04 STi Vs. 98 Si

This is my favorite race of the summer so far and it happened last night, i've been waiting two weeks to race my friend in his Si. Since he got the GT28 turbo kit and had it dyno tuned to the sound of 285 FWHP and 215 TQ.

Last night it finally happened, we all met up at our usual spot and hung out for a bit, some guy on an old ass 70's something 750 bike was talking shit wanting to race cars with it, long story short there...it's slow and got beat by our slowest car.

But on the bright side while we were at our racing spot i finally got to run my friend. So we line up at our spot which is exactly a quarter mile from where everyone else is waiting and go on three honks, i obviously got the jump right out of the hole and probably put a car and a half on him, i was ahead until between 3rd and 4th and that's when i heard the whooooooossshhhhhhhh, and there he was along side me, when i shifted to fourth he was passing and by the time we got to the finish line he was a half car ahead of me, which is about what i expected but to me it was a pretty exciting race, and i have a lot of respect for that little honda.


Anyway that's my favorite race yet even though it was a loss, just because of the hype.

Im suprised he didnt pull you more...what are your mods....I have a friend that dynoed about the same on 9 psi in a EG and pulled a 04 STi with a cobb stage 2 by two cars in a 0-110 race....

Nice race!

Im suprised he didnt pull you more...what are your mods....I have a friend that dynoed about the same on 9 psi in a EG and pulled a 04 STi with a cobb stage 2 by two cars in a 0-110 race....

thats impressive i heard the cobb stage 2 sti puts out like 350 at the crank and torque is like 370-380

Werd...Honda....

was the hona "riced out" or is it a respectable car, the whole thing one color, no bs sticers and all the other stereotypes.
if it was riced eh good race, but i have more respect to a clean car

thats impressive i heard the cobb stage 2 sti puts out like 350 at the crank and torque is like 370-380

Im not sure on what the cobb stage 2 puts out but when he raced against my boys sc61 h22 EG hatch it was death waiting to happen....

It's a clean civic not riced out at all. It's done up right, and he probably would have beat me by a lot more if he could get traction at the launch.


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Im not sure on what the cobb stage 2 puts out but when he raced against my boys sc61 h22 EG hatch it was death waiting to happen....

so i checked cobb's website. the stage 2 sti dynoes at 277hp and 316tq to the wheels.

Im not sure on what the cobb stage 2 puts out but when he raced against my boys sc61 h22 EG hatch it was death waiting to happen....

Ah...little torque monster, eh?

To me, I'd probably do an H22 swap over the B18C. Why? A bit more HP and TQ. So why not? Sure the B18C is a high revving engine with more aftermarket. But why not go for it

I've seen kids with H22 Civs popping out mid 13's with simple bolt-ons and cam jobs. Meh, my Honda days are over until they decide to come out with a decent Turbocharged compact. The MDX is pretty cool, but I wouldn't buy one.

So Joshy, does your cousin still have his Civic kicking around or what? Or did he finally get rid of it?

A respectable death, no doubt. It's good to see somebody actually posting a loss every now and then too BTW. On a side note...Josh...TBE and a tune already! Those boxers sound so good and you'll pick up close to 30whp. Dooooo eeeeeet!

nice race, i wish i could get one

good run man. which car's lighter of the two? the sti has a light frame but i'd assume the awd weighs it down a little bit. that sounds like it would've made a good video,, i wanna try and get more races on vid in the future b/c visuals add a better perspectival element than can be conveyed by just text alone.

I've got plans for this car, i was set on COBB for a long time, but...plans have changed..for the better. Once i get this new apartment at the end of the week i'll be able to start saving more money and then it's time for the money pit that is modifying my car....again...lol

good run man. which car's lighter of the two? the sti has a light frame but i'd assume the awd weighs it down a little bit. that sounds like it would've made a good video,, i wanna try and get more races on vid in the future b/c visuals add a better perspectival element than can be conveyed by just text alone.

the civic by a good 500lbs....lol

Ah...little torque monster, eh?

To me, I'd probably do an H22 swap over the B18C. Why? A bit more HP and TQ. So why not? Sure the B18C is a high revving engine with more aftermarket. But why not go for it

I've seen kids with H22 Civs popping out mid 13's with simple bolt-ons and cam jobs. Meh, my Honda days are over until they decide to come out with a decent Turbocharged compact. The MDX is pretty cool, but I wouldn't buy one.

So Joshy, does your cousin still have his Civic kicking around or what? Or did he finally get rid of it?

its not your ordinary run of the mill h22 either....he has a h2b hybrid with a jdm type R tranny....do to his ridiculous short gears hes going with an LS fifth gear....

On a side note...Josh...TBE and a tune already! Those boxers sound so good and you'll pick up close to 30whp. Dooooo eeeeeet!

I can testify to that. It makes a very noticeable difference. Granted we got very different engines, the tune does wonders to both engines - sounds heaps nice after as well.

Just got my underdrive pulley in today, couple more weeks the exhaust will be ordered.

Just got my underdrive pulley in today, couple more weeks the exhaust will be ordered.If your profile is current and you're still in Illinois it might not be a bad idea to get that scooby into AMS for a dyno tune once you've got the TBE installed. I've heard nothing but positive things about the AMS team from both the Evo and DSM world. I know they haven't been tuning EJ's for as long as the 4G63 but those guys are absolute pros. If they're doing something then you know they're doing it right.

If your profile is current and you're still in Illinois it might not be a bad idea to get that scooby into AMS for a dyno tune once you've got the TBE installed. I've heard nothing but positive things about the AMS team from both the Evo and DSM world. I know they haven't been tuning EJ's for as long as the 4G63 but those guys are absolute pros. If they're doing something then you know they're doing it right.


I've looked into it, i haven't called but it seems like they mostly just deal with DSM's and EVO's, i know their rep and all, i'm just wary of the unknown... I'll probably end up taking it up to plainfield to the guy who tuned my buddy's turbo civic.

Well good luck on wherever you end up taking it. Keep us posted!