Mad Aussie on the highway.

Been gone a while but Im back with a roll of back to back races that really are worth telling about.

A week or so ago Im with a co-worker on a run around town mission for the boss. We decided to take my car since it was a 40 minute drive to where we needed to be and I get there in 20.

On the way back the highway is barely populated and Im cruising at 85 or so when a riced out Honda civ goes by. Civ boy got a red and black new Si with da c-west bodykit and the stickers everywhere. ofcourse I hear his exhaust a mile before he finally cathes up and as hes going by my co-worker says. "oh shit, I think he wants to race you"
"Why you say that?" "hes looking dead at us!"
Well rice boy shifts and I hear a BOV! yup riceroniie was mAdBo0sTed Yo!
"OHH shit hommie hes gonna take you now!" my excited co-worker yells.

race 1: Civ boy drops like 2 gears and guns it. I sit chilling without even a flinch as his fartcan screems to life and his car begins to creep away. I slowly reach down and dessengage the T/C and tell the hommie in the passenger seat to brace him self. Honda is about 3 cars up on me. I drop the hammer on the Goat and pin his head against the seat as all hell breaks loose and the car tries to fish tail. (dropping from 5th to 3rd puts the revs a few hundred rpms below redline, even at 80-85 mph my summer tires will kick loose but its a hell of a rolling start.) all I hear is OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH SHHHIIIIITTTTTTT! as I punch into 4th and scream past the honda a couple of seconds later.

race 2: I drop down to 75mph after pulling away from the civ and wait for him to do his fly-by but I see another car blowing past him. A black G35 pulling up hard on my 6. Apparently the G had been behind the Civ and me and was following the action. he blows by me and then slows down to match me.
He lowers his window and yells "nice race"
I respond " Nah that wassnt a race that was just murder"
He laughs " thats my friend! where going to a club meet. wanna join?"
"Ohh shit, dont tell him I said that!"
"You wanna go?"
I give him a thumbs up and wait for a honk down. Ofcourse there never was one, he just took off! Mutherfow!!!! I pin it in hopes of making up for loss time but he still got a car length on me which is when i noticed his emblem said Infinity G and then a squigly "S" badge. must be the new G35 I guess.
So I run it all the way through 3rd and slowly walking past him, but as I shift to 4th he hangs for a minute, we get up to about 100 and then at almost the top of fourth is when I finaly pull from him and leave him back there. Damn good high end on his part. I only put about 4 cars on him by 130.

He honks and flashes his lights so I slow down in case hes warning me about cops or something but he wassnt. turns out two evos had been tailing us. A red and a silver.


Race 3: We get to a toll booth and the silver evo had gotten ahead of me and was waiting for me to leave the gate.
We take off at the same time and the fucker get a good lead on me. I was about 2 cars behind him all the way up to the top of second gear where I started to catch up and finally matched him going into 3rd at about 75 mph or so. all through 3rd we where at a stale-mate I kept thinking I was gonna see him spike and pull away and then right before I hit redline he just falls back hard! I mean it was Like he let completely off the gas! I shift to 4th and Im well into 100 mph when I realize hes catching up again! I guess he just ran out of breath or something. i pulled up to 120 and let up. We go back down to 85 mph and his boy in the other evo pulls up. He wanted to go so I figured what the hell.

Race 4: I honk it down and he takes off. All I heard was a jet engine and he was gone. JUST GONE! I gave it all I had, he just kept pulling! we started from an 85 mph roll, parasitic drive train loss my ASS! he pulled away slowly at first, as if his turbo didnt wake up till he got to 6K RPMS or something but once it boosted he time traveled. I got up to about 120 again and he was pulling every gear so he musta beena good 4 lengths up on me.

Ressults:
Boosted Civic Si is just a faster slow car.
New G is a nice ass cruiser but not really dangerous.
Silver Evo was fast as hell of the line but turbo musta quit after 90 mph.
Red Evo was way faster then me. mad respect.

Co-worker is slowly getting the feeling back in his legs. and all I got for these races was a huge bill at the gas pump!

Fin.

i dont think anyone has ever gotten four back to back to back...to back races...nice kills and an honorable loss, no shame in losing to a fast evo.

Agreed. Nice kills and respectable loss. Very entertaining read. Too bad you couldn't race a less ricey si. Then again, the new si has a head start from the factory in riceness :lol: I like how you surprised the G35 with the power of the GTO. Coupe vs. coupe... ellis deuce ftw! As for evos... I guess the second one had more $ thrown at it. Either way :thumbsup: all around.

very nice to hear and yeah getting 4 races back to back is like having a 4way very, rare very fun lol
good races mush and nice to hear from you

Damn, that red EVO sounds sick!

I gotta say, I'm surprised that Si was that slow, you sure it wasn't an R18 (non-Si) with a turbo? There are quite a few turbo Si's running 12s with the fastest so far being in the 11s. Then again, it could be the Greddy kit which isn't too impressive (about 250 whp)

I apologize if it sounds like I don't believe you, cause I do. I know that GTOs are very quick.

BTW, send some races my way.. 4 in a row? wtf!

Yeah the SI was prob not making any power out of it, I've seen some boosted K series and they can be quick. Either way awesome stuff, good to see you back on here.

Great read! Nice racecs, after your fin I felt like clapping. Congrats on the kills and even on the death man. Good job.

very nice; i wish for once i could find races like that.... evey decent car is driven by old people where i live.... all the people around here drive trucks or v6 stangs....

good to see you back on here.
Good to be back! Its been too long.


I gotta say, I'm surprised that Si was that slow, you sure it wasn't an R18 (non-Si) with a turbo? There are quite a few turbo Si's running 12s with the fastest so far being in the 11s. Then again, it could be the Greddy kit which isn't too impressive (about 250 whp)
Well remember drag specific cars are built and tunned very distinctly. Just cause some turbo'd civics on NOPI tunnervision run 11's dossent mean all boosted Si will. Plus Miami has the largest grouping of the worlds worst tunners! if its built here its probably slow or a very fast ticking time bomb. either way they dont survive long.

I apologize if it sounds like I don't believe you, cause I do. I know that GTOs are very quick.

Nah no need to apologize. Ive met boosted hondas that will run circles around me but I could tell from the tacky paintjob and body kit this guy was a posser. Plus my Goat is far from BPUs, Ive got a SLP Bobcat 430 combo with some custom ported work and tunned by master tech Jeremy Formato himself. Its a Feisty Goat!


i dont think anyone has ever gotten four back to back to back...to back races...nice kills and an honorable loss, no shame in losing to a fast evo.
I think they might of all been part of that car club the G35 driver mentioned. The last evo was a beaut! it was a red MR with full roll-cage and something evil under the hood. Considering the Evo has always been my favorite car I was pleased to have ran into it.

Welcome back. Sounds like some fun races, and ya gotta watch out for those Evos.

stop making up stories musashi. . .


nice kills killa

i'm also surprised you took the civic si so easily. They are nasty n/a as it is. Good kills mush-sama.

mad props son.... bring some of this to cleveland/ cloumbus area..... i would pay for the gas, insurance, whatever.... we need races BAD!!!!

can you pay for parts;) joking but yeah getting vacuum pumps out is a pain oil pans are worse anyway how the mushbaby? we need pics and not just of the mush baby the mush wife too;)

i'm also surprised you took the civic si so easily. They are nasty n/a as it is. Good kills mush-sama.

Thats a joke, right?

Thats a joke, right?


Didn't you hear? 15 second 1/4 times are nasty, NASTY i tell you

i hope its a joke too. they can be made pretty quick, but the average guy hasnt had his engine built.

mushman made me come back out of my state of hiding. good races. that evo sounds mean as it is.

i just came back from miami as it was, and all i saw was crazy cars at night and in orlando. next time im in town, i'll make sure to stop by or somethin. your makin me want to come down there more and more.

Didn't you hear? 15 second 1/4 times are nasty, NASTY i tell you

Well to give the Si some credit, the K20A is a pretty damn good engine, just not hella quick stock. Tough little bastards when you mod them, can hold up pretty well on stock internals.

But, still, 15s. Great handling car, though, especially for the body style and FWD.

I am no honda fanboy, just trying to stand up for the little guy :)

Nice races, getting back to the point of this thread. Jet-powered Evos are the bane of muscle cars everywhere.

whoa i thought the neewb was cassiesman then i looked at the name please change your avatar

whoa i thought the neewb was cassiesman then i looked at the name please change your avatar


They aren't quite the same, and he's a cool newb! A personal friend actually, but if too many people get confused then i suppose something could be done

It has been changed. haha flipped and badged with my future liscense plate number. (word, really)


Sorry for this slight hijack.

Well to give the Si some credit, the K20A is a pretty damn good engine, just not hella quick stock. Tough little bastards when you mod them, can hold up pretty well on stock internals.


No worries, I have a friend with a K20 that is pretty damn quick, superchargers are fun.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6757468754846653223&q=525whp&total=6&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0


Evo sound something like that? I found a video of an LS1 Camaro Z28 racing a 525whp evo, but couldnt find it. Evo gave him a 2 second head start...

Jet engine wins. scary fast

OH YEAH! it was something like that.

Haha i can imagine your reaction was similar to the guy in the video...


"Holy shit, and I'm at full throttle!"

the 2006+ civic si is a 14 second car. You guys must be talking about the 15 second drivers.

The car is capable of running 13 seconds natural aspirated with nearly bolt ons and ecu, i'd imagine he'd be making more power with his turbo setup with 3000 lbs vs. the GTO. seeing as the k20 in his civic naturally responds well to boost.

IIRC, last time I saw musashi's posting about a 13 second run he did in the GTO.

Not to mention it was a highway run with the civic, it probably gave musashi a big advantage.

Either way, I have no doubt in musashi. Was just a little surprised.

Funny how you didn't quote the people above me when they said they were surprised how easily the civic si got killed, when you did me. Meh.

Rice(er), just cause you read about it you shouldnt believe it bro. Magazines and websites often use mathematical equations ballance out real world testing.

For example say we take the new STI out to a track to get some 0-60 times and some 1/4 mile times. Well the car runs against a GPS system, not an actual 1/4 mile race track with laser to laser marker. The GPS is good but not exact. the tester then calibrates for wind barrier, atmospheric humidity, terrain slope ect...

How do you think my car got a stock 0-60 of 4.5 seconds and a stock 1/4 mile time of 13.2?
Its all bullshit! the GTO stock does 0-60 in 5.2 and 1/4 in 13.6.

Spend some time at the drag strip bro. Stock Civics run 15 second 1/4s not 14!
And Im being very generous. From my personal acount the fastest Ive seen a Civic on BPU run is 16 seconds. but then again Moroso is a bad track and Floridians cant drive for shit!

Best time i've seen for a stock RSX-s (which is faster then a new Civic Si, is a 15.0. I have seen at least 4 different people run them, they are all friends of mine. Big difference between what the car might at perfect conditions be capable of and what the normal driver will do.

Best time i've seen for a stock RSX-s (which is faster then a new Civic Si, is a 15.0. I have seen at least 4 different people run them, they are all friends of mine. Big difference between what the car might at perfect conditions be capable of and what the normal driver will do.

Just by the time slips/videos I've seen on www.8thcivic.com, the fastest stock Si 1/4 was 14.1 (excellent driver) with more average runs going from 14.5 - 15 flat. I doubt I would ever get those times simply because I'm not into powershifting and that is absolutely required for that 14.1 run.

You shouldn't see much faster from an N/A Si until K-Pro is released. Fastest bolt-on Si is high 13's right now. The Si is by no means a fast car.. but a fun car? Yes!

Just by the time slips/videos I've seen on www.8thcivic.com, the fastest stock Si 1/4 was 14.1 (excellent driver) with more average runs going from 14.5 - 15 flat. I doubt I would ever get those times simply because I'm not into powershifting and that is absolutely required for that 14.1 run.

You shouldn't see much faster from an N/A Si until K-Pro is released. Fastest bolt-on Si is high 13's right now. The Si is by no means a fast car.. but a fun car? Yes!


Yeah I've heard about that 14.1, but that is pretty much over .5 to 1 second faster then you will see. I frankly dont see how he got that time, I've driven stock ones and raced against them, and I couldn't see it getting higher then like a 14.8.

ITS ALLL USELESS: unless your going to do work, thatr civic si is going nowhere fast....

Rice(er), just cause you read about it you shouldnt believe it bro. Magazines and websites often use mathematical equations ballance out real world testing.

For example say we take the new STI out to a track to get some 0-60 times and some 1/4 mile times. Well the car runs against a GPS system, not an actual 1/4 mile race track with laser to laser marker. The GPS is good but not exact. the tester then calibrates for wind barrier, atmospheric humidity, terrain slope ect...

How do you think my car got a stock 0-60 of 4.5 seconds and a stock 1/4 mile time of 13.2?
Its all bullshit! the GTO stock does 0-60 in 5.2 and 1/4 in 13.6.

Spend some time at the drag strip bro. Stock Civics run 15 second 1/4s not 14!
And Im being very generous. From my personal acount the fastest Ive seen a Civic on BPU run is 16 seconds. but then again Moroso is a bad track and Floridians cant drive for shit!

mush, thanks for the heads up bro. Unfortunately, i'm speaking from experience

Pretty sure we all are