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here's the story: i used to date this girl, with a ford probe SE. i worked on her car while i was her b/f. we mutually broke up. she found a b/f who so happened to be a friend from work. thats the background. two nights ago, me and my g/f went out with them. my friend was tellin me how he put a new catback on the probe. so i was like...reaaaally...i've always wondered if my new lx was faster than the probe. probe was pretty quick in my recollection. so we decided to have a go on rt. 33. twice from stop. twice from 40mph roll. all 4 times...i smoked the probe. in the 2 drag races, he was completely behind me by the end of 1st both times. in the rolling starts, i had him from the get go. yay for me.

 
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The '93 had 115 hp and from '94 to '97 they had 118hp, so you were pretty even power-wise. I'm not sure of the model denotation in America but in Canada the LX has the 115hp non-vtec engine.

Also you're civic would be much lighter I would assume. Finally, if the Probe was an ATX they run ~17's in the quarter mile; an MTX would run high 16's.

Nice kill!

 
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A 1993 or newer GT runs mid 15's in the quarter-mile and with a 65 or higher shot of nitrous or ~6psi of boost they are easily high 13 second cars.

Nice kill again!

 
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Our cars can beat Probe GT's. I witnessed this first hand along with 4 other 7thgens watching as Greg from Hondawerx raced a Probe GT from a stoplight and walked him pretty good.

If you know how to drive you should beat him like you did.

 
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damn, i shoulda picked on the 4 cyl probe instead of loosing by a car length to the v6 model (it was modded too)

 
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ya no playin around with any sixers for me till i get some boost...

 
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Why not? YOU CAN BEAT THEM........if you know how to drive!

 
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I've only been beat by one probe. Why didnt anyone ever tell me that some are turbo?

 
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autotranny..nuff said.

 
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Good kill Reytito... seems like peeps are always trying to race here in town...

 
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7th gens can run 15's stock?

 
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I've seen a stock 7thgen run a 15.6

It's also driver skill.

 
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Really? Sweet, and I thought I was going to regret not having performance buying this car. So what can they run with ZEX or NX?

 
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Ooops......sorry it was 15.8.........click the link to see the video of the race...

http://deathdreams.homestead.com/files/Civic15.8.mpg

 
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Any mods?

Thanks for the info!

 
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Like I said. It was bone stock

 
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haha, i like the kid's voice in the background..."Fifteen eight...HOLY SHiiiiT!!!" lol

 
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15.8 isnt fast enough to beat a probe gt 5 speed, and auto defintely though. and yeah the first gen probes where a 2.2 turbo with 145 horse and 200 lbs of torque.

 
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old beater, cars aren't everything to a race. I witnessed it with my own eyes along with 4 other 7thgens when we had our car meet in Atlanta last month. The 7thgen only had I/H/E with Slipstreams and he pulled almost 2 cars on the Probe GT. I was right behind them. After the race the probe swore that the 7thgen had to be running a turbo.

 
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i agree, cars arent the only aspect, but was the probe an auto or 5 speed? there are alot more things to consider like driver skill and whatnot. but i wasnt there so i cant say it didnt happen. later.

 
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hands down probes eat my exhaust hardcore
eric

 
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It was a 5 speed. But Greg is also one of the best drivers i've seen. He probably could have beat the Probe even if he was driving a Bicycle(24 speed.....lol).

 
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my old car was a 93 probe gt 5speed. i dont think any civic could have beeten it. take it from someone who has driven both cars.

 
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Are you blind? I'm not saying that in theory a civic could beat a GT. I'm saying that a 7thgen DID beat a GT.

Read this thread.

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...ighlight=probe

 
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still sceptic