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

[darksecret]

I could agree with MonsterBOX that the weight makes a difference but the RSX and Celica are only 200lbs. apart so the Celica will still need to make close to 200HP to run with the RSX that is why the 3SGE is a good candidate for comparison. Now if you want to go all out the Type-S is the top of lince RSX and the GT-Four Caldina is the top of the line Celica, well you're looking at the same weight but the Caldina is pushing 260HP so, top of the line comparison is out of the question when comparing the Celica to an RSX, so lets go the next step down to a standard RSX and a 3SGE powered Celica, we have 160 HP for the RSX and 190 for the SS-II so no matter how you look at it the Celica out powers the RSX, now there are the American Celicas but they don't even have the real engines, they use them from other cars, so no comparison there either. Last thing don't bother with the torque since we are comparing a Honda to a Toyota and it's funny that my numbers are also from a 10+ year old engine.