i have a 06 xb with a exhust system and soon a wet nos system and my cousin has a 01 prelude all done up with intake,exhust,fuel rails,nos,cam gears,computer to ajust everything and hes almost pushing 300hp and he wants to race me and smoke me lol but im wonder if thiers anything i can do to my little box to make it alittle better. i wanna do anything to my xb besides turbo or sc.

i just wanna show him my box can really move

 

You won't have a chance with the little 1.5 liter engine in our cars. The only way you might beat him is maybe with a tC. Our boxes aren't made for speed...

 

why are you against a turbo? youre already running NOS.

 

ill runn a turbo but i dont have the time really for a turbo and i kinda wanna just show him with it natural but if i turbo will help me beat him ill try to get one cuz he invited me to a drag track cuz he wants to see what my car can do

 

Hate to say this but............

Strip down interior, would help. I think.

 

You have no chance in hell....

 

Why not change the race, how about the first car to reach in 50 yards wins

 

with a natural box, you might as well just not touch the gas pedal and let him take off.

i personaly don't like turbo because of it's lag time. thats why man kind invented the super charger, zero lag time and instant boost. even then though, with a super charger and nos and the right intake and exaust, you still wouldn't have a chance, not if you still only have the 1.5L in there. maybe little chance with a 1.8L 16+ valve, best chance with a 2.4L... if you can fit it in there...

i really don't know what you can fit in there, but you wont beat your freind with the 1.5L.

 

Perhaps you could find a JATO rocket or something.

If the 'Lude really has ~300HP then you better hope it's got at least one flat front tire. I'm sure it's possible to get to that level with the 1.5, but you're gonna need a dump truck full of $100 bills.

 

Blitz super charger - $4,000
proper intake and exaust - 500+?
performance throttle body - no clue how much, but not cheap
Carbon fiber/ Fiber glass body replacements - another pretty penny

it adds up after a while...

 

am i the only one who finds it humorous that someone with a 300hp prelude wants to race an xb?

 

Ok, did a bit of Google-ing.

The xB has a curb weight of 2415lbs.
The Prelude has a curb weight of 2882lbs.

I'm leaving driver weight out for simplicity.

Using a 1/4 Mile ET calculator found here:
http://www.robrobinette.com/et.htm

Car.................................................Prelude..............................xB......................................xB................................xB
Weight and wheel HP....................2882lbs @ 300 WHP.......2415lbs @ 200 WHP.......2415 @ 220 WHP.....1990lbs @ 180 WHP
E/T................................................12.984 sec.......................13.363 sec.......................12.945 sec................12.976 sec


*Remember this was some simple estimating*

I don't know what would be required to get 220 wheel HP (that's almost 260 @ the crank ) out of that engine, but I bet it costs a bit.

Even with a somewhat modest 180 wheel HP (~210 @ crank) you're going to need to get rid of about 425lbs to be on par with the Honda.

Thoughts?

 

lots of weight reduction and lots of money to win.

 

its my cousin who just wants to see how fast it is and i wanna just show what the little box can do. he knows for sure he will wreck me lol but i told him id take it to the track and give it a try lol

 

how does this sound

blitz sc
light weight pulleys
nos wet system
remove back seat

 

I don't see the point in even trying to race that thing. I say do an Auot X instead. You'll smoke him.

 

whats a auot x. and the race is just for fun

 

Autocross is a closed course around cones against the clock. The xB will make him look silly just like he'll make you look silly in a drag race.

 

ohh so ur saving my car would handle and do corners faster then his would

 

saying lol