My CelicavsFriend Civic EX, DAMN!!!!! Options

[hs2g]

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

[NYCelica]

Street Racing No Good!

[hs2g]

Yeah I know its bad and I rarely race my car because I know its not really that fast but it was just a fun thing to do we only had 3 races and it was on a lighted very wide road out in the country( well sorta).

This post has been edited by hs2g: Sep 15, 2004 - 10:05 PM

[Digndoug]

sorry, but i really dont think you could beat him.. but then again I did beat my friend witch has a 93 si ...but that also cause the car has a lot of mile on it...

[hs2g]

Damn it was only by a fender. I'm planning on getting one of the CAI intakes that 95celGT makes pretty soon. See how well that turns out.

[97sccelica]

4krpm launch?

i bet you had a lot of wheelspin

[hs2g]

[boosted_K2]

the ex doesnt have VTEC lol

[hs2g]

What do you mean it doesn't have Vtec? All Ex's has Vtec. Are you making a joke or are you serious?

[boosted_K2]

i stand corrected after looking it up, i jumped the gun on that one, just shows i know toyotas, not hondas. but anyways it still doesnt excuse that you lost to it lol try doing a tune up and replacing your filters plugs and wires, a 4k launch should be more than enough, how bad did you loose traction? if you got any more than just a minor wheel spin back it off a bit.

take the racing to the track! though im sure at those speeds no one could tell you were racing (and yes, that was a joke )

[hs2g]

lol I rarely race on the streets or even race at all. It was just a quick thing to see who's car was faster.

[frosty]

I say take it to a track, you may be ok now but there is still the next time. (don't mean to sound like a parent )

I hate it when I go in town and some civic, mustang, or s-10 revs and guns it. I want to race so bad!!!! I love it. I've been good though, I haven't done it for almost a year now!

[boosted_K2]

the worst is when you are in the turn lane turning left and some cavalier with vynal and a custom dual exhaust hits the rev limiter in neutral then slams it into drive and he creeps by... hahahahaha

[hs2g]

I know that street racing is a bad idea, and i'm saying a rarely race my car. There are a lot of teenage and college students racing in my town on friday and saturday night but I never attend. We would have taken it to the tracks but it was 930 PM and the track nearest to my city is about 50 miles away. It was just some quick races.

This post has been edited by hs2g: Sep 15, 2004 - 11:41 PM

[kamax]

go easy on the guy, every1 street race, no matter how much lecturing u guys do, they still gonna do it =p.

all i can say is dont race on street with intersection.
and becareful who u race with.
and learn to control the car.

but ya sharpen ur skills with the stick, learn when to shift, and learn to shift faster. experience usually beat raw power, especially if the power is so close.

[Magic]

I dont think that the launch was the problem.....cuz you said he was infront of you at the end of the 2nd gear and 3rd.....probably its a weight race.....

I dont like sreet racing either but sometimes it just happens...

[turboinduction]

lol

Civic EX vs Celica GT battles

every week........

[Digndoug]

Its also a big gearing thing.. honda trannys and gears are so much better, also a higher rev..

Also H2sg ... why bother spending all that money on somethign you could make your self very easly and for 1/3-1/4 the cost.. by the way 95celgt sorry for putting you down, but its not worth it..

This post has been edited by Digndoug: Sep 17, 2004 - 12:33 PM

[hs2g]

The road that we raced on has no intersections and the road is very wide because it was just recenly remodeled. Theres no houses or buildings on any side of the road. Just a field

[hs2g]