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Drag racing my tC....So much fun :D
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Originally Posted by pureXtC
Originally Posted by taek
dood our car is heavier than a frikkin mini cooper
me thinks this might be funniest compairson
our tC's weighing in at 2900..
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ahhh i was goin off of car and drivers Curb weight 3250–3300 lb for the mini but other sources say the car is in the 2700lb range so nevermind i was thinkin the the mini was a lot heavier
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Originally Posted by taek
after driving other cars, i really hate my tC. for the perfromance it sucks. but everythign else im alright wit.
and i didnt know how fast the tC was before. i just know #s, you dnot realize how much it is until you've experience. and i've experienced 160 vs. 278, damm, 160 is too less. our car might have torque but its waay too heavy. dood our car is heavier than a frikkin mini cooper
and i didnt know how fast the tC was before. i just know #s, you dnot realize how much it is until you've experience. and i've experienced 160 vs. 278, damm, 160 is too less. our car might have torque but its waay too heavy. dood our car is heavier than a frikkin mini cooper
Anyways, compared to realistic competition, the tC is respectable and I definately feel like I am rolling in style (like the M3)!
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Yea the TC is no race car. But I guarantee you can't find a car faster than a TC for under 17,000. What a shame that our slow stock TC can smoke any stock civic, 4cylinder accords, RSX, non gt eclipses, non gt- tiburons, non gt mustangs, VW GTIs + 1.8s, non gt-s celicas, matrix's, 240sxs, TSXs... and ill stop now, cuz the list keeps going. So shut up and go buy an ugly STI or EVO8 and spend twice the money of a TC for a faster but much uglier car.
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Originally Posted by taek
dood, yu just got lucky. civic si should have won cuz our car is alot heavier. and the tC is frikkin slow. i pushed it to the limit alreayd and its frikkin slow. a 240sx wit a SR20 or a stock 350z would totally own us so easily
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I have got one word for you: POTENTIAL
TC has ____loads of it since it is so FI friendly. Hell yeah it is slower then any kind of car worth looking at but once you put that little engine under preassure; thats another story.
TC has ____loads of it since it is so FI friendly. Hell yeah it is slower then any kind of car worth looking at but once you put that little engine under preassure; thats another story.
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Interesting
Well the people I raced against couldn't race their cars either. And actually the Civic Si is roughtly 2400 lbs against the tC's 2900 lbs. And the Civic Si's specs are 160 HP and 120 lb Torque...the tC is 160 HP and 163 lb Torque. Not to mention the fact that my friend's best time was 10.325 and my was 10.010. close....but I won. And on the fact that people can't drive their cars I beat an Acura RSX with a type R engine swap.....I know for a fact I shouldn't i have beat him....Im beginning to think people here talk way too much.
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Re: Interesting
Originally Posted by Knightmair
And actually the Civic Si is roughtly 2400 lbs against the tC's 2900 lbs. And the Civic Si's specs are 160 HP and 120 lb Torque...the tC is 160 HP and 163 lb Torque.
160 hp
132 torque
2782 lbs.
Source: Honda.com
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/...+Si&Category=2
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Oh...I may be wrong then about weight and specs.....I was going off of memory of what I read on my friends door. Thank you for the information. Regardless my original post was about me drag racing and getting the 10.010 at about 72....I'm really proud of that being that I'm new to standard transmissions.
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Originally Posted by retrodrive
I have got one word for you: POTENTIAL
TC has ____loads of it since it is so FI friendly. Hell yeah it is slower then any kind of car worth looking at but once you put that little engine under preassure; thats another story.
TC has ____loads of it since it is so FI friendly. Hell yeah it is slower then any kind of car worth looking at but once you put that little engine under preassure; thats another story.
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Potential is right. Our cars could possibly unleash a beast if tuned correctly. In fact, go to
http://www.scionspeed.com/
and check out the 426 WHP tC. Man that makes me melt. You can bring on all the sr20 and 350 action you want and still not stand up to this monster.
http://www.scionspeed.com/
and check out the 426 WHP tC. Man that makes me melt. You can bring on all the sr20 and 350 action you want and still not stand up to this monster.
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How many times does this need to be posted....
Directly from Car and Driver:
"Speaking of the Lexus IS, the tC is nearly as quick as its 215-hp luxury cousin. The sporty Scion scoots from 0 to 60 in 7.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 88 mph, only 0.1 and 0.2 second, respectively, behind the IS ("$35,000 Sports Sedans," March 2004). Moreover, because the tC is geared fairly short—final drive is 4.24—its 30-to-50-mph top-gear time of 8.5 seconds is a 10th quicker than the six-cylinder IS's. Talk about "hardly shabby." Against its natural rivals, the tC is equally competitive. To 60, it is quicker than the Civic Si (8.0) and the Mini Cooper (8.3). It's even with the Mazda 3 s and just 0.4 slower than the supercharged Cooper S, which is the only one of the group to outgun the tC to the quarter-mile, nipping it by 0.2 second. And remember, the blown Mini starts at $20,449."
Directly from Car and Driver:
"Speaking of the Lexus IS, the tC is nearly as quick as its 215-hp luxury cousin. The sporty Scion scoots from 0 to 60 in 7.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 88 mph, only 0.1 and 0.2 second, respectively, behind the IS ("$35,000 Sports Sedans," March 2004). Moreover, because the tC is geared fairly short—final drive is 4.24—its 30-to-50-mph top-gear time of 8.5 seconds is a 10th quicker than the six-cylinder IS's. Talk about "hardly shabby." Against its natural rivals, the tC is equally competitive. To 60, it is quicker than the Civic Si (8.0) and the Mini Cooper (8.3). It's even with the Mazda 3 s and just 0.4 slower than the supercharged Cooper S, which is the only one of the group to outgun the tC to the quarter-mile, nipping it by 0.2 second. And remember, the blown Mini starts at $20,449."
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Originally Posted by fivepointnine
with a 10.8 it sounds like you really need to work on your launch, I ran a 10.82 in my old B13 sentra with header/exhaust/intake/ACT clutch, but that car was only 110 hp stock!!!!!