H22 Prelude goes down

Sitting at the end of main street in the big boy parking lot (the local hangout for cars) although today was just douche day or something, because there was a probe with a body kit/fart can, a talon ESi with a huge aluminum wing, several other riced out vehicles, none of which had enough balls to take a determined fellow on a go-ped.

Me and torched are sitting on the far side, when a blue prelude drives by on the street in front of us. He of course guns it, over-sized exhaust blatting its horrible notes at us. He repeats this a good 3 times before we decided to leave.

Lo and behold, We are pulling out just as the lude is turning around onto main. So I get next to the guy and what does he do?

BLAAAAAARGH He guns it (if you can call it that) and lets off. 701-3kgt is in the passenger seat and we decide to see if this cocky bastard wants to race. So I pull up and my buddy yells at him and asks if he wants to run em across the bridge. The kid says sure and blats at me as he passes me and heads to the bridge. Light after light, he sits there and revs, just to hear his awful exhaust at work.

By the time I get to the bridge, my car smells like v-tec and I am fed up with this guy. We get over the bridge and we slow to 40.I honk it down and take off. Before I even shift to third I have 3 lengths on the guy pretty much instantaneously. I let off, and he gets up next to me and claims he couldnt hear my honk although he took off at the same time I did....

Oooookay....

So he honks it this time. Same result. I take off like a raped ape and he seemingly stands still. 4 lengths and I blow my shift to third, slamming it right into the 3rd/5th gear gate. In neutral for a good second, I jam it in third and get back on it. I look back, expecting him to be right next to me by that time.

3 cars back :headshake

One last time he pulls up, looking pissed off. He honks it without warning, but I drop it to 2nd in time (all of these were from 40mph) and I slam my right foot to the floor, watching the headlights drop back at an alarming rate. Put 6 to 7 lengths on him before I even hit 90...

The guy has had enough. he drops way back and turns off at the next chance he gets. I laughed a great deal afterwards, only because I put another cocky bastard in his place.

Quite a good rain going while this happened, too.. So probably not the smartest thing in the world to do but hey, came out in one piece :) and Im not being cocky about this, I just figured I would post it so we could laugh at another ricer.

heh. id prob be the one in the sentra doing the same thing to you just to see how bad id get beat.

its still all fun and games, but it sounded like he was serious. what year/body style? h22 vtec preludes with a jun cam, springs, and a tune move like bats outaa hell.

Noice race!

It was the newest generation...not sure about the year though.

at least he raced you...I would have been afraid that he would have been blasting around town, then when actually challenged would back down.

Nice (as in nice to put someone in their place) race.

Yeah, apparently this guy thought he could beat an LSJ (TorchedStealth, specifically) so he started out pretty confident. But after the first time I took off, his facial expression quickly took a turn for the worst.

And I dont know the year... and as far as I know all this guy had was a muffler and maybe an intake. No tune or anything. If he did, I would get my money back :)

Hopefully it was a manual, I remember beating an auto last gen prelude (I guess thats h22) in an sl2 saturn

yeah it was manual, The way he dropped gears was pretty indicative of a manual. Could be wrong, slap-shifting bastard.

good kill. i hsng out with four people that have h22s. two preludes a hatch and a regular civic. my buddys black prelude is pretty quick. he runs low 14s pretty much stock. my other buddys runs low 15s so i geuss it is the luck of the draw with them. my buddies hatch is pretty fast though.

yeah H22s are pretty good engines, but some just dont have it where it counts... I wonder if they make a non-vtec version? so all the power isnt built up in the top 1000 rpms.

Who knows. "hit and miss" pretty much sums it up

hit and miss sums it up pretty good. there are a bunch of different kinds of h22s i think all are vtec but the power differs. the non vtec are f22s or h23s i think. not really a honda expert though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Prelude

I haven't ever been impressed with the performance of the prelude, but I would take a fifth gen anyday over an integra. I had a '99 f23 5speed accord and I used to run pretty tight with the preludes around town. I guess they are just too heavy I dunno. I really like the looks of it. BTW. remember that all preludes are getting pretty old now. newest ones are 7 years old.

The only way to get that VTACK smell out of your clothes is to burn them:)

what about my interior? do I have to burn the pretty blue leather too? :(

I have an F22 accord 5speed that could probably run with that guy. As sad as that is. And I think a prerequisite of being a Honda expert is to have no hope at all left in a normal life.

Yeah I agree that the newest preludes look the best, there is one up here that I would probably have sex with given the chance.

I would only have sex with it if honda would have made it RWD. It would be hondas answer to the corvette. RWD twin-turbo V6 Prelude. kind of like a skyline. I have dreams like this sometime and then I wake up and hondas are still really slow.

I would only have sex with it if honda would have made it RWD. It would be hondas answer to the corvette. RWD twin-turbo V6 Prelude. kind of like a skyline. I have dreams like this sometime and then I wake up and hondas are still really slow.

:rofl: yeah honda def has the potential to build a sick performance vehicle. unfortunately they are more econo-oriented tho and care more about mpg than hp.

btw my girlriend is RWD :naughty:

Like this?

http://www.acuraworld.com/forums/f41/mugen-legend-rl-590hp-v8-61799/

damn.

is that actually goin in something or is it just a concept?

I believe its concept at this point, probably will stay concept, just so car industries can say "hey we can make so much better then we are making but guess what?? we won't do it" Ugh I hate that.

Still its an awesome engine, best case they actually put it into something, second best case the technology trickles down into production cars, worst case, Honda Fit.

Told you about the Fit thing. they are a disease. erradication is the only option.

I sure hope they put that into something. RWD legend with 500hp would be epic. Honda has proven they know how to make powerful engines (open-wheel racing) but seem to prefer to stick to profesional motorsports. They give us the econo versions and make up their own version of fauxboost called vtec.

maybe they'll throw it in an NSX in a few years, and then they'll have an NSX that's actually fast.

or maybe they'll make a honda odyssey gt-r or some shit. performance mini vans - the way of the future.

Haha I do believe there is a minivan with a Stealth TT engine in it somewhere.... The revolution has begun.

NSXs dont have to be fast. They handle like a dream, thats what they are supposed to do :)

The best part of the NSX is the styling and the exhaust note-better than a Ferrari IMO

i definately agree that the NSX has awesome styling and handling,, it's just that i'm a str8-line performance enthusiast lol. and this car doesn't give you very much bang for your buck in that area.

Got a pretty good top speed though like 171 mph. That is alot better than most cars under 300 hp.

well hell boost the damn thing and there ya go. I would still love one of those things, they rip on Lambos in road courses and autoX.

not all hondas are slow theres the occational few that can run bit the prelude is heavy just like the del sol which would be a nice two door if it weighed 1000 lbs less

thats because lambos suck at autocross :lol2:

Boosting the NSX ruins the purity of the car. The beauty of it is the unreal reliability, ease of operation, and exotic styling. I hate it when people put new wheels on them. It seems to spoil the look. Alot of people think that hondas can be fast until the see a cheap fox body mustang owner with very little budget rip a "super" civic a new one. Try running one of these "fast" cars on the street. You will never get enough traction off the line without drag slicks. And your still driving a civic.

yeah, but you still can make people look stupid from a roll. And yes, NSX is probably one of the top ten greatest cars of all time (NSX-R!!) and are one of the few cars that should be kept the way they are.

though i would still boost it :)

yeah, but you still can make people look stupid from a roll. And yes, NSX is probably one of the top ten greatest cars of all time (NSX-R!!) and are one of the few cars that should be kept the way they are.

though i would still boost it :)

try telling that to tatII. he is currently modifing his nsx with just n/a mods, and put some springs and ce28n's on it. it looks like sex if you ask me imo. no boost for the nsx though. id build that thing a n/a monster and have it rev to 12k :)

not all hondas are slow theres the occational few that can run bit the prelude is heavy just like the del sol which would be a nice two door if it weighed 1000 lbs less


Uh, a Del Sol weighs like 2300 lbs, name a normal car that comes in around a half ton. :eek7:

who autoX's a lambo haha?

haha they did it on this Asian TV show to prove a point. dont ask.

To answer your question GForce... Smart car. I win!

and maybe if I actually owned an NSX it would be easier for me to realize that N/A is better for those things. But I am a bit partial to boosting stuff as it is right now. But that doesnt mean I dont have an open mind :)

Ugh Smart Car, not normal and worse then a honda fit.

Put a Hayabusa engine in one and you can beat a modded VR-4. :) I've seen it happen. it outlaunched the Verfer, too. Somehow that makes me respect the Smart car more than the Fit.... because the fit has the stupid japanese anime comercials that make me want to die.

That says something about the car when a bike motor turns it into a rocket sled.

Uh, a Del Sol weighs like 2300 lbs, name a normal car that comes in around a half ton. :eek7:

who autoX's a lambo haha?
my honda weighs around 2094 and its a bigger hatch than the del slow :ylsuper:

That says something about the car when a bike motor turns it into a rocket sled.

i have seen it done with a Golf MKI too. Its twelve kinds of f'ed up when you hear that box of a vehicle rev to 12,000 rpms.

my honda weighs around 2094 and its a bigger hatch than the del slow :ylsuper:

That's over a ton.

1800 is about as low as you will find without getting a 2 seater european car (lotus, opel, etc.), not counting cars that should be removed from this earth (Fit, Smartcar)

But yes, 2094 is still over a ton.

1800 is about as low as you will find without getting a 2 seater european car (lotus, opel, etc.), not counting cars that should be removed from this earth (Fit, Smartcar)

But yes, 2094 is still over a ton.
ya but thats stock i think im not possitive i prtty sure but i got that sweet ass carbon fiber thats sweet on all hondas haha but todd cruise tomarrow or what?

Cruise whenever, now that i finally know what the hatch looks like.

Cruise whenever, now that i finally know what the hatch looks like. what the hell is that supposed to mean hahaha

haha idk. it looks sick.

Nice runs today dude, we tied the Redline for all intents and purposes. After we figured out your redline was at 8200 instead of 7000 :D But i still count mine as a win because im a jackass

ya but thats stock i think im not possitive i prtty sure but i got that sweet ass carbon fiber thats sweet on all hondas haha but todd cruise tomarrow or what?


You think you have carbon fiber? Carbon fiber what?

its really just the hood thats carbon fiber and it weighs like 25 lbs at max and todd ill give you the win on the first run because i was short shifting and not knowing so just wait till next week ahhaha cuz redwhine and i were nuts to nuts hahaha

The hood probably weighs less because you can see through the damn thing :D But we need to start racing all of those guys who call you a ricer and destroy them.