Racing a dealer RSX w/ my LX cpe manual
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Racing a dealer RSX w/ my LX cpe manual
Ok, my boss takes his CL type S in for a 15000 mile tuneup and oil chg. They gave him an RSX loaner car w/ the sequential shift. I went over and test drove the car b/c I've always liked the RSX's. This car was SLOW WTF! It only had 8000 mi on it so I know it wasn't ragged out. There was like no throttle response - like 1/2 second delay after punching the pedal. So, the next day after work we raced a few times and I won by a car length twice. Our cars hung 2gether once off the line. Does anyone know what the freak they do to the loaner cars 2 make em so slow?
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and sportshift is essentially the same thing as autoText yep...that sportshift sucked **** when compared to a manual [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] IMO
and sportshift is essentially the same thing as autoText yep...that sportshift sucked **** when compared to a manual [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] IMO
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i wouldent mind haveing a cl type S
i never seen one around here where i live though
but i did see a S2000 drive by holy sh*t it was beautifle
its pretty rare u see a s2000 where i live
u usually see
ALOT of civic and preludes everywhere
i wouldent mind haveing a cl type S
i never seen one around here where i live though
but i did see a S2000 drive by holy sh*t it was beautifle
its pretty rare u see a s2000 where i live
u usually see
ALOT of civic and preludes everywhere
CL Type-S 
A friend of mine had one.. until it got flooded, along with my uncle's benz, among the thousands of other cars that got flooded in Houston last year. *sigh* cruel, cruel nature.
A friend of mine had one.. until it got flooded, along with my uncle's benz, among the thousands of other cars that got flooded in Houston last year. *sigh* cruel, cruel nature.
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Rep Power: 0 Oh, about the Acura CL -TYPE S that's in the shop...it just had AEM Cai and Comptech headers installed. That biaaatch sounds bad *** (jealous jealous)! I just tightened the throttle cable on my civic - it waz ez. Not much room for adjustment though.
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Rep Power: 0 The baseline RSX ain't that fast... and since it was an auto, you got what it was made of.
I don't think there was really any difference. There are even some people who consider the RSX Type S too slow and it's got 40 more horses. I think the Type S is an alright car, but I wouldn't be surprised if the base model RSX was noticably slower... keep in mind... it's an auto! Your Civic has the weight advantage, too.
I don't think there was really any difference. There are even some people who consider the RSX Type S too slow and it's got 40 more horses. I think the Type S is an alright car, but I wouldn't be surprised if the base model RSX was noticably slower... keep in mind... it's an auto! Your Civic has the weight advantage, too.
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Let's be serious here, shall we: 160 hp and 132 lb/ft. of torque are the numbers for the base RSX. Let's see, how much does a Civic LX have...115 hp and 110 lb/ft. Yeah, mmhmm... Even with an auto, the RSX does not weigh THAT much more than a Civic. I am not **** enough to go check the numbers right now, but I would ballpark the weight deficit to be around 200 pounds in the Civic's favor. As a whole, I would definitely say that the RSXs are faster than Civics. Now, as many of you have said, the driver IS very important...the first time I raced anyone was when I went up against my friend in a 1997 Prelude. I actually beat him, off the line, and through the race. It was only his 2nd week w/ the car, and so his stick shift skills weren't THAT polished, and he wasn't even shifting at high enough RPMs to feel the fury of an H22A w/ VTEC! Needless to say, it sure boosted my ego...until we raced again 3 weeks later and he blew me out of the water [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]
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Let's be serious here, shall we: 160 hp and 132 lb/ft. of torque are the numbers for the base RSX. Let's see, how much does a Civic LX have...115 hp and 110 lb/ft. Yeah, mmhmm... Even with an auto, the RSX does not weigh THAT much more than a Civic. I am not **** enough to go check the numbers right now, but I would ballpark the weight deficit to be around 200 pounds in the Civic's favor. As a whole, I would definitely say that the RSXs are faster than Civics. Now, as many of you have said, the driver IS very important...the first time I raced anyone was when I went up against my friend in a 1997 Prelude. I actually beat him, off the line, and through the race. It was only his 2nd week w/ the car, and so his stick shift skills weren't THAT polished, and he wasn't even shifting at high enough RPMs to feel the fury of an H22A w/ VTEC! Needless to say, it sure boosted my ego...until we raced again 3 weeks later and he blew me out of the water [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]
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