 My CelicavsFriend Civic EX, DAMN!!!!! |
 Sep 15, 2004 - 9:52 PM
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I just got back from racing my friend. He has a 98 civic EX and I was in a 97 celica convertable. I Launched at 4000RPM is that a good launch RPM? I would always get him off the line but then at the end of 2nd and 3rd he pulled on me and was about a fender ahead. Then it was like that throughout the race.
I'm piss now because I know my car could beat it. I have only been driving a manual for 2 months and he has been driving for maybe a year. GOD VTEC CAUSED ME TOO LOOSE  I'm gonna take out the spare next time i race him. If that really matters Any tips you guys have on me driving a little better is very appreciated. This post has been edited by hs2g: Sep 15, 2004 - 9:53 PM |
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Sep 19, 2004 - 12:48 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 22, '02 From Toronto Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I never disagreed with you really, all i ment was that torque band is far more important than redline.. the viper for instance redlines at like 5500 rpm or 6000.. someting of that nature, but it has a massive torque band.. i know that the civic has a good torque band in the higher rpms, but all i was saying is that its not really the redline that matters as much as the torque band and for how long a vehicle can sustain max torque...
but i generally agree, it does suck that our cars trail off after 4500rpms... i guess thats why so many ppl are goin boosted.. --------------------  |
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hs2g My CelicavsFriend Civic EX Sep 15, 2004 - 9:52 PM
NYCelica Street Racing No Good! Sep 15, 2004 - 9:54 PM hs2g Yeah I know its bad and I rarely race my car becau... Sep 15, 2004 - 10:05 PM Digndoug sorry, but i really dont think you could beat him.... Sep 15, 2004 - 10:12 PM hs2g Damn it was only by a fender. I'm planning on... Sep 15, 2004 - 10:13 PM 97sccelica 4krpm launch?
i bet you had a lot of wheelspin Sep 15, 2004 - 10:41 PM hs2g QUOTE 4krpm launch?
i bet you had a lot of wheels... Sep 15, 2004 - 10:49 PM boosted_K2 the ex doesnt have VTEC lol Sep 15, 2004 - 11:08 PM hs2g What do you mean it doesn't have Vtec? All Ex... Sep 15, 2004 - 11:13 PM boosted_K2 i stand corrected after looking it up, i jumped th... Sep 15, 2004 - 11:20 PM hs2g lol I rarely race on the streets or even race at a... Sep 15, 2004 - 11:25 PM frosty I say take it to a track, you may be ok now but th... Sep 15, 2004 - 11:33 PM boosted_K2 the worst is when you are in the turn lane turning... Sep 15, 2004 - 11:35 PM hs2g I know that street racing is a bad idea, and i... Sep 15, 2004 - 11:40 PM kamax go easy on the guy, every1 street race, no matter ... Sep 17, 2004 - 12:05 PM Magic I dont think that the launch was the problem.....c... Sep 17, 2004 - 12:21 PM turboinduction lol
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every week....... Sep 17, 2004 - 12:31 PM Digndoug Its also a big gearing thing.. honda trannys and g... Sep 17, 2004 - 12:31 PM hs2g The road that we raced on has no intersections and... Sep 17, 2004 - 3:51 PM hs2g QUOTE Also H2sg ... why bother spending all that m... Sep 17, 2004 - 3:56 PM Fingaz you shuolda been able to beat him. my friend and i... Sep 17, 2004 - 4:31 PM Digndoug QUOTE (hs2g @ Sep 17, 2004 - 8:56 PM) QUOTE Also H... Sep 17, 2004 - 7:11 PM kdash you lost to a HONDA? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA i've seen ... Sep 17, 2004 - 8:55 PM latinomasfino QUOTE (Digndoug @ Sep 18, 2004 - 12:11 AM) QUOTE (... Sep 17, 2004 - 10:12 PM 16seconds wow those are some very detailed pics. So what ki... Sep 17, 2004 - 11:21 PM kdash geesh...all that for an intake Sep 17, 2004 - 11:48 PM GReddy4u QUOTE (kdash @ Sep 18, 2004 - 1:55 AM) you lost to... Sep 18, 2004 - 12:01 AM latinomasfino QUOTE (16seconds @ Sep 18, 2004 - 4:21 AM) wow tho... Sep 18, 2004 - 12:15 AM Ryu3x16 uh oh...... time to do TURBO
-Ryu Sep 18, 2004 - 12:42 AM 97sccelica QUOTE (kdash @ Sep 17, 2004 - 5:55 PM) you lost to... Sep 18, 2004 - 2:51 AM turboinduction QUOTE (97sccelica @ Sep 18, 2004 - 2:51 AM) QUOTE ... Sep 18, 2004 - 8:33 AM 16seconds QUOTE uh oh...... time to do TURBO
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L... Sep 18, 2004 - 10:57 AM Stellar1022 I have a 96 st and my bro has a 97 civic ex. Ive ... Sep 18, 2004 - 11:10 AM 16seconds QUOTE I have a 96 st and my bro has a 97 civic ex.... Sep 18, 2004 - 11:24 AM Ryu3x16 QUOTE (97sccelica @ Sep 18, 2004 - 12:51 AM) ... Sep 18, 2004 - 2:33 PM 97sccelica QUOTE (Ryu3x16 @ Sep 18, 2004 - 11:33 AM) QUO... Sep 18, 2004 - 3:37 PM Ryu3x16 well..since this is about a civic ex vs celica gt.... Sep 18, 2004 - 4:12 PM kdash c'mon now we're talking about racing a EX ... Sep 18, 2004 - 4:14 PM Mike Everyone think about this :
While we sit here wi... Sep 18, 2004 - 5:38 PM Ryu3x16 QUOTE (Mike @ Sep 18, 2004 - 3:38 PM) Everyone thi... Sep 18, 2004 - 5:42 PM 97sccelica QUOTE (Ryu3x16 @ Sep 18, 2004 - 1:12 PM) well..sin... Sep 18, 2004 - 11:02 PM hs2g I don't know how Si and GSR got in this but I... Sep 18, 2004 - 11:38 PM Kwanza26 I don't think it'll be as easy as everyone... Sep 19, 2004 - 12:06 AM Mike ^ Just because our car redlines at a lower rpm dos... Sep 19, 2004 - 12:25 AM Kwanza26 QUOTE (Mike @ Sep 19, 2004 - 5:25 AM) ^ Just ... Sep 19, 2004 - 12:36 AM kdash 97sccelica and Kwanza...c'mon now how are you ... Sep 19, 2004 - 9:05 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE (kdash @ Sep 20, 2004 - 2:05 AM) 97sccelica ... Sep 19, 2004 - 10:20 PM 97sccelica QUOTE (kdash @ Sep 19, 2004 - 6:05 PM) 97scce... Sep 20, 2004 - 2:37 AM xonethug you guys probably wont believe this ..
i raced a ... Sep 20, 2004 - 3:54 AM zebt66 QUOTE (boosted_K2 @ Sep 16, 2004 - 4:08 AM) the ex... Sep 20, 2004 - 12:05 PM boosted_K2 if you read further i corrected myself Sep 20, 2004 - 12:18 PM zebt66 LOL my bad i only read the first page hehe.... Sep 20, 2004 - 12:24 PM shadycrew31 hahahah vtec sucks my rear.. anyway if you take ou... Sep 25, 2004 - 6:30 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE (shadycrew31 @ Sep 25, 2004 - 11:30 PM) haha... Sep 25, 2004 - 9:37 PM psyko To whoever started this post, our cars will beet a... Sep 25, 2004 - 11:00 PM kdash QUOTE (psyko @ Sep 26, 2004 - 4:00 AM) To whoever ... Sep 25, 2004 - 11:10 PM vangSTa_celica yea you're not the only one..but...why would u... Sep 25, 2004 - 11:17 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE (vangSTa_celica @ Sep 26, 2004 - 4:17 AM) ye... Sep 25, 2004 - 11:25 PM soltrain were you in the left or right lane? Sep 26, 2004 - 12:03 AM hs2g QUOTE were you in the left or right lane?
Right ... Sep 26, 2004 - 12:04 AM blackbullet i dont know about you guys but yeah.. i beat a 93 ... Sep 26, 2004 - 3:08 AM Kwanza26 QUOTE (soltrain @ Sep 26, 2004 - 5:03 AM) were you... Sep 26, 2004 - 11:45 AM kdash ok dude..you win everyone is entitled to their own... Sep 26, 2004 - 11:58 AM Kwanza26 QUOTE (kdash @ Sep 26, 2004 - 4:58 PM) ok dude..yo... Sep 26, 2004 - 1:26 PM kdash my bad i didn't know you felt this way...i kno... Sep 26, 2004 - 1:39 PM
shadycrew31 and now were done................. nice points guy... Sep 27, 2004 - 7:22 AM |
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