street racing = racing on the street

racing in a secluded area = secluded area racing

 

that why i told him to come down to the Q. ;)

 

lol, sounds good. Im pretty low on funds so we may have to wait for the weekend(friday pay day) to get our groove on cause I live in Mission Viejo (45-1hour drive).

 

I vote for a run with Ali, oprah. Or Joe if you want to drive to daygo.

 

whenver your ready.. im down to go.

 

Prince Ali? Whos Ali and Jo? i just know SN's.

 

< Joe.

The silver "JDM" tC that had a bBist.com decal only on one side of the car.

I was at the Tustin meet when it rained before the meet and when the cop rolled a car and kept him there for like half an hour.. AND who could forget the CART + downhill slope vs CAR??

 

hey, if you want to call me price thats fine with me

but for real, my name is ALI.

joe is, joes06tC, the one tryin to get you down to SD

 

562 here (pico rivera). . . I could do it sometime next week. But you'd have to come up here. I'm too lazy and too tired after work to deal with the 5. . .

traffic = barftastic

 

I got dibs on the creator of this thread. If u can beat an SI, u'll handle anyone in here.......I think.

 

^did you guys read the thread right...I beat a "00" civic w /a b16 swap. Not a new SI.

 

Oh, sorry..............u can beat any B16, lol. I'm so use to saying Si cuz of the B16.

 

................99-00 Si coupe of course.

 

^lol......its not a Si either....I think someone else brought up a SI early on the thread but the chassy was probably a EX but he got the engine swap.

 

the new si only have 140 some torque as opposed to us tcs who are stok wit 160 so we have the advantage on them and plus were not far behind on hp and im not saying i beat them all i jus raced a few and i smashed on them so all im going on is what ive done so far and ive only had my car a few months

 

and one mo thing to me smashing on all civics i was referring to the new ones that are stock with maybe an intake and exaust not extreme mods ............

 

i saw a video of a si on a dyno. it has no gov. on it supposedly. it was doing 157-159mph on the dyno, i dont think it can do it on pavement but its much faster than our 127mph

 

You guys are silly making such a big deal about torque. HP is a function of torque. Torque is a momentary measurement; hp is a measurement over time. . . which is why it is used to judge acceleration.

Torque is like the amount of weight a body builder can lift. HP would be the amount of time it takes to move it.

We're not towing boats people, we are accelerating cars.

Now if you want to compare powerbands, then you might have a valid claim. Race cars (like F1) don't make squat for torque, but they make tons of HP at high RPM's (high HP is usually created at high RPM's). Gears are those nifty little things that turn that HP into practical power. You can pretty much created as much torque as you wanted with the proper gear set and enough HP. That's why you can undo a tough bolt with a longer wrench (you use a lever arm, or gear, to utilize HP (work over time/distance) to create torque).

Don't get me wrong, torque is good. But you guys seem like the tC's good torque numbers make it the fastest car in the world. Especially considering our low revving engines, I' gladly take a 30hp bump over a 30ft/lb bump.

Also note, there is a REASON why gears are supposed to shift shortly after peak HP (to maximize the peak HP band) than the peak torque band.

 

.....wow......umm....that was a kill....how long did it take you to write all that?

 

HOLY HELL well roger