So this weekend was a pretty good one for my 2004 xB. I gained a lot of confidence in it, and now know what it is capable of.

I'm on the engine side, I'm running:
TRD Exhaust
TRD Clutch
K&N Drop In Filter

Otherwise, stock.

The fun started last night with a race against my buddies 2006 Chevy HHR Automatic. We found a nice abandoned street, lined it up, and went for it. The HHR has a slight power advantage, with about 122 to the wheels, but also a horrible weight disadvantage at around 3300lbs with an auto tranny. Off the line, i launch at about 4500, spun them, and was off. I had the lead the entire time, and beat him by a good 2.5 car lengths. Kept all my shifts in the VVT-i, and it does make a difference. No problem. This is where my confidence began.

Then, on the way home, I raced another buddy in his 5spd V6 Nissan Hardbody truck. Pretty much, this was an easy win, and at the end of the half mile street, I sat and watched and chuckled to myself as i watched him coming in my rear view. The look on his face was priceless, but I don't get his surprise, those little trucks are horribly slow. Haha.

And finally, the grand finale today. I was out on a back country road that runs perpendicular to the freeway. I pulled up to the light, with my faithful little Bazooka tube bumpin' some Pack s*** (Bay area boys will know what im talkin about). Then, an 03 or 04 Civic EX rolls up next to me, with 2 vatos inside. I chuckle at their whale ******* of a muffler, that sounds (and looks) like someone chromed and welded on a coffee can. Then i look down at their cheap Pep Boys rims, kicked out with way too much negative camber. Of course, they see little old me in my toaster and think it'll be an easy win. They rev up their little Honda whoopee cushion of an engine, and laugh to themselves. The light turns green, I dump my clutch, and I'm gone. We get to the freeway on ramp, which is a big 180 degree one lane loop, and i start to pull away. Then on the highway, i shoot a gap that gets me a good 2-3 cars ahead. They cut across all 4 lanes to the fast lane to try to catch up, but by then i've extended my lead to 6-7 cars. Its amazing how maneuverable our little boxes are at 95mph. I can pick and choose tiny gaps in between cars that other cars wouldn't dream of trying. When I finally got off the freeway, they stayed on and passed me, and flipped me off. All i did was laugh, put on my shades, turn up the bass, and keep cruisin'.

Pick on the little guy, and sometimes, you will get your butt handed to you.

 

be careful foool.

 

Always, at least to the best of my ability. I'm no Marco Andretti (yes Marco, not Mario) by any means, but I have some professional driving experience (Classes at Sears Point, and time with Jimmy Vasser, my dad's boss). I'm not advocating street racing, or any like behavior, but I think the thrill is in the danger. I'm young, and stupid, but I'm willing to live with that while i still have it

 

Just so you know... VVT-i isn't VTEC. VVT-i is on all the time.

 

i wish i could consider it a good weekend when i beat 16 second cars with my 17 second car

life used to be so simple......

 

so the D17A2 is a "whoopie cushion" of an engine compared to the 1NZ huh? You probably raced a Civic w/ too much extra nonsense. When I had my Civic (non VTEC), I would beat my cousin's xA w/ ease and he has more mods than you. But you raced a bad example of a Civic so....

 

wait i'm so confused i thought you said you had a great weekend of racing and i thought this was the motorsports forum...

lining an xb up at the line eeerrrr stoplight versus a nissan hardbody doesn't qualify as either. That about as much of a motorsports contest as a sideshow (you bay area boys know what i'm talking about ;) ) oh and the comment about bazooka tube bumping civics? not the best point when you mention after the showdown you "put on my shades, turn up the bass, and keep cruisin'.

" I think you're smiley hit the nail on the head there.

Oh and I'd refain from making bakooka tube coments when we can get them as a dealer installed option... (and no i don't have a bakooka tube or subs for that matter, added weight of excessive stereo equipment is very counter productive for those of us that actually go to the track)

 

Why would you go to the track in a box...? A box and the track are contradictory.

 

it actually holds its own on a road course (granted on the straights of the course it gets eatten alive) but in the turns it quite surprisingly more then holds its own

 

Aha... I had a lil cat n mouse sesh with a g35 coupe coming back from central cal a few months ago... I know he couldve owned me easily but we were at it going 80-95 pretty much the whole time.

 

I just had the same thing happen on the way to an autocross event, with a g35 coupe on I-75. Yeah, up around 95mph there wasnt much od a diff. in pick up between the two. I stayed in the lead 80% of the way, just over a hundred mostly, for about 5 miles, then they backed out.