 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 20, 2004 - 2:37 AM
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i roasted a GT horribly with my AUTOMATIC st. i have posted the story a couple of times, try searching for "dont judge a car by its badging" i can show you the pictures of my old turbo setup if you wish and my ST was the model with only 105hp when stock my downfall was the fuel pump, i was stupid not to change it and when it died, it weakened the #2 piston, which then failed a few weeks later after repeated power braking to launch at full boost and accelerate till the speed limiter, i think i did it 5 times the night the piston melted that car was amazing, i put all the parts together myself, after reading up for 11 months and took my time to get it all installed over 3 weekends, having the car running in between the weekends. it made great power all the way till redline, and the torque band was greatly expanded. couple that with the longer gearing of an auto tranny and the spike in boost during a shift, it made for one hell of a sleeper. i have just now brought my WRX(yes, i drive a wrx now, my sister drive the ST) to the same acceleration from a roll that my ST had. i will do another ST-T on my sisters car, as soon as she gets a new car, i dont want her to have a fast car. thats how satisfied i was with the setup. the only reason i did not stick with the ST-T was that my sister was going to start driving soon and my dad wanted the celica to be my sister's car while i got a DSM or mk3 supra, however, things changed and a got a used 04 wrx. next time around i will do it cheaper, make it faster, and make it last for years, at the end of which, i will have several turbo goodies that could be used with a 3sgte swap(timing control, boost control, fuel controll, all gauges) and oh yeah, torque is definately not everything, its just what you feel in first gear, believe it or not i read this in super chevy magazine i think, or one of those muscle car mags i think the quote was, "shift at your peak torque and see how quickly that gets you down the strip" This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Sep 20, 2004 - 2:42 AM -------------------- 1994 Celica GT4 WRC Edition
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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
-Ryu
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 Mike I never disagreed with you really, all i ment was ... Sep 19, 2004 - 12:48 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 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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