3sgte in an ST vs RSX Type - S Stock Options

[MonsterBOX]

im about to do the long ass installation of the 2g 3sgte into my 1997 ST with a boost controller looking to do about 13psi...everyone is dissin my car now and when I get the engine in a few months I wanna run it up against a new Acura RSX Type - S...i think they do 210 at the crank? anyways ive driven it, so far the RSX seems faster than RWD Silvia SR20DET!.....just woundering if anyone knew how a front wheel drive 3sgte at 13psi would match up to a stock RSX type S before i put down alot of money on a bet...ive never driven a 3sgte so this if anyone who has one has done alot of racing please give me some feedback on how this thing matches up to the world of racing

This post has been edited by MonsterBOX: Apr 12, 2005 - 8:54 PM

[saleeka]

i have to say i get really irritaed with the "a modded ______ is faster than a stock_____" and trash along those lines... You can make any car faster with $$$, but it only can go so far depending on how good the car is in the first place. Yeah a 3SGTE celi prolly could keep up with a stock Type S, but put 3 G into the S and now its spanking your @ss again...

[darksecret]

i have to say i get really irritaed with the "a modded ______ is faster than a stock_____" and trash along those lines... You can make any car faster with $$$, but it only can go so far depending on how good the car is in the first place. Yeah a 3SGTE celi prolly could keep up with a stock Type S, but put 3 G into the S and now its spanking your @ss again... 
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You also have to consider that a stock 7th gen GT-S isn't much worse than the RSX-S, the type-S is over rated just like most Hondas, I am not being biased i've owned or driven a number of Hondas and yes they are nice due to the aftermarket support and reliability, but the power numbers are exaggerated, and if the 5s had the same support as the B16 or the K20 we wouldn't need to discuss this. On the other hand if the 6th gens 3S had been offered in America we would own the turbo four market. Don't get me wrong Honda does own the N/A, there aren't any N/A fours like those, but the 3S is still the king of all fours, not much better and it is highly negotiable, but all around it's the best (this is if you keep the same characteristics such as bore and stroke, head flow,etc. anything after that and it's not even the same motor).