240sx vs Civic Si WHO WOULD WIN
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240sx vs Civic Si WHO WOULD WIN
I got a SOHC 240sx with H/E/I....its 140HP stock..and 150 or so TQ....who would win out of a race between me and a 2000 Si with jsut an intake?? I'm doin it tonight..so i'll video tape too...just wondering how it might go..thanks
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Rep Power: 0 i raced an automatic 240sx with my standard 01 civic ex (stock with only drop and 18s) twice, once from 40 to 100, then again from stop to 80. the first race i beat him by like 3 car lengths. second race i beat him by about 1 1/2 car lengths.
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Rep Power: 343 im gonna say the 240 cause of the torque, the si has like 114 or something and the 240 has 150. And ya know what they say, horse power sells cars, torque win's races.
But if you do lose you can always do a Silvia motor swap
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Rep Power: 0 hey guys ive raced him before and that car is very quick for some reason, ive got cold air, header and 2.25 exhaust with a 50 shot of nitrous (even though the wiring wasnt working proprerly at the time) and i only heat him by about half a car in the 1/8
James ( my car is weighed down a lot though)
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[hr]Originally posted by: Hawk
im gonna say the 240 cause of the torque, the si has like 114 or something and the 240 has 150. And ya know what they say, horse power sells cars, torque win's races.
But if you do lose you can always do a Silvia motor swap
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[hr]Originally posted by: Hawk
im gonna say the 240 cause of the torque, the si has like 114 or something and the 240 has 150. And ya know what they say, horse power sells cars, torque win's races.
But if you do lose you can always do a Silvia motor swap
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i agree, plus the new si's are slow!!![hr]
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[hr]Originally posted by: Hawk
im gonna say the 240 cause of the torque, the si has like 114 or something and the 240 has 150. And ya know what they say, horse power sells cars, torque win's races.
But if you do lose you can always do a Silvia motor swap
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[hr]Originally posted by: Hawk
im gonna say the 240 cause of the torque, the si has like 114 or something and the 240 has 150. And ya know what they say, horse power sells cars, torque win's races.
But if you do lose you can always do a Silvia motor swap
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Rep Power: 343 yeah he did say a 2000 si, those cars have 160 horses but only 111ftlb (it turns out) of torque. it would probably be a good race but the 240 i think would come out on top
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Rep Power: 0 Horsepower sells a car and torque wins a race? That's a really cute saying...now if you'd like to bring out the black board and show us the mathematics backing this expression... Please, if there is an educated explaination behind this expression, I would really love to hear it. Anyone?
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Rep Power: 0 i absolutly RAPED my frineds S13 and S14, each with an intake and LSD... and this was only with an intake on my part.
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Rep Power: 0 haha..if i do get raped..oh well...i'll let everyone know what happens...and tehy are both standards if yall were wondering....and both of us can drive pretty good...so its all up to the cars I guess
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Rep Power: 0 and oh yea...no need for the 240 to be any faster than it is..i'm gettin a new car the 31st that is gonna put some rappings on 99% of the V8s here....jamesbbh knows about it..but dont tell no one..i'll put it out when its all done
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[hr]Originally posted by: Logan
Horsepower sells a car and torque wins a race? That's a really cute saying...now if you'd like to bring out the black board and show us the mathematics backing this expression... Please, if there is an educated explaination behind this expression, I would really love to hear it. Anyone?[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Logan
Horsepower sells a car and torque wins a race? That's a really cute saying...now if you'd like to bring out the black board and show us the mathematics backing this expression... Please, if there is an educated explaination behind this expression, I would really love to hear it. Anyone?[hr]
A car's torque changes with the rpm. Horsepower is torque at a certain rpm. Now, a car manufacturer will sell more cars that have a high howsepower rating than cars that have low horsepower rating, but a good torque rating throughout the entire powerband. It's just because most people do not really know what torque is. They recognize what horsepower is and can compare it to what other cars have. Now, a car with more horsepower will not necessarily win a race. Let's say that all other things are equal. The car with the highest average torque will win; simply because the car will be accelerating faster most of the time. The car with the higher horsepower rating may be accelerating faster at that certain rpm (at which horsepower is measured), but it will be accelerating slowe at all other rpm's. Happy?
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Rep Power: 0 i dunno man, i jsut raced with a 240 (89-91)yesterday, mine is Si(Ex in state)i only have magnaflow catback and 70lbs sub in trunk and acceleration for both car is exact same
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[hr]Originally posted by: Logan
Horsepower sells a car and torque wins a race? That's a really cute saying...now if you'd like to bring out the black board and show us the mathematics backing this expression... Please, if there is an educated explaination behind this expression, I would really love to hear it. Anyone?[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Logan
Horsepower sells a car and torque wins a race? That's a really cute saying...now if you'd like to bring out the black board and show us the mathematics backing this expression... Please, if there is an educated explaination behind this expression, I would really love to hear it. Anyone?[hr]
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[hr]Originally posted by: PensacolaStreetRacing
and oh yea...no need for the 240 to be any faster than it is..i'm gettin a new car the 31st that is gonna put some rappings on 99% of the V8s here....jamesbbh knows about it..but dont tell no one..i'll put it out when its all done[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: PensacolaStreetRacing
and oh yea...no need for the 240 to be any faster than it is..i'm gettin a new car the 31st that is gonna put some rappings on 99% of the V8s here....jamesbbh knows about it..but dont tell no one..i'll put it out when its all done[hr]
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