Ralliart vs the world
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EDIT: This Civic forum **** is hilarious.
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#33
Don't knock the Probe low hp. The car was capable stock at top 130mph. I have been told my stock RA on paper will do 144mph. Not a huge diff, at least on the top end. Well.... getting there that's a different story.
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I love the Honda hatred, of course a more expensive, newer, AWD turbocharged car will beat an older, FWD car or a newer, FWD car. The Si is down 50 HP, what do people expect? Take it to the track and it could be a different story, Honda has consistently made great handling FWD cars and that could result in a very close race.
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Amby read my mind. Top speed is often a product of factory restriction more than a product of power, gearing, or aerodynamics.
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I think most cars will hit an aerodynamic restriction before they hit a power restriction. Look at the design of the Evo or the STI, not exactly Porsche smooth. Even the cars that claim a 200 MPH top speed can't even hit it. I doubt they're actually tested, I suspect they're produced using a wind machine and very fancy computer algorithms.
#39
Hard to say. I think one of the auto mags did an article on this last year, and missed 200 with a number of "200 mph" cars. (To be fair though, they were on a runway with a finite length. Given enough room, I suspect the cars that claim 200 can probably do it, but who really has a 20,000 foot runway at their disposal? And really, thinking further, a power restriction and an aero restriction are basically one and the same. Either lowering Cd or raising horsepower will extend top speed, although perhaps not to the same effect.
#41
g35 coupe runs low 14's. Shouldn't have a problem with them. You'll lose to a 350z though. Even though it's the same motor and trans, it's littler and you'll lose. The later with the VQ35HR is even faster then the older 350z with the VQ35DE
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I love the Honda hatred, of course a more expensive, newer, AWD turbocharged car will beat an older, FWD car or a newer, FWD car. The Si is down 50 HP, what do people expect? Take it to the track and it could be a different story, Honda has consistently made great handling FWD cars and that could result in a very close race.
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I love the Honda hatred, of course a more expensive, newer, AWD turbocharged car will beat an older, FWD car or a newer, FWD car. The Si is down 50 HP, what do people expect? Take it to the track and it could be a different story, Honda has consistently made great handling FWD cars and that could result in a very close race.
#45
RA is certainly better than my former '05 Saab 9-2x/wrx. The TC-SST is worth every penny, and the stock RA has more power than the 05 wrx ej20 with a re-flash and catless up/dp. I figure a RA with a re-flash and DP ought to be an amazing dd with more useable power 'under the curve' than either the WRX/STi or the Evo X.
I def prefer the RA as a DD to the GSR evo, though some may disagree. The evo's suspension will beat you up after a while. I had one for a week and while i LOVED the power and handling I was not as sad to see it go as I expected that I would be.