http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...light=Scion+TC


Did u guys see this? TC vs SI?

kinda hot

The si is stock and the tC has a TRD axle back as only mod


Stole this from another board

 

nice vid! was the tC AT? if it was MT he should of gas it some more gas off the line.

 

i had no idea the civic SI was so slow, that tC smoked him hands down

 

the tC looked to be auto, the last race he rolled up slightly in a very auto-esque way, seemed like he could've been power-braking.

 

i agree, 5 spd would have really killed it

 

was the Si actually trying? I didnt think they were that slow

 

I don't think the SI was trying really, or he was a really crappy driver. the last gen SIs are only about .2 seconds slower in both 0-60 and the 1/4

 

Si is a bit lighter by 200 lbs or so, thats significant. The tC has the torque advantage. I think its reasonable to expect that a skilled driver in a manual trans Si could keep up with or even beat a tC driver in an automatic, especially on a course.

Two pretty evenly matched cars in a lot of ways. I would give Si the edge on handling and weight. The Si's shifter is also a dream to operate, it's got the best driver oriented cockpit I've seen on a car under $60,000 IMO. The extra 400cc of displacement is bound to give the tC an edge.

If Toyota had skipped the gimmicky roof and lost a tiny bit of the "Lexus soundproofing" they could have the tC at around 2800 lbs and it would be quicker and more nimble and a better contender vs. RSX, SI and the rest

 

i would almost think the si would beat an auto tc. i dont think there could be anyway the si was really trying or it should have been closer than that.

 

well with those specs, i definatly think that the driver of the SI was not trying at all. There is no way that the Tc could have pulled that far ahead

 

^^that tc was definately stick, you can see how the ___ lifts then drops when he shifts

 

he might have been manually shifting his auto, just started in the low gear, it would give that effect.

 

^^ I dunno...mine seems to shift too smoothly to have that effect

 

Wait...did SI have a passanger with a camera and TC had no passanger at all? Could not make it out; there goes the SI's 200lb advantage. All in all 2 slow cars racing but still nice to know we have some good torque advantage.

 

i guess you would know
i have a 5spd and if i am racing i can take off alot faster than what he did. maybe neither car was trying too hard

 

the tC had a passanger too

 

i think thats around orange county, ca

lol

 

Nice video! Very entertaining. I would like to see those two cars a an official dragstrip to see some times but that will do for now...

 

i think it would be a closer race. that guy in the si was afraid to drive fast or something and yes there was a passenger. i still think the tC could take it though, but not smoke it like that.,

 

hahah i raced many 03+ SI's.

Tc woud beat a STOCK one without a prob. but if the SI had mods lik CAI and/or exhaust, it becomes a drivers race