways, we're driving home from Denny's one morning, and we're just passing each other on the highway. He passes me, I pass him, he passes me, blah blah blah. We get to a straight stretch. I move into the left lane, and he floors it. I don't. I fly by him and ate his soul while doing so. We get back into town, and we pull up by each other and he says, "Dude, I gotta give it to ya. Your car is quick. Your car is damn quick. I was floored and you passed me like nothing!" So yeah, kinda cool. See, hondas aren't bad!!!!
Later guys!

Not bad. What's done to your car/his car?

I just have an AEM short ram system, and fresh fluids. He, has the stock V-8 motor. The thing is, about a year or two back, I used to own a 95 Dodge Avenger, and we raced on the highway and he beat me pretty good. Well, I guess after that incident, he's had this ego about his car being so awesome. A friend said he'd pull up by a vette or other sports cars and he'd talk crap. Well, I finally put him in his place. That's kind of the back story.
But yeah, just an intake. I'd like to get the Greddy Evo 2 exhaust, and someday be running a few pounds of boost, but in the mean time, PRELUDE LOVE!

those non HO 5.0litre birds are slow/heavy as hell..im glad u gave it to him..:evillol:

Yeah, his T-bird is a boat, and the V-8 motors only put out 155 hp. And that was back when it was new. But yeah, maybe he'll think twice before opening his mouth about a Honda. :P My next victim will be a new Stang, then a Viper! MUAHAHAHAHAHA.

Nice beat man, haha I don't know about the new stang and viper though.

put a few thousand into your Honda and you will be able to beat Mustangs and Vipers...boosted Hondas can easily walk those cars. I've taken out a few 07 Mustangs, but haven't ever gotten the chance to race a Viper directly...they're in the 13s and since i'm shooting for a 12.5, i'm pretty confident i could beat one w/o a lot of trouble....its the 60' times that get me...:(

....its the 60' times that get me...:(

Silly turbos.

Yeah, that'll be the day. I've seen a video of a viper racing a civic hatchback, and the civic beat it, almost effortlessly. Well since vipers are built for top speed, it'd be hard to compete against that, unless you have some serious power and tuned tranny gears or something. I really want to boost my prelude, but I hear that the h22's aren't the best, then I hear that they can take a good amount of boost stock, and plus I have an automatic, which isn't the best thing to have for FI, but it's all good. A few pounds of boost won't hurt will it? Later guys!

N/A h22!

I am not saying it can't be done, but not with that car the way it is now. The new viper is running 11s with 600hp. Thumbs up to any prelude that takes that viper down.

Silly turbos.

Silly FWD...

That's a big stretch in power to match the viper. How much do vipers weigh? I'd assume more than the lude, I hope. I'll just stick to racing cars that are more in my league, but in the meantime, PRELUDE LOVE! Later guys.

06 Viper- 3400lbs.(plus driver) 510Hp p/w ratio of about 7.

A 2500 lb Honda would need about 300-350hp to beat that (from a roll anyway) give or take some depending on variables.

Im aiming for about 250hp out of my d16 when im all done.

Next years viper is lighter and has 600HP. I am not even a viper fan, but you are talking about a pretty serious prelude at that point.

Yeah definetly. The Prelude wont ever be the car the Viper is, but its pretty amazing that one could at least be as fast. Maybe not next year though. Then you just have to start with an S2000 lol. I just think its awesome to be able to outrun an expensive sports car with something that many people wont take a second look at.

I wouldn't compare the lude to a viper. I mean, they are in different categories. The viper is rwd with a V-10, and the lude is fwd with a 2.2L. I still get looks when I drive my car around, and all I have is an AEM plate cover in the rear, and the aem short ram. The prelude is a good looking car. It's sharp, sleek, very sexy styling. There's not one thing wrong with it, although I'm sure people could point out things like, "oh yeah, more torque!" And other stuff like that, but you gotta take it for what it is. It's a four banger sports car! I love my prelude. I think it's one of the coolest cars around, besides the 350z, but that's an entirely different forum. Haha. Anyways, if I had the money, I would definetly make a prelude the craziest I could. The S2000 wouldn't be a bad car, although I read in a poll somewhere someone said the S2k is more of a track car, and doesn't have alot of creature comforts, which makes sense when you're talking about a track car, you don't need a ton of bells and whistles anyways. When I get my car serviced, I ask if I can sit in the S2000 if it's on display. And since I'm a pretty tall and big guy, so it's kinda hard for me to fit in it, although I don't know how much head room it has with the top on, but the S2k isn't a bad looking car either. I really like the long front end on the S2k. I think that's why I'm so attached to the prelude. Because of the longer front end. And the headlights! You never see headlights like those, except for the Ford Fusion, but yeah, I love Preludes! Watch out for me! I'll be in Import Tuner someday! Cover story, and you guys will say, holy &$%@, that's that guy from the honda forums, that crazy fool, he did it! Haha, well, enough rambling for tonight, later guys! Never forget the Prelude and all it's glory!!!!

if he hasnt done anything to his t bird it has a limiter. thats probably y u sped by him.

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