Fast Hondas at my track...
09-08-2011, 11:28 PM
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^^^ lmfao!! That is f'ing great man!!
Everytime I think miata I think gay... Just my .02 cents haha. But on a rwal note I dont know why more people dont pick those more for drag racing. People pick those things up like crazy for road racing or auto x.
Everytime I think miata I think gay... Just my .02 cents haha. But on a rwal note I dont know why more people dont pick those more for drag racing. People pick those things up like crazy for road racing or auto x.
09-09-2011, 12:15 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yWNpf9U60s
EDIT: ROFL!
wtf?! I thought I posted an LS1 Miata.. not that video!
Whoops..
EDIT: ROFL!
wtf?! I thought I posted an LS1 Miata.. not that video!
Whoops..
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09-09-2011, 05:53 AM
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Didnt barbie have a Mustang and Corvette?
I would have owned the Miata too if id known about it....
Id assume most people dont use Miatas for drag racing due to the stigma with them, also irs. I can launch mine decently hard with rarely any wheel hop, just not with stock suspension.
I would have owned the Miata too if id known about it....
Id assume most people dont use Miatas for drag racing due to the stigma with them, also irs. I can launch mine decently hard with rarely any wheel hop, just not with stock suspension.
09-09-2011, 09:16 AM
#25
I dont know what Barbie drove to be honest. I was just making a joke. Maybe you can tell us what Barbie had sinse you've probably owned a few in your youth. That explains owning the Miata now.
ANOTHER JOKE!!!!
ANOTHER JOKE!!!!
09-13-2011, 10:15 PM
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My 96 gt dynoed at 384 rwhp at best and I ran 11.35@ 121 mph...Bone stock Longblock 4.6 PI motor with 11 pounds of boost.
This is also my DD that I drive to school everday.
Im sure I could easily knock it deep into the 10s if I wanted to turn it into a tin can like the honda guys.
I would rather keep my interior, radio, and AC though.
Hondas are gay anyway...doesnt even matter if they are fast IMO
09-13-2011, 10:21 PM
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All this talk about power to weight, civics being light, etc, brings up something that I have never understood. Instead of buying a cheap front wheel drive car like a civic, why not buy a dirt cheap, light weight car with race potential like the Miata? They weigh 2200-2300 pounds NON gutted, and they are RWD. You can pick up a pre-96 Miata for $1500-3000, drop an old push rod 5.0 in it (cam/head for cheap), and the T-5 transmission will even line up perfectly so that the shifter falls right into the Mazda's gear shifter spot. 300rwhp can be had for arounf $5-6k in a 2200lb car. Better yet, there are plenty of monster miata kits out there, so tossing an LS1 in one is just as easy. Even if you can't afford a V8 swap, you can still turbo the 1.8. I'm just saying, it doesn't make sense to me to pick up a Civic (that usually hold their value and cost more than Foxes, Miata's. etc) when you can have a much lighter RWD car that is just as cheap if not cheaper to make much faster. Miata too gay?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0-leAurNEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0-leAurNEg
Even they though have a completey gutted, tin can, oil burning, break every 2 runs, P.O.S HONDA, they still got that one run in where they beat an american car, therefore they are better.
09-14-2011, 07:17 PM
#30
Just chatted with some other young techs at a different dealership and I found out that some were running high 11's @122+mph and an older tech running 11.3@130+mph(!!) in his fully built turbo CRX! Fully built Honda's no doubt.
No way in hell I'll ever run that high unless I am making at least 600whp in a fully built motor/trans and 22ish psi on a KB, right?
No way in hell I'll ever run that high unless I am making at least 600whp in a fully built motor/trans and 22ish psi on a KB, right?
Justin, as you can see from the quotes above, I was just encouraging the original poster of this thread. I too know a little bit about running a decent number with a daily driver that is a "stocker".
Here's an article I wrote about the experience:
5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine Project Shocker Phase 2
Ironically, I ran 11.36 @ 122 in my '89 LX with a stock 302, stock T-5, UPR Products suspension, and a little bit of boost, but mine was on street tires. So you and I ran basically the same ET in our stockers.
The car is a little different now though:
^^The '89 is cool and all, but I'm more impressed with our UPR Products 2010 GT. The 2010 convertible ran 10.17 @ 140 on street tires with no weight reduction (other than the wheels) and it cruises like a stocker. It's a really nice ride.
Last edited by UPRSharad; 09-14-2011 at 07:19 PM.