3SGTE tuned up VS. Civic Single Cam Turboed, i know we talked about these situation b4, but i just gotta confirm wi Options

[chacha]

my friend was braggin' how great his car is and that his tuner was able to push 450 WHP on his 1995 Honda Civic, ported his engine from top to bottom and has a T3 turbo on it...piston and crank as well as all the comparments in the engine was literally changed for performance...i told him about the 3SGTE for our cars and he laughed...never heard of the GT4, but laugh and said his car will run 0-60 in 3 or 4 sec high, i forget...but he will beat the SH*T out of our cars (tuned 3SGTE engines) can this be true? a 450WHP civic single cam beating a dual cam 3SGTE?

This post has been edited by chacha: Aug 2, 2006 - 11:32 AM

[playr158]

dan, what your talking about is a race car with unlimited budget. i think jay was talking more along the lines of a realistic street car. not something thats going to drive around on slicks with wheelie bars and a parachute

i was amazed when i saw the dyno on the car...but i couldn't really believe on the sohc, it can produced that much...he spent over 10k on it, so...i guess it can be achieve with money...i just thought i ask...even though it seemed corny to ask in the first place...i was really hoping the 3SGTE can really kill that damn civic...i don't like hondas too much ^_- thanks for all ya'll inputs, guess i just have to accept his honda is quick!

spend 10k on your car. im sure you would beat him without any problem.

my friend is running an MR2 on BFGs and has great traction...
the SRT4 is runing an apexi AVCR i think
TC is running BFGs
sentra is runing an EMS with dot slicks

all are near or over 300whp and no traction complaints
i'm not talking about an unlimited budget....its just called spending wisely on the right things
and i don't believe i ever said you had to run slicks and a chute...

[jgreening]

dan, what your talking about is a race car with unlimited budget. i think jay was talking more along the lines of a realistic street car. not something thats going to drive around on slicks with wheelie bars and a parachute

i was amazed when i saw the dyno on the car...but i couldn't really believe on the sohc, it can produced that much...he spent over 10k on it, so...i guess it can be achieve with money...i just thought i ask...even though it seemed corny to ask in the first place...i was really hoping the 3SGTE can really kill that damn civic...i don't like hondas too much ^_- thanks for all ya'll inputs, guess i just have to accept his honda is quick!

spend 10k on your car. im sure you would beat him without any problem.

my friend is running an MR2 on BFGs and has great traction...

Last time I checked, an MR2 is RWD.

As for why I disagree, I never said that traction could not be improved. However, if you say your buddy with SRT4 has 500whp and no traction issues, I call a BIG BS! The physics in a FWD car just lends itself to traction problems.

This post has been edited by jgreening: Aug 2, 2006 - 1:50 PM