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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by SovXietday
Wish I did. Hasn't made it to the dyno or the track yet... 2 accidents (both not my fault) in a year makes it hard to get **** done. Only info I can give you is that it puts like 3+ cars on my stock LS1 from a 40-100 roll. Not saying much about ET/HP though. :/

black_dragon I'm afraid it's not as easy as just "swapping and squeezing" to go 12s in the Honda. Put a 100 shot and squeeze a kit with no engine management you can kiss that block goodbye.

Plus, read the OPs mods, he's going to need more than just cutting a 12 to have any shot at winning.
very true, but my main point is just because its a honda or any ricer for that fact doesnt mean it aint fast and cant hang with a v8, like said before drop the bet to a couple hundred if your sure you can take him
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by black_dragon_93
very true, but my main point is just because its a honda or any ricer for that fact doesnt mean it aint fast and cant hang with a v8, like said before drop the bet to a couple hundred if your sure you can take him
You know my "race" car is a Honda right?
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 09:17 AM
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Run what ya brung, and hope you brung enough.... Should be one helluva night and make for some good stories to tell... If you have the chedda, might as well right?
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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I would worry much more about a turboed honda than a swap with some spray.
They are very light though and that can help. They can't run for crap on street tires and for sure not from a dig. If he has slicks and heats them up good well he could get some decent times. 300 engine hp assuming 200 engine hp and 100 shot would go pretty darn good in a light honda.Power to weight is power to weight. But again traction is everything. I raced a turbo/nitrous civic at local track one of my first trips there. I was driving my 96z28 vert near stock. It was running consistant but only 14.3 at our altitude.
I think they thought the vert was a six banger they were talking crap in the staging lanes how they would run an easy 11,yada yada. Guess the kid just bought the car already built. It was a turbo and all that.I looked they had the hood open.
We launched and I wasted them by like twenty car lengths.I ran a 14.3 at 96mph.They ran a 16.5 at like 85mph! Their 60ft was like a 3.0! They spun them completely off and had to back out of it. Next time they came around and they were put beside me again and they asked the track official if they could run someone else.

But at local track also a ghetto civic with stock engine and ebay turbo was running 11.7s pretty consistently. It did blow up think next time at track but it did go fast...FOR AWHILE.. Another light desol with a supercharger also ran run in the 11s and low 12.Never seen a 10 second honda at local track yet. I am sure they exist but takes more than an engine swap and spray to get 10s from them usually. Turbos sure. Turbos can make any car fast as heck.

Your car should be running 11s for sure depending on track alititude .With traction of course. With 100 or so shot you should be doing very low 11s or tapping high 10s.
I would not fear this honda if it isn't turboed. And if he is running big shots on it like over 100 hp well things could easily blow up before he reaches the end of the quarter. Just because you built the engine stronger don't mean the clutch or axles or trans gears will survive very long.
I say check the car out a bit better if possible looking for snails. If no snail spank his ***! Preferably at a track so you get actual timeslips and film it.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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i say **** honda's and whatever kind of engine swap they have, theres a group of them where i live and i swear if i had a v6 camaro i would still beat them but they talk **** like they could beat a ****** enzo **** HONDAS!!!!!!
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by LedZeppelin725
i say **** honda's and whatever kind of engine swap they have, theres a group of them where i live and i swear if i had a v6 camaro i would still beat them but they talk **** like they could beat a ****** enzo **** HONDAS!!!!!!
Lol.

I'd come up with more than a 13.0 a 107 to talk **** about Honda's in here.
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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i suggest you be careful...i bought a DSM thats REALLY beat looking, rusted out in some small spots....previous owner took it to 13.X in the 1/4 on the stock turbo. does NOT look like a 13 sec car but it is. these new age sleeper import cars are scary as **** sometimes. they got cheap to build as a SBC in some cases a full blown engine rehaul, costs a lil under 2k. ebay turbo kit added into that and its a 12 sec car.

Im sure you got this one, but i seriously suggest you take a GOOD look at his ride and notice if he gets nervous when you look in a certain area (Bottle hidden), but in all respect, 1k is a LOT of cash to throw up for no reason. watch with this one
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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get some sticky tires and race him. High hp fwd cars have traction problems on the street.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Run Him.

I would put maybe a couple hundred on it IF you can check under the hood. All you need to know is if its running a turbo or on the very edge of probability a supercharger. If he is not, run him. If he is then you really dont have clue whats in there and money is a bad idea.

H22s are overrated IMHO. I have yet to se them do anything that B18s and K20s dont do and hey are heavier, more pricey, and basicly a PITA compaired to the more typical Honda engines. But since they have .2L more CI people seem to like them. This guys sounds exactly like the type of poser who buys into what some sales rep told him.

With the juice I'll bet you put many lengths on him. Run from a dig.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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I'll bet you the same amount of money that he wont even race you. People like him put out those kinds of figures so no one will race him and he will look like a badass. I cant count the amount of times I've seen this from ricers.

Don't fall for it. Call his bitch *** out. Then come back on here and tell me when I'm right
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by LivingCanvas
I'll bet you the same amount of money that he wont even race you. People like him put out those kinds of figures so no one will race him and he will look like a badass. I cant count the amount of times I've seen this from ricers.

Don't fall for it. Call his bitch *** out. Then come back on here and tell me when I'm right
Well your half right. I won't get a chance to race him though. According to some local guys he is just a douche that like to get violent when he loses

The car is high 11s on slicks at the track, so its not even a race on the street with DR's.

But, of course, he sold the car last week. I think someone said he has a CRX. I might have to just wait a while and spank that instead. By the time he finishes the CRX I should have a 100 shot, better tires, and a new tune. We shall see, we shall see.
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by FMX05
Well your half right. I won't get a chance to race him though. According to some local guys he is just a douche that like to get violent when he loses

The car is high 11s on slicks at the track, so its not even a race on the street with DR's.

But, of course, he sold the car last week. I think someone said he has a CRX. I might have to just wait a while and spank that instead. By the time he finishes the CRX I should have a 100 shot, better tires, and a new tune. We shall see, we shall see.
find out who he sold the car too, and see if he really was just blowing smoke up your skirt
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by black_dragon_93
find out who he sold the car too, and see if he really was just blowing smoke up your skirt
Nah, I found some guys that know him AND the car and it is a high 11 car on the track with slicks. So on the street with Drag radials...lol.
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