Proper link:

http://solo23.abac.com/myth19/Races%...0Corvette.mpeg

Edit: Watch out, there's this horrible screeching sound coming from that clip. :eek:

puwl cweam? ;)

You could have used that $2400 as a security deposit and a 1st month's rent at a nice apartment complex. Spending that on a car is irresponsible at this point in your life.

Very true. I'm just praying that my rent doesn't reach four-digits (which it will very soon)...and if I had a child, I sure as hell would be spoiling him/her to the best of my ability. Oh, and I used to share a bunkbed with my brother as well. Back when I was EIGHT YEARS OLD. :)

Dude, make it like this, it kicks a$$. [makes engine noise] vroom, vroooom, vroooooom, vrooooooooommmmmmmm, clunk, cough...[/make]
http://www.hpiracing.com/graphics/bodies/7024civ.jpg

Dave

Civic... you missed the question. A link to one video of a civic beating one car, does not mean anything. You can mod your car all you want. In fact, after you are done dumping in a lot of money to break into the 14s, most V8s will still eat you alive. And if they mod their cars? Aha...

See, most ricers like to compare a fully modded Honda against a stock Detroit car, but that is not a fair comparison. Understand I am a fan of the 4 cylinder car and what can be done with it. I am a fan of Japanese cars and I own a Honda and race a Toyota 4 cylinder car. My latest car is a 4 clynder turbo. My new race car is a 125cc Honda powered car that will do a sub 4 second 0-60mph.

But a Civic with mods is still a Civic with mods.

Re: Re: Re: So, I bought another civic.......
 

When I was your age I bought a firebird because I wanted a fast car and everyone to look at me on the street. Now that I think back on it, it was a waste of money. I'm thinking to get a vette or something similar at age 40 or so when I'll have the money. Now when I see people with fast cars I don't really care. So their car goes faster than mine, big deal. Something like this is strictly a hobby and discretionary income.

A civic with mods is still a civic... (coming from a former civic owner)

D00d! You r0x0r!!!!!

I wish I could be you... :( :(
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It doesn't matter. The Civic beat the Vette. Don't try and make excuses for the vette. Give the civic props and face up to it....

CIVIC WHOOOOOOPPED THAT VETTE :p

Well said teplitsa. I made that point earlier. It's all about spending more to go faster and what does it prove?

Fast cars like straights. Fast drivers like turns. I would rather be a skilled driver. Pressing the accelerator pedal down is very easy. I can do low .5 second launches all day long. Big whoop.

How much is made of cars to compensate for other things? I love cars, but I have no problem driving a minivan or whatever.

Like I said, house is coming next year :)

And to the ones saying I don't take care of my daughter. Suck a ****! You don't even know me and what I do. Just because I bought another car does not mean my daughter is not taking care of. I would like to say that I pay child supp. each month and NEVER late. I also buy things for my daughter as well as see her as much as I can.

um... are you leaving that Integra engine stock? 170hp isn't going to leave Camaros and Mustangs (excluding the notoriously slow 4.6L GTs before 1999) in your dust.

Your curb weight is 2108, or there abouts, I'm assuming you aren't stripping out the car to save weight, and I'm not including the extra weight of the Integra engine. I'm also assuming you aren't putting huge, heavy wheels and tires on that car (a common ricer trait), which will hamper your times even more. I'm also being generous, and not accounting for any problems with front wheel drive drag launches, which tend to transfer weight to the rear tires, making it harder to gain traction. Nor am I accounting for the unequal length half-shafts and lack of a differential.

To even pull the same 1/4 mile times as Camaro and Mustang V-8s (around 14 seconds out of the box), under optimal conditions and launches, you're going to need about 200 hp at the flywheel. If you want to consistently beat them, you're going to have to improve your times by about a second at least, just to account for sub-optimal launches, and the inherent poor launch characteristics of your vehicle. Figure 246hp at the flywheel. That kind of power isn't easy to generate out of Honda engines, which are already extremely optimized. By comparison, pulling 100hp out of a V8 like the LT1 or Ford 4.6, isn't difficult at all. Remember, I've not added in the weight of the driver, any passengers, a bumpin' stereo, or anything else. The quarter mile times for the Camaro and Mustang are taken with a full tank of gas, driver, and passenger. The civic times are simply calculated.

You might surprise a V8 here and there, but even stock V8s should have you by a good half second in the quarter mile. You can make it up with driver and a good launch, but it's not easy.

rotfl

I modded my Civic during college, but it's tough when the stock engine only did 106 HP. :(

personally i would much rather have a nice apartment than a nice car...or a crappy apartment than a crappy car.

and likey randy said, the reality is that no matter how much you mod your car it's still gonna be a civic. no disrespect (i had a civic for a while) but nobody is going to be more impressed by a totally modded civic than they will be by a stock corvette. and why are you trying to impress people with your car? maybe it's because you share a bunkbed with your brother. ;)

Sorry, dude you like cars. No way in hell you love cars and make a statement like that :)

Not bashing, just giving my .03

But, it will be funny as hell when these old guys in their vette's and supposely fast cars get smoked by a h/b.
I have MUCh respect for Vette's. Just think a Civic deserves props when it runs it down into the ground.

Damn, einTier, you consistently impress me to no end with you car knowledge. :eek: (You're also quite knowledgable when it comes to guns, too, IIRC.) :up:

What a $2 whore! That is a dead beat!

What about the drivers? I've seen plenty of Corvette drivers who don't have enough crazy in them to race. I once outran someone in a Mustang with my stock S-10 4-banger because I was the bigger idiot.

My money would be on the championship race car driver in a Corvette over a bunk bed in the 'rents house dweller in a Civic.

My gf just bought a 2003 civic. Nice car. It has 117 horses, who cares. With traffic it's not that much of difference. And she can write the whole thing off as an expense since it's for an independent contractor job.

Personally I'd like a house that appreciates in value rather than a car that only goes down in value. And what if home prices continue to go up? With the car expenses you've just screwed youself. You could have used the money for a larger downpayment. Instead you'll be repaying thousands more in interest over the life of your mortgage just because you wanted a new car.

You know it's a juicy thread when no less than THREE mods are agreeing on the same topic. :)

So I was driving along one day on the road. I had the tunes cranked up and was chilling. When I saw this Viper cruising along. The dude was looking all bad and stuff. So I pulled up beside him at the next stoplight....and revved my throttle. I think I saw a look of fear on his face.

I kept staring at him. He was trying to pretend I was not there. We waited for the light to change. I got set with my foot poised on the throttle and my other foot on the brake. Yes.. left foot braking. I was ready to drop the hammer when the light changed. I would beat him off the light.

With a steely reserve, I waited and then the light changed. Bam, I let off the brake and I lunged forward. YES!! I was taking him by half a car length. Try hard as he could, he was not going to show me up. I ruled.

I did my speed shifting trick, shoving the automatic's shifter in Drive without letting up on the gas. I think here I lost some valuable time as he came up dead even with me. I floored it with everything I had. I would win. I would. My manhood demanded I prevail. I did not want to look bad in from of my crew.

On we went, rocketing down the street. He had passed me now, but I think I was gaining on him. He had a manual shifter and would have to shift. Haha! And then, he turned on his turn signal. AHHA! What a wus! He knew I was faster. I flew by him as he turned into his driveway. Muhahhhaa.... I was the victor. I bet he is so embarassed.

Now to take my mom's minivan back home and let it cool down.

I'll see when I get it. I also will be boosting the engine one day in the future. I may eventually gut it out and go full race mode. Not sure at this time.