RSX- how does it carry the integra name

pontiactrac · #1 03-23-2003, 08:07 AM

just wondering with all you integra and RSX fans are happy about the route that acura took with creating the RSX from the integra. Is it more than u expected or a bit disappointing?

Paonessa · #2 03-23-2003, 09:13 AM

i'm not a honda guy but i think the integra's were 100% better than the rsx's. i think they're hideous. they look good with about $3000 worth of body kit and rims. but they're still slow. i raced a type-r and it was a close race and my friend had a 98 gsr and it was a quick lil car. but, i blew the doors off an rsx type s and i had 4 people in my car with the windows down. very, very disappointed.

pontiactrac · #3 03-23-2003, 09:17 AM

hmm, im not crazy about the looks stock, but i have heard stories of the type s being a little speed demon. I think a type r is going to go into production later in time. With body kits, they can look really great, but i am a bit more of a integra fan overall.

Paonessa · #4 03-23-2003, 09:37 AM

i heard they're gonna be making civic type-r's instead.

i don't think of my car as all that fast(it's out, but it's not superfast) and i smoked an rsx. maybe i just ran into a shitty driver, but i was totally unimpressed. there wasn't one point in the race where i felt challenged.

pontiactrac · #5 03-23-2003, 11:05 AM

I could believe that, Maximas are pretty fast cars, good power with a pretty lightweight chassy. I would not like a civic type r, that would be a big mistake by honda. They have to realize that not everyone who looks to by a civic is a young teenage ricer who wants speed. Mostly women look to buy them. Civic type r... ha

Paonessa · #6 03-23-2003, 11:19 AM

yeah, my car only weighs 2895 lbs at it's stock weight. which is only a couple hundred lbs. more than a newer gsr.

these honda's boast prety good horsepower but their torque is too low.

pontiactrac · #7 03-23-2003, 01:54 PM

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Originally posted by Paonessa
yeah, my car only weighs 2895 lbs at it's stock weight. which is only a couple hundred lbs. more than a newer gsr.

these honda's boast prety good horsepower but their torque is too low.

Exactly, alot of it comes down to torque. Have to give it to nissan though, they are one import company that has mastered both hp and torque. And for 2895lbs. 256hp or something is some mad good power to weight ratio. Altimas another good one, 240 and pretty light too. What do you think of the new 350z, im not too crazy about it's new look, im an old fashion 300zx fan, i almost got one of them, but the new one could definatly stack up undoubtably. 287hp from a v6, phew... NSX only managed to get 3 more hp out of theirs.

Paonessa · #8 03-23-2003, 04:34 PM

i think the 350z's are pretty nice but i really like the Infiniti G35 sport coupe. it's the same engine, and pretty much the same car, 6 speed manual but it's a 2+2. it's .3 seconds slower 0-60 but i think it looks a lot nicer, it kinda looks like a lexus SC430 from the front. i think it sucks that none of the new nissans come with optional forced induction, except the frontier pickup truck. a supercharged or turbo 350z or maxima would be insane.

GSR · #9 03-24-2003, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Paonessa

these honda's boast prety good horsepower but their torque is too low.

what kind of torque numbers did you expect from such little displacement?

honda is more interested in fuel economy...performance is just a bonus of their well balanced engines (higher redline=higher hp #'s)

pontiactrac · #10 03-24-2003, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by GSR

what kind of torque numbers did you expect from such little displacement?

honda is more interested in fuel economy...performance is just a bonus of their well balanced engines (higher redline=higher hp #'s)

If you could get good horsepower out of little displacement, you could also get good torque number out of it too. S2000, 4 banger gets 260hp, with not that great torque, with a few changeups from honda, they could get some of their line higher torque, believe me were at the age were displacement doesn't mean as much. my engine is a 3.8 with 200 hp and the 350z's got like around a 3.2 or maybe 3.5 and puts out 287.

Paonessa, i agree alot about the infinity, i like it's looks a bit more too. And it's still a nissan product, do you know if it comes in a convertable? Cause even though i just got mine 3 months ago, im still looking for my future car and was looking at the SC430 convertable, but they will be hard to find used and cheap, and im not big on V8's. I like the fact that it is rare though and a 2+2

PilotMojo · #11 03-24-2003, 03:20 PM

I was in the Nissan 350Z with my older brother... takin it for a test drive.

Its a rough rough rough ride. amazingly stiff. BUT VERY VERY QUICk.
o man...

and there's no back seat. lol. poor salesman riding with us.

KrNxRaCer00 · #12 03-24-2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by pontiactrac

If you could get good horsepower out of little displacement, you could also get good torque number out of it too. S2000, 4 banger gets 260hp, with not that great torque, with a few changeups from honda, they could get some of their line higher torque, believe me were at the age were displacement doesn't mean as much. my engine is a 3.8 with 200 hp and the 350z's got like around a 3.2 or maybe 3.5 and puts out 287.

Paonessa, i agree alot about the infinity, i like it's looks a bit more too. And it's still a nissan product, do you know if it comes in a convertable? Cause even though i just got mine 3 months ago, im still looking for my future car and was looking at the SC430 convertable, but they will be hard to find used and cheap, and im not big on V8's. I like the fact that it is rare though and a 2+2

well...compare a 3.8L to a 1.8L. of course the honda's lil 1.8 isn't going to put down much torque. instead, they rev forever, an rely on a long stroke an VTEC to make any power. i mean...u ride in a DOHC VTEC car, its dead until u hit that engagement point...

i'm not against a bigger displacement at all, i truly believe that honda's are gettin a lil played out an its annoying having the torque of a geo metro (exaggeration). i still got mad love for the high rev'n motors, an the sweet styling, but...after this teg, i'll go euro all the way or get a lil subby wrx...

as for the RSX-S, they are NOT slow. run one of them on the freeway. they have an AWESOME mid-range, an they pull up top like crazy. we've got one at the races i goto, an i can BARELY beat him, but i can walk on the Type R (yea...he's a bad driver). really w/ all the cars around high 14's-low 15's, it really all comes down to driver. but on the freeway guys...u wouldn't be callin the rsx slow at all...from 40, it'll stomp me by 1 1/2-2 cars...easy.

Paonessa · #13 03-24-2003, 06:43 PM

i raced it in a straight line until about 100 mph. i progressively pulled further and further

KrNxRaCer00 · #14 03-24-2003, 09:18 PM

ah...nice...not taking anything away from ur car at all...they are quick. 'm jus sayin u can't say the rsx is SLOW. because on the freeway, it gets up an GOES.

Paonessa · #15 03-25-2003, 08:44 AM

i shouldn't say it's slow from one occasion, you're right. i wanna find one with someone i know is a capable driver. i just don't think the car lives up to the hype. and i still think it's funny looking stock

and i never called it slow i just said i beat one. i was just comparing my 200 hp car(est.) to this 200 hp car.

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