Ok, honestly I am every bit scared of fwd... in fact.. the current car my family owns is a 96ford taurus GL it's a V6 2valve/cylinder ohv car... it's about 150horsies and 140lbs of torque if im not mistaken (don't really care lol), it's fwd and automatic and it leaves many civics behind (not my point of the post dont get flamin' lol), now... either way.. it's slow.. its a very strong iron block though and known to go and die at 400k+.... currently we're at 212k and it's nearly as good as new! Quite reliable all that time!.. and yes 96.. my paps does a lot of driving. Anywho the last cars we had were rwd and they were beasts (not gona go into it)...
I am lost on one matter how ever.. generally speaking honda engines are of a high reving nature but every one is fwd.. with the exception of the s2000 and nsx (right?) which are rwd... and there was a guy up in quebec who made an awd crx (30k for it? nuts!
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The aftermarket parts for hondas engines, generally any part for hondas is broad.. but how much can you really get out of fwd in a 1/4? A friend from HS has a 1999 Honda Civic SiR (better known as Si in US), that's the one with the B16 engine. It's a very light car like many other hondas and I guess that's what helps it go regardless of the low torque.. but what's the 1/4 on that? high 15, 16.. and that's suppose to be a 'sporty' model.
Then there are people who supercharge em or turbocharg em (how much boost can these take)? I remember some guy claiming 300horsies and running a low 12? wtf? Out of all honesty with say.. 300 ponies what kind of quarter mile would you get? I am just clueless with fwd..
Personally I am thinking about an 92 Eagle Talon TSI (AWD Turbo stock, doing low-mid 14 again.. depending on driver). I just wish to learn more about fwd and how it performs. Sure fwd if I'm NOT mistaken (not sure) should be much better in cornering (safer) although understeer would occur.. and fwd is also nice for snow and similar situations like that.. while rwd isn't... awd is nice for all sorts of terrain.. of course.. not that i'd even dare going off road to ruin the talon if I ever got it hehee....
Basically what kind of ponnies with a honda civic, a honda-acura integra, and such .. what kind of quarter miles. Be honest, I hope not to get someone saying "my honda does 10sec maaan!" but from what i've generally read most are not f&f/2f2f frenzied
I love this forum anyway
But.. I am clueless and inexperience with fwd when it comes to performance.. Technologically fwd is more advanced in hondas right?.. with nuff money anything can perform the right way u want it of course.. Ok enough ranting
Sorry for my cluelessness in FWD.