[Rampart Crawler]

To be honest with you, the ex vs. dx means little.

My friend has a '95 ex 5spd with a SRI and i have a '99 stock auto dx.
He got his car from a junk yard with a salvaged title and it was fixed by his father. The engine is fine. Since I bought my car used from new car dealer and he got his like the rest of his families cars, at the junkyard(as stated) for $100, he alway puts the fact that he has an ex over me. He once asked for my dx badging so he could make a sleeper. He also always says "wait, do you have vtec, like mine?", as if he forgets. When it came down to it, he tried to lose me on the side roads and once on the highway, and I was right on his rear bumper. He tried to make up excuses, but he was going at it. You can tell with the ricer intake if he is WOT.

His car feels snapier because it is a stick, and he keeps it at 6k rpm and blips the gas to push me a little back every time I ride with him, instead of shifting to a higher gear. Since mine is an auto, it doesn't feel as fast while driving normally, and he'll comment saying, "oh, maybe it doesn't have as much torque as mine"

At that point, I make sure I am at around 35mph and put it from D to 2 and goose it like a moron just to piss him off.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

And if you think you are a better driver, then go for it. Strip the interior and make your own home made intake. Might help a bit. Can't hurt. It really is a drivers race with the sohc vtec and non vtec. The vtec can pull on the non if it has the better driver, but you really can't tell the difference as you can in a twin cam vtec.

EDIT: Also, if you are both equal racers, he still probably pull much until 3rd. From everyone I talk to, it's the intake Mani that makes up most of the difference, at higher speeds.

I would like to get a Y8 in mine, but don't wan't to go through the trouble.