I was out drivin around tonight and saw a '97 or so Integra with a fart pipe. the light ahead was red but by the time we got there we were doing about 5-10MPH and it changed to green, i looked over and he mashes it and then so do i. I couldn't pass him, i was only on his rear quarter panel from the 5-10MPH all the way to 105MPH. I couldn't believe it!! I know his car had the manual tranny by the way he was shifting but thats the only thing i noticed. Im still shocked. My car runs around high 13's (13.8-13.9) with my exhaust leak and slipping tranny.
The only reasons i could think of why he beat me was because i was being stupid going through the gears manually in my auto. and shifted wrong somehow, it was running a little hotter than usual and he got a little bit of a jump on me.

Oh well, i did beat a '67 chevelle ss 396 on the freeway the other day.

Here's a list of kills/loss's so far.

Kills:

-2001 Mustang GT
-1999 (?) VW Jetta VR4 Turbo w/ NOS
-2000 Eclypse
-1994 Integra w/ custom exhaust
-1978 Corvette (stock 350)
- A bunch of stock crappy cars that i dont want to list. lol

Loss's:

-1997 Integra ( i think i could have got him with a better launch and running a little cooler?)
-2002 Camaro SS w/ custom chip and exhaust (just for fun)
-1999 Saleen Mustang w/ custom exhaust

 

Oh yeah, ignor the sig where the HP rating is. I have no idea what it really is, that was just an estimate a while back.

 

Turbo & High Tech Performance magazine's 11/03 issue had an article on building an "all motor" 200 rwhp Acura Integra. Maybe you ran into someone who read their magazine.

 

beatin a ss 396 on the freeway, thats not to hard theyre not meant to be raced on the freeway.
sucks u lost to an integra but those little rockets do go if you have the money and or the right mods

 

I still think i should be able to take a 200RWHP integra though? Here's my mods:

350 TPI (21lb injectors)
K&N filter
268* comp cam
Custom Chip
High flow cat.
Magnaflow muffler
Richmond 3.73's w/ Eaton Posi (new, i blew the old 2.77 posi)

Although i do have an exhaust leak and a 700R4 thats going downhill, but with the races i have won before i didnt think this guy would be a problem. It was pretty quick though, maybe i'll see if i can find him a get a rematch. lol


Yeah i know the chevelle isnt really a freeway race car but still, he wanted to race from a 50MPH roll and then i went all the way upto about 120MPH and shut it down, he was about 6-7 carlengths behind.

 

Your sig says 285 hp at the crank. That Import mag says the Integra is making 230hp at the crank. He's also probably 1000 lbs. lighter than you. Time for some Vortec heads or nitrous oxide. Is your intake ported?

 

No, my intake is not ported. Also the 285HP in the sig was just an estimate. it may have more or maybe even less, not sure. Within the next year and a half i plan on boring the engine out to a 355 and puttin AFR 195cc heads and a holly stealthram with 30lb injectors along with headers and some other goodies.

 

i thought they were front wheel drive have i been wrong this whole time

 

jocww:

I think your right about the front wheel drive thing, i just get in a habbit of typing RWHP.

 

LOL!! Integras are front wheel drive!! Its impossible for them to have any horsepower at the rear wheels. Anything can be fast for the right amount of money. I've seen a lot of quick imports around here lately. I pulled next to an eclipse the other day and it was camming . I couldn't believe it.

 

OK, 200 whp!!!

 

how heavy are the integras i mean 200 doesnt sound like its alot but if its on a light car than i guess u dont need that much. if acura had any ***** they would make the rsx a rear wheel drive

 

Integras weigh in around 2200-2500 lbs. That's at least 1000 lbs. less than a F-Body. The Japanese believe in light, FWD and AWD cars. They want to beat us with technology, not raw brute strength.

 

sig.





ps...... you're slow until you run 11s

 

man that sucks bad! u need to start modding more lol.
MrDude_1 >lol your sigs a joke

 

there are RWD integras
so I wouldn't say it can't be done
just backhalf the car and put some work into it

but a eclipse that was camming would be something to hear
too bad you couldn't get a clip of what it sounded like



[quote]Integras weigh in around 2200-2500 lbs. That's at least 1000 lbs. less than a F-Body. The Japanese believe in light, FWD and AWD cars. They want to beat us with technology, not raw brute strength.[quote]
actually japan does use RWD cars
mainly though in the real sport cars
skyline, rx-7, supra, 300z, s2000, miata and such
another thing I think the teg is around 2700-2800lbs but don't quote me on that
the fwd goes to there more econo version cars that have a little spunk to them

 

Just be careful. Some of the Import guys are no joke. I've seen an "ordinary looking" '93 Civic CX run a 13.18 @ 102 mph at the track on street radials. You, me or any other American V8 driver would race this guy for money and more than likely lose to this guy! It looked like a plain car right off the used car lot. Just be careful!

 

I have never seen nor heard of a rwd integra. The skyline is AWD.

 

A 200hp, let alone 230hp integra would not run high 13s like he says his Trans Am runs. This Integra must have more power than that. Did you hear a turbo at all? Good race, sounds like you have been having some fun, just watch out for the police

~Matt

 

My friend ran a 14.6 in his crx with 167 front wheel hp. I think with 230 whp, a prelude might be close to high 13's, although it would be extremely hard to achieve those numbers without a power adder.

 

anymethod:

I dont recall a turbo, i had my radio on at a decent volume and my friend was in the car with me so we were talkin and stuff too so i guess you never know. The guy was kind of an A$$ after the race, he slowed down and i keept going and got infront of him. He flashed his lights, honked his horn, and then got into the next lane and fliped me off. Cocky SOB.

 

A friend of mine has a stock '03 Dodge Neon SRT-4. It dynoed 223 hp @ 5600 rpm and 250 lb ft. torque @ 3000 rpm on the Dynojet. This car runs 14.2s @ 99.5 mph at the track, bone stock. Don't take the Fast and Furious crowd for granted.

 

in alot of the faster import classes, you can turn your motor sideways and backhalf the car.

 

Ive seen that done before on tv, but not in any street car. Why would you go through all that troube when you can just buy a rwd car?

 

Not only does that Neon have a power adder, but it's also not high 13s. It weighs a little less than the integra too. You also have to be pretty damn good at shifting to get a 4 cylinder with no torque to hit high 13s, and from what I have seen, most import drivers only know how to install wings I'm not saying that none of them can shift, but most can't.

 

do this all the time i beat stupid ***** kids

 

Heh... just ask the guy in the RWD Ford Probe that was running 9's at the track last week... Did I mention the 460 BBF under the hood?

 

Damn

~Matt

 

a RWD teg isn't normal
they don't come that way stock
BUT... ever hear of backhalfing? it is a way to make a car RWD

also do you know how long the skyline has been around?

if I remember right the skyline has been RWD for a while if I remember right
but they have switched it to AWD
and I think the base (but don't hold me to this one) is still RWD and not AWD

 

Skylines ARE AWD; they WERE RWD in the late 80s and early 90s.


~Matt

 

read my earlier post. Waste of time if you ask me, but hey, i guess if you are bored then it might be cool, but still a big waste of time when you can just buy something originally designed to be rwd.

 

is that a guesstimate or is that backed up. seems pretty sweet tofor your listed mods

 

A88GTANotchback:

Its just a guesstimate, it seems like it runs really strong. When i had the car dynoed it dynoed:

160.5 RWHP
275.4 RWTQ

This was with an exhaust leak, cloged fuel filter, bad 02 sensor and a 700R4 that is starting to slip a little bit. Since i have fixed the 02, and fuel filter the car has been much more powerfull. I can chirp the tires going into second gear and i have some really good tires that get me off the line real quick.

 

Sounds like your a little closer to 15's than 13's.

 

I'm willing to bet that guy had the GS-R Integra which goes 0-60 in 7, 1/4 in 15.6@90mph according to Car-stats.com

Plus that DOHC VTEC engine pumps out 190hp out of a 1.8L, which is extremely impressive. Did you hear him spray, whine of a JR Supercharger or whistle of a turbo charger? There are TONS AND TONS of mods for the GS-R's, which have a lot of power to begin with. They are quick little cars.

He probably was a great driver too, who knows. He also had the roll advantage. I bet if you were to take him from a dig and only go 1/4 mile or less, you'd win. But if you take it to triple digits, he has a HUGE advantage. That twin cam motor of his is only getting started at 5500rpm, where you're redlining.

I know a while back, I lined up next to a 99-02 Red Civic Si, stock with just an intake (I could hear it when he stomped it). I was in the 01' Grand Prix GT (which is bone stock and 4door). I knew he was going to try it, so I turned off the trac control, and we both punched it. I took him off the line by like 3 car links, but when he got in second gear, I heard that twin cam VTEC scream by me and all I saw was "DOHC VTEC" as he blew my doors off. My jaw dropped. We exchanged beeps when I turned off.

The guy you raced probably had suspension mods too, LSD etc..Believe it or not there are a lot of serious import guys out there (like the one you came across) and they use the forbidden word too and a lot are anti-****. They know the kids that run Civic DX's with a fart cannon ruin their name, and a ton are out there to avenge that.

 

"160.5 RWHP 275.4 RWTQ"

That is not going to get you 13s. Not even 14s. My stock LG4 had .5 less hp and like 30 less torque. Eventhough the O2 sensor can throw off the fuel to air mixtures and evertything, and I believe that you had that problem, the best you can probably do is mid 14s. Thats considering you can launch really well and have a lot of suspension mods.

~Matt

 

Dude I got 271.3 RWHP and 400.1 RWTQ and my best run is a 13.5 course i was spinning like a **** with the street tires so my best 60' is 2.1 but still, I got a friend with an L03 putting down almost the same #'s as u and his best run was a 15.2. I think your closer to 15's then 13's m8. Which means he didnt need much to match u.

On an other note a friend of mine has dyno'd 235 FWHP in his Turbo Accord and his best run is an 14.2. Close but not 13's yet.

 

Yes thats what i did dyno before i corrected most of the problems and have noticed a HUGE difference. Before it bogged a little and just didn't have any *****. A few mechanics i know said the reson i dynoed so low was because of the fuel filter, and bad o2 sensor, i have since then corrected this and most of the exhaust leak. I plan to put headers in as soon as i get another job. I know right now i would AT LEAST hit a low low 14 if not a 13 after correcting this problem, i wish i had the money to dyno it right now and show you the difference it made fixing those problems.

 

I'm not calling BS, I just didn't think a bad O2 and fuel filter would make you lose so much power. Good luck in future races.

~Matt

 

sorry man i didnt mean to start all this **** for ya i was just checking if it was a factory freak or not. good luck on the dyno i hope for awesome numbers

 

Oh yes it would. It would cut back power substantially. Maybe even cut timing to prevent detonation from the lean condition that the filter would have caused.

I don't think your high 13s but you could be low 14s pending traction and weather.

BTW- I hope that isn't the original motor that you think is a 350. If its stock then its a 305 Lb9. If Its swapped then don't mind me.

 

No, i know thats not the original motor, i had the LB9 305 swapped out for the 350 4bolt main with a few small goodies. Thanks for all the replys, as soon as i either get it dynoed or take it to the track i'll let you know what she actually puts out. Thanks again.

 

race him again when you get your engine fixed or better yet race him and cut rite in front of him. i love it when people do it to me

 

The only reason i cut infront of him was because i needed to take a right, and he was on the right side, he slowed way down so i kept going a little then got infront.

 

an integra weighs from 2500 lbs to 2700 lbs depending on trim level and options. A 230 hp teg will run 13s. It probably wasnt an all motor build up, it was probably running some sort of forcend induction such as a SC or turbo. Also yeah there are millions of "ricers" out there, ot everyone who owns an import is a *****. most import owners hate ricers and the things like euros, big spoilers and body kits. There are thousands of civics running 13s. Its easy to do with engine swaps. DONT be ignorant. Realize these cars have different agandas and were built not to be the best in the same things. Its all about prefrence.

 

 

Tampa and Orlando Florida must be exempt. The Civic drivers that had the fortitude to actually show their times ran 15.9's at best. And those were 03 Civic Si's.

I did, however, see one guy in a pimped out 240sx that ran low 13's and was beating 350z's no problem. I swore I heard a turbo and a Zex nitrous system. That car was FAST.

 

Yeah the new 03 si's run mid 15s. I was talking about 92-95 civics with b series engines with mild bolt ons or juice that run 13s. I mean i know 13s aint close to what a built camaro can run but they arnt that slow as some make them out to be.

 

how can you hear a zex ns they all sound the same to me

 

That spray automatically at each shift. It was a weird sound each time he shifted...Or he is really coordinated.

I agree with what you are saying, read my original post. Agrees 90% of what you are saying. I know a lot of you guys are serious.