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]

lol i'm not saying she's making 500whp off the line...
and i'm not saying you'll get 0 traction via certain things

my point here is that traction with the proper parts on your car..and knowledge of how to tune/run the car you will be able to optimize the amount of traction you can get...

but lets get back to the point of our little discussion

you disagree that knowledge of tuning/control and funds are not wat limits traction but its HP...

so at wat HP do you think constricts traction issues?

or why don't you agree that knowledge and tuning are traction limitations

because the way i'm looking at this right now its that the knowledge of how to tune your car to run at various levels to control the HP output via different systems is how to gain traction

This post has been edited by playr158: Aug 2, 2006 - 2:10 PM

[jgreening]

but lets get back to the point of our little discussion

(1) you disagree that knowledge of tuning/control and funds are not wat limits traction but its HP...

(2) so at wat HP do you think constricts traction issues?

(3) or why don't you agree that knowledge and tuning are traction limitations

1. Where did I say that knowledge and properly setting up a car are not important for maximing traction?
What I disagreed with is your statement that horsepower does not cause traction issues. Thats just silly.

2. It depends on the car. I think a good rule of thumb is probably about 250whp with street tires but that can vary.

3. See answer to number 1.