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Spanked by a Civic?, Do you think a brand new 197 HP Civic Si can beat a |
angerosa |
Sep 18 2007, 03:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 21-August 07 From: Reston, VA Member No.: 8,023 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Do you think a brand new 197 HP Civic Si can beat a 914 with 3.0 6 conversion? My buddy who doesn't have a preference either way says that the civic will win hands down (he has a VW symbol tattooed on his calf too). Even if the 914-6 has 260 - 280 HP. What do you guys think? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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Chris Hamilton |
Sep 20 2007, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 7-March 06 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 5,687 |
I've driven my friends RSX-S at autocross ( it's basically a new Civic SI, it has the K20A2 engine and the same base chasis ).
My long rods 2.0L with a stock cam would spank it hands down in an autocross, a road race, or a drag race. It would probably catch up and pass me when I ran out of gearing at 110mph. The problem is that it just doesn't have the powerband. It has 6 pretty close ratio speeds, but if you rev it all the way out to redline, and slam it into the next gear you're out of the powerband again. My teener pulls just as hard across the entire RPM range as that acura does during it's brief spurt of power at the top. Heres me driving the RSX ( Civic Si ) (IMG:http://www.thextremeresources.com/boshi/images/cars/IMG_9307.jpg) |
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