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Car #1 2001 Civic LX Sedan Auto
Mods: Absolutely none
Passengers: 2

Car #2 2002 Civic LX Sedan Auto
Mods: AEM Short Ram, 2.25" piping, Matrix EX race header, universal muffler, CATCO high flow cat.
Passengers: 2 w/ 2 subs/box in the trunk.


My friend's bone stock LX is weird, for some reason it pulls strong.. stronger than my 02 EX. Very good low end for some reason, better than my friend's 02 LX (both i have driven a lot)

So we line up (both of my friends -- I'm a passenger in the bone stock one) and the modded LX got a slight head start (he was doing the 1-2-3 count -- go figure) So a half later second my friend (in the bone stock LX) reacts and floors it and immediately pulls even with him, then in 2nd gear, the modded LX pulls ahead by a fender ever so slightly, then at the top of second they tie and my friend in the bone stock LX eventually pulls ahead again by a hood and beats him. We tried it again with the same results. This race was done while going up a SORTA steep hill. We did the race down hill for the second try.. same results. So I guess the I/H/E doesnt help. What gives? Both cars are maintained and have around 25,000 miles. Like I said, my friend's stocker LX feels strangely more powerful than my EX. Its able to slip the tires if you floor it from a start (slips for about a second) and my EX you have to do a brake stand, and even then it will barely chirp. I guess LXs have better low end???

I think I want an LX stock header

 
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i dunno.. i think the 01 sedans are the better models.. my 01 ex sedan pulls on most all of the 7thgens in my area.. with the exception of that k20 swapper... grrr... anyhoo.. yea the 01's are teh quicker ones... dunno why.. they just are..

 
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Wow this needs to be discussed.

 
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i dunno.. i need to dyno my car... but it pulls ok... i mean its good enuff to put most ricers to shame...

to be honest.. it pulled like the 2000 gsr that i test drove... altho i really cant completely vouch for that because i didnt get to open it up...

i dunno tho.. the only other 01 i rode in was an auto... on the freeway it could keep up with my 5spd tho...

 
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im about to race a 03 lx sedan..i have a 01 dx sedan...ill tell you guys about it..i wanna see the results..

 
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ITS the same with all vtec's to non vtec's .. its the simple thing that the non vtec's are geared differntly.. i thought this was weird until my friend said this to me ... " i used to have a 91 gs integra with I/H/E and all day long i would beat my friend in his 91 gsr... but that was from a stand still... if we started at 65mph and then took off.. he would always beat me." apparently the non vtecs are just geared differently

 
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Its all about the driver and the gearing. But mostly the driver.

 
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"all about the driver" in a drag race in an auto?? you're kidding right?

 
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thats what i was thinking...

 
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My 03 EX seems to pull a lot harder than it should also, and all I have is exhaust. I roasted an LX with exhaust by more than a carlength by 40 mph and I had 2 other people in my car (no one was in his car).

 
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well... duh.. ex vs lx.. altho its dependant on whether or not it was a manual or an automatic.. as well as yours...

 
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one reason car #2 lost even though it had mod the 2 subs in the box are heavy like another person....weight in sedan matter...i drive 2001 lx auto i have 170 lbs subs amps and wire in my car i took it all out i cna tell the difference in pick up now........so since car #1 did not have any mods it also have onl 2 people in it.....this is just a thought

 
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yeah ym 02 LX coupe will pull about anything it really surprises me.....for 115 hp it feels like it has a lot more.....and for some reason my car feels like it picks up more after 3000 rpm....i know it dont have V-tec so what gives??? Any ideas?

 
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ive raced my friends 2k1 ex he has sri, headers, exhaust, body kit, and rims. automatic

i have a 2k1 lx its bone stock cept for upgraded tires. auto as well.

now when we race. i pull ahead at the start and im barely winning but right when i get into 2nd my friends vtec kicks in and kicks my ***. he pulls hard about half a car length.

 
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It's the size in the piping...Smaller the pipe= more back pressure=more low end power....Thats why the stock Lx won. If it were long distance drag race I think the bigger piping would have eventually pulled away with more horse power at top end. Believe it or not when you feed a car more air with an intake and move it through a bigger pipe ....You loose power... unless you have combustion and fuel to add with all the extra air flow....You can't regulate the fuel in the 7thgens because it's in the fuel pump unlike the 6thgens...food for thought

 
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yes altho my 2.25" exhaust pulls on the stock 7thgens in my area...