S2000man01

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I have never actually seen a turbo'd RSX in person until today. (at least not that i can remember) To be honest, I didn't even know what they were capable of. I've seen more turbo ford focii than turbo civics, and that's actually really sad. lol.

It is a very hot day today, with a temp of about 94 and the sun beating down, I had the AC blasting and the top down. biggrin.gif Wouldn't have it any other way.

I was in the right lane of a two lane road, and approaching a stop light when I spotted an RSX-S in the left lane on the line. As the light turned he kinda took off, and accelerated to cruising speed quickly. From that point all I could hear was his exhaust.

Nearing another light I started to creep by him slowly, thinking maybe he'd want to take a quick run. As I started to go by him, the light turned. He kinda started accelerating in gear, then when he went to let off, I heard a slight PSHHHH.

Stopping at the light, he had on a hat, sunglasses, and had a male passenger with him as well. I gave a little rev to see if he'd still bite, and he started revving back. Then I heard the BOV very distinctly. Wasting no time, we waited for the light. No traffic ahead of us, and only 1 car behind that hadn't reached the light yet.

I rev up. 6500rpm. He's got his revs up a bit, waiting for the light, and it turns green. I pop the clutch, and floor it. I can feel I got a good launch. I take him by about a car off the launch. Through 1st gear, I maintain 1 car. Into 2nd gear and he starts to pull ever so slightly. By end of 2nd his front tire is at about my back tire. Into 3rd and I hold him off still, with him pulling his front tire almost to my door. Into 4th and he can't pull anymore. In fact he even starts losing some ground slightly.

At the top of 4th I shut down and he does too. He gives a quick nod, and then slows to make a U-turn and head back somewhere from where we came.

dre2600

Hmm, I was under the impression that those cars made upwards of 300HP turoed? Maybe he had it on a low-boost program?

DaMadScientist

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Why did u have the AC blasting and the top down...doesnt that defeat the purpose...but good kill and dont type-s blow up if you turbo them, unless you lower the compression

scatman

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i guess it may be possible.......good run

S2000man01

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i've done some quick searching, and i saw a few on 7psi turbo kits that were in the 13.4 range with 103-104 traps.

and you can turbo an rsx without lowering compression as long as you don't crank up the boost too much.

and I had the AC blasting because it was so hot, but I still wanted the top down. it helps to put the system on top-down mode and then blast the AC. lol.

nickm748

I love ur race kills s2000man, have you done anything else to ur car besides gearing

CuRiOuSfIsH

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he also has Invidia exhaust and some other goodies.

S2000man01

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yeah. "power" mods are intake, exhaust, and the 4.57 gears. anything else is cosmetic or ICE or whatever.

doubledeuce2k2

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i rode in a local guy's cybernation stage 1 rsx-s, it was fun. boost was awesome, made me want it worse. he was using guardian and his injectors weren't up to the task at about 7000rpms, so i didn't get to feel it in high rpms even. but it was slick. if you only had 1 car from the start, he must be a good driver with decent tires too. props on the kill!

ciVictoria

Nice kill.

Redline04

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Good kill. He must have been only running around 7#'s

A guy here with a cybernation boosted rsx.
305whp 225TQ/ 10psi
13.216@114.03mph
Should be running 12's but traction is a bitch

JetBlu01

u beat me to it.

nookiemonster

Yes, I've been starting to notice that the AC is pretty effective with the top down and the AC on the right settings.

bgoetz

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Not to sure if the faster car won, but good kill

S2000man01

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in this case, yes i think the faster car won. if he was only running 5-7lbs. he'd be right in my range or a bit slower.

gearbox

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so you think the rsx would've beat a stock s2k?

jttegx

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^ i would say so. his final drive gears help a lot i bet.

nookiemonster

NO! He'd never beat me.

bgoetz

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What the hell do you do for a living?? I thought that I had a decent job, and I still can't get my self to the point were I think I can afford to have a S2k and the vic (student loans suck). It makes me ill that you have a 05 S2k and a RX8, but good job on whatever you do. I need a piece of the action (my trunk in gutted so I bet I can fit a few extra Kilos of coke and demand is high here ) LOL

bgoetz

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I guess it would depend on how he had it tunned (or if he had it tunned), but I think that a well tunned 7psi on a K20a2 would put down some serious #s. However, traction would be key, but this would mean that he should have started to pull top end. I would guess around 5psi tunned or 7psi tunned poorly or not tunned at all (either that or he had a serious system in the trunk and a/or a fat friend) would be about right given the senario.

S2000man01

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definitely

S2000man01

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yeah i think a good tuner can get more out of a turbo than one that is not. i agree, either 5psi, or 7psi with average or less than average tuning. like i said, i saw 2 7psi rsx's on CRSX that had run 13.4@103 or so.

bgoetz

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Still would be a fun car. I personally think that those engines are all around best performance NA with hondata, I/H/E and a Quaif, but to each their own.

S2000man01

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actually the S2000 engine has the most potential for peak power n/a of any mass produced honda vehicle.

EM2typeflex

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^At least you're getting good use out of that S2000.

MajinB

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ive never seen another 4 banger get so close to 1k hp besides the s2k so i agree

S2000man01

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well that's turbo. but n/a it's also one of the best for peak power.

bgoetz

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yeah I think the sweetest S2000 vid that I have ever seen was one with open throttle bodies. That thing sounded compleatly insane. I don't think that I have ever heard ANY car sound as badass and it was plently fast too.

S2000man01

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still waiting to see the video of the S2000 that made like 875whp or something like that.

btuner

half a car is a "kill" these days? more like a good run. kills used to be by car lengths.
so lets say if u ran a much faster car, perhaps a cobra, and you only lose by half a car, you wouldn't say that you got killed by him.
I guess its all in the perception