Car and Driver annual thrashfest
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Car and Driver annual thrashfest
Anyone see the Sept 03 issue of Car and Driver? They have the annual "thrashfest". Its a rugged series of tests, one on the street and one on the track. They're testing moded production cars. Out of the 16 cars tested, 2001 AEM/Hasport Honda Civic SEDAN (for all you sedan haters) EX type-S ranked 2nd! Not bad for our vic. Ranked over the focus, VW GTI, focus SVT, neon 2700, progress group rsx-s, jackson racing/hasport civic si, dc sports rsx-s, and madness mini cooper s. Mods they had on the civic ex sedan was of course a rsx-s engine swap, carbon fiber hood, 5zigen fno1r 17" aluminum wheels wrapped in Yokohama AVS sport tires, sparco seats, progress competition anti-roll bars and aem brake rotors with brembo four-piston front calipers. Engine work was an AEM engine-management system, a custom intake, and a Rev Hard Turbo system with 6.5 psi boost. Total cost of car after all the mods $38,322. engine= $13,472, suspension= $2000, brakes= 2600, wheels= $1600, interior= $1300. Power was 349 bhp @ 7800rpm. Torque was 239 lb-ft @ 7500rpm. 1/4 mile 14.3 secs @ 99mph. Not bad for our 4 dr vic huh? 
Oh yea, #1 was HKS USA Acura RSX Type S.
Oh yea, #1 was HKS USA Acura RSX Type S. 
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Rep Power: 0 wait one sec, something is very wrong with that. my friends ls1 is packing over 300 hp @ wheels, weighs over 3400 lbs, and runs high 12s. so how the hell is a 350hp civic weighing roughly 2700 lbs with driver gona only run a 14.3??? car and driver always f*cks up their track times or they must have some really sh*tty drivers.
i dun think its the driver...its the tires...yokohama avs sport?? they need to slap on some drag radials on 15" lightweight forged rims, then it'll be pulling low 13's ... i just don't see good traction when a car's runnin on 17s.
then again, i might be totally wrong, and the driver sucks ***, and can't drive properly, so put the car to waste...but still, tires will make BIG difference
then again, i might be totally wrong, and the driver sucks ***, and can't drive properly, so put the car to waste...but still, tires will make BIG difference
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Rep Power: 0 They could've swapped out the gears and changed the ratio's around which would modify the 1/4 mile time a bit, also the car wasn't made for dragracing, it was made for track racing. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
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Rep Power: 0 yeh, 1/4 time does sound weird...a guy on clubrsx with just intake and hondata ran 13.8 with azenis, so i guess it must be the tires
off topic, jayfreazy: in that issue was there an article about a hytech rsx-s vd. turbo rsx-s shootout? i believe hytech said it was supposed to be in the sept. issue but i haven't gotten around to getting hte mag
off topic, jayfreazy: in that issue was there an article about a hytech rsx-s vd. turbo rsx-s shootout? i believe hytech said it was supposed to be in the sept. issue but i haven't gotten around to getting hte mag
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Rep Power: 0 A couple of points I'd loke to make.
The car will run 12s on slicks. The tires it had were street tires with a bunch of camber dialed in to make it corner. We weren't allowed to use a really good tire and we couldn't just set the car up for straight line acceleration.
The other point is, the $38K price is just for the article. I probably have less than $11K total in that car. If I had to build another and pay for stuff, I could probably do it for well under the price of a new RSX.
Our Civic Si and EX will kick everyones *** next year.
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The car will run 12s on slicks. The tires it had were street tires with a bunch of camber dialed in to make it corner. We weren't allowed to use a really good tire and we couldn't just set the car up for straight line acceleration.
The other point is, the $38K price is just for the article. I probably have less than $11K total in that car. If I had to build another and pay for stuff, I could probably do it for well under the price of a new RSX.
Our Civic Si and EX will kick everyones *** next year.
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Rep Power: 0 With slicks it a totally different ball game, its a FWD car, its a 4 door, and car and driver always pulls $hitty times. Also the car isn't a drag car so take it easy. O yeah and he's only running 6.5lbs of boost. You guys act like hes running like 15-20lbs of boost and hes gonna run like 12's on street tires. Take it easy
A stock GSX Eclipse runs 10lbs of boost stock, is AWD and runs 14's too......think about that.
That vic is a 4-door running less boost and is FWD and it still pulls the same time as stock GSX running more boost.
O yeah and I never believe those magazine driver 1/4 mile times
I think thats not a time to brag about but there is alot of stuff to factor in
A stock GSX Eclipse runs 10lbs of boost stock, is AWD and runs 14's too......think about that.
That vic is a 4-door running less boost and is FWD and it still pulls the same time as stock GSX running more boost.
O yeah and I never believe those magazine driver 1/4 mile times
I think thats not a time to brag about but there is alot of stuff to factor in
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