trock3155

Which car would win a race, and Rsx type S or an S500. My friend says his car is faster 0-60 and quarter mile, but what i have read does not agree. Anyone have any experience with these cars? I know its kind of hard to compare two completely different overall cars, but im talking only about performance.

Thanks

DeeGuy

Well, I assume it is 2000 up S500. Well, if his car stock, yes, you have a chance. Make sure the your car in "S" mode.

vraa

when you mean "S" mode you mean Winter/Summer mode right?

Regime|Life

Who cares! German > Japanese cars

DeeGuy

Yeah Summer mode. Well, who knows it is very easy to get additional horsepower from a japanese car with decent mods for a decent price. You won't even know if the guy mod the engine or not even if you pop up the hood. Anyway, if i were you and see this kind of car on the road and ask me to race, I will still race him. And yeah, I agree, who cares, in the end you still end up driving a nice german machine.

Caliz_Finest

you should be able to kick his ***

dNA3D

Sell your S500... for now... then get yourself a TVR Tuscan S. Or a Z06, then send it to MTI and ask for the Z07 kit. Should give you a very nice 600HP @ flywheel. And in case you were loosing, also don't forget that NOS kit for another 150HP. Shouldn't cost anything more than what you sold your S500 Have a nice day.

trock3155

Well, I ended up racing my friends RSX in the S500. What I didnt know until just before the race was that he had an injen air intake on his car, which adds anywhere from 12-20 HP(pretty substantial for a 200 HP base). Anyway, we raced twice once from a dead stop. I turned ESP off, set the stiffest suspension and beat him off the line up to about 60 mph. He was about a half car length behind me the whole time. We than did a rolling start at about 20mph. We got up to about 70 mph and he was at least 5 car lengths behind me. While he admits hes not the greatest shifter, the S500 still had superior acceleration(in my opinion).
Asa

DeeGuy

That explains everything

JustinTRW

It's really about torque ratios. The RSX needs to be launched very aggresively to get those 6 second 0-60 times.

vraa

what do you mean launched aggresivley?

JustinTRW

Reving the engine higher before dropping the clutch, maybe four thousand rpm.

dNA3D

You know that ain't good for the clutch don't you?

JustinTRW

Yes, thank you for making sure I knew. However, we are talking about best acceleration times here.