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Old Feb 22, 2002
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Nissan SPECV???
For some reason they aren't as fast as the numbers claim. 180 hp? yeah right, I had one want to play tonight and he just barely walked away on the highway. For my puny little Lx auto I figured he would have manhandled me, but non-the-less the faster car.
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SCC dyno'd it and it only came in at 142 hp at the wheels. They were kinda disappointed in it.
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Wow...38 HP loss!! We have 17 hp loss, they must have over rated it!
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Yeah... that's what they thought too. Everyone is playing the HP numbers game and it seems the dynos are telling a different story than what the manufacturers list the HP as !
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perhaps said spec V was still in 6th gear?

Forget bolt-ons, that car would scream with valve springs, cams, and a reporgrammed ECU.
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i testdrive it few days ago, it seems it is much faster than my civic. Maybe that guy wasn't racing or didn't know how to drive a stick
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SCC is kinda stupid IMO.

and so is freeway racing.

its still a faster car than any stock civic, so I'll take it any day of the week over my ex. maybe.
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i test drove one and it didnt like there was 175 hp under the hood. the 2001 VW golf GTI i drove felt a lot more faster and its only 150 hp. but the SE-R Spec V is faster than our civics.
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They have rerated them for 175 since they knew it was not putting out 180.....but its prob more like 160-165....

Mike
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<< i test drove one and it didnt like there was 175 hp under the hood. the 2001 VW golf GTI i drove felt a lot more faster and its only 150 hp. but the SE-R Spec V is faster than our civics. >>

The 2002 GTI 1.8T has 180hp. Test drove that the other day, and i have to say I might just buy one next month. Damn that thing pulls.
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Pick up the April 02 issue of SCC... they have a dyno chart and full specs. Pretty nice car for the price. At least that's what they say
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man..i just like the car for the looks...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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