finally boosted!

[Philly82]

um generally..what kinda cars are you comparable with now?
using 1/4 time or power.

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

^I dont know how much power he makes, but it all depends on the setup. You can make these cars about as fast as any production car, excluding the big boys like the bugatti veyron.

A decent turbo setup can easily make these cars faster than mustangs and camaros, and a very well built one can put them faster than corvettes, porsches, shelby gt500's and so on.

[ImPuLsIvE]

Pff... The fun doesn't start till you're over 12PSI

Nice setup though. Hopefully it stays reliable and solid with those stock internals. Just don't go higher than 8PSI.

[D.NGUYEN]

Originally Posted by LUDE_4_LIFE

^I dont know how much power he makes, but it all depends on the setup. You can make these cars about as fast as any production car, excluding the big boys like the bugatti veyron.

A decent turbo setup can easily make these cars faster than mustangs and camaros, and a very well built one can put them faster than corvettes, porsches, shelby gt500's and so on.

True, but FWD will render the power useless until it gets traction.

[Kri$han]

Originally Posted by LUDE_4_LIFE

^I dont know how much power he makes, but it all depends on the setup. You can make these cars about as fast as any production car, excluding the big boys like the bugatti veyron.

A decent turbo setup can easily make these cars faster than mustangs and camaros, and a very well built one can put them faster than corvettes, porsches, shelby gt500's and so on.

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

^Whats so funny. Have you never seen a 10 second prelude before?

[Lude Awakening]

Originally Posted by ImPuLsIvE

Pff... The fun doesn't start till you're over 12PSI

Nice setup though. Hopefully it stays reliable and solid with those stock internals. Just don't go higher than 8PSI.

So what were your final numbers??

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

Originally Posted by D.NGUYEN

True, but FWD will render the power useless until it gets traction.

That all depends on your setup, and your tires. I am definatly not saying fwd is even close to being better than rwd, but there are people out there that know what they are doing when it comes to fwd setups. Low spooling turbo with tons of low end tourque will cause gobs of wheel spin. A larger turbo setup where your get more power in the higher end will help with putting the power to the ground, on the street. I have been in a couple 400+whp fwd drive cars running a good drag radial with little or no issues getting power to the ground. Take the car to the track with a good slick and 1.6 60 foots are easily attainable.

[Sanjay]

Originally Posted by Kri$han

i was going to post what you did

but you beat me


Honda >

[SilverBullet_01]

whats so funny?

if u got insane amounts of money, u can make a FWD civic hatchback fastest out there ...

[Sanjay]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet_01

whats so funny?

if u got insane amounts of money, u can make a FWD civic hatchback fastest out there ...

not enough to make it a Ford GT killer

and if you did make it that fast....there's very little civic left and it's not driveable on the road

[Kri$han]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet_01

whats so funny?

if u got insane amounts of money, u can make a FWD civic hatchback fastest out there ...

yeah and then what?... drive it to work!?.. where you gonna find the 104 octane gas you need to support your 15:1 compression ratio? where are you gonna mount the license plate now that your entire front clip is a monocoque? where are your buddies gonna sit since you had to strip all the seats out? and how much time, money and effort will it take to make it fast in a straight line, but then need a flat-bed to get home?

plus, your boss won't be impressed with your helmet-hair either!

ANYTHING can be made to be fast *recalls Firebird vs. scooter on nitrous video*, but is it then practical?

no. you guys crack me up..."as fast as a veryron"

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

Originally Posted by Sanjay

not enough to make it a Ford GT killer

and if you did make it that fast....there's very little civic left and it's not driveable on the road

What are you talking about, modded Ford gt, or stock ford gt. Stock absolutely. There are mid to high 9 and 10 second street driven civics out there.

[SilverBullet_01]

hey if u got the bling bling everything is possible ... yes it iz ... i mentioned the "money" part up there

if i had money and cared about speed id want to have a 10 sec front wheel dishawasher ... but i dont ... thats why i drive the lude

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

Originally Posted by Kri$han

yeah and then what?... drive it to work!?.. where you gonna find the 104 octane gas you need to support your 15:1 compression ratio? where are you gonna mount the license plate now that your entire front clip is a monocoque? where are your buddies gonna sit since you had to strip all the seats out? and how much time, money and effort will it take to make it fast in a straight line, but then need a flat-bed to get home?

plus, your boss won't be impressed with your helmet-hair either!

ANYTHING can be made to be fast *recalls Firebird vs. scooter on nitrous video*, but is it then practical?

no. you guys crack me up..."as fast as a veryron"

I said excluding the veyron. Read it again man. There are full interior, full street driven civics out there that are 10 second cars on pump gas. There are high 10 low 11 second street driven preludes out there with full interior as well, its just harder for them to attain low 1/4 mile times with the fact they weigh a lot.

The full monocoque front end drag cars are 7 second cars, and in a pure race class.

[Kri$han]

Originally Posted by LUDE_4_LIFE

I said excluding the veyron. Read it again man. There are full interior, full street driven civics out there that are 10 second cars on pump gas. There are high 10 low 11 second street driven preludes out there with full interior as well, its just harder for them to attain low 1/4 mile times with the fact they weigh a lot.

The full monocoque front end drag cars are 7 second cars, and in a pure race class.

ohp... then my mistake about the veyron

but we're not talking about civics with swaps.

show me a 5th gen, or even a 4th gen that does 1/4 in 10 seconds and is reasonable enough to drive daily... (ie. not worth 30k in power-related mods, full interior and quiet enough not to wake the neighbors 4 blocks away)

[SilverBullet_01]

oh ... ok ... diff story

i thought we were talking about any FWD car ... and a civic is just that

[SilverBullet_01]

they say... its street legal

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

Originally Posted by Kri$han

ohp... then my mistake about the veyron

but we're not talking about civics with swaps.

show me a 5th gen, or even a 4th gen that does 1/4 in 10 seconds and is reasonable enough to drive daily... (ie. not worth 30k in power-related mods, full interior and quiet enough not to wake the neighbors 4 blocks away)

Well they will have about 20k in mods lol, you cant get away from that. Turbo cars are not as loud as you think. My car is much quieter than it was on just motor with exhaust modifications. The reason is my wastegate piping is routed back into the exhaust. Now these guys have open wastegate dumps, but they dont open until really get on it, thus the car is quiet driving on the street.

This car I am going to show is running full interior, full exhaust not open down pipe, built h22a with a rev hard mani and a custom t66. I know it looks bad because this one is the world fastest right now lol, but there are others that are very close, I just dont have their sites saved. Damn preludes being so heavy. If know who steve oaks is, the prelude he was running 11.2 at just 18psi with full interior street driven. There are more examples on honda-tech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gSW4UpwGiM

This pass he missed 3rd gear.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/c...fe011c3f10.htm

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet_01

they say... its street legal

lol I posted the same one.

[triniexr]

7000 for all that??????? I think you should have gotten a new car, sorry. That $7000 plus your car as a trade in would make your payments dirt cheap.

[Kri$han]

Originally Posted by LUDE_4_LIFE

Well they will have about 20k in mods lol, you cant get away from that. Turbo cars are not as loud as you think. My car is much quieter than it was on just motor with exhaust modifications. The reason is my wastegate piping is routed back into the exhaust. Now these guys have open wastegate dumps, but they dont open until really get on it, thus the car is quiet driving on the street.

This car I am going to show is running full interior, full exhaust not open down pipe, built h22a with a rev hard mani and a custom t66. I know it looks bad because this one is the world fastest right now lol, but there are others that are very close, I just dont have their sites saved. Damn preludes being so heavy. If know who steve oaks is, the prelude he was running 11.2 at just 18psi with full interior street driven. There are more examples on honda-tech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gSW4UpwGiM

This pass he missed 3rd gear.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/c...fe011c3f10.htm

nice work...and I can appreciate a project car, but its kinda like triniexr just said;

my lude + 20k in mods to be 'badass' or just trade the fakker in, put 20k down on top of the trade in and leave the stealership with a vette... or an S2k... or anything else faster/better looking/more civilized than the prelude sounds like a more viable option to me.

I guess that makes me old.

[LUDE_4_LIFE]

Originally Posted by Kri$han

nice work...and I can appreciate a project car, but its kinda like triniexr just said;

my lude + 20k in mods to be 'badass' or just trade the fakker in, put 20k down on top of the trade in and leave the stealership with a vette... or an S2k... or anything else faster/better looking/more civilized than the prelude sounds like a more viable option to me.

I guess that makes me old.

Nah, that doesnt make you old. Definatly a good decision. Some people just really like their cars enough to dump that kind of money into them, and some do it because you dont see it often. This guy spent this coin on his car not only because he loves 4th gen preludes, but because he was after the title of worlds fastest street driven prelude.

I would love to have the money to buy a z06, or ford gt and so on, but thats obviously not going to happen, so my boosted setup gave me some speed until I am older and able to afford something else.

[sash]

Hey, transforming a Prelude or Civic,… or any other FWD car into a 10 or 11 second 1/4 mile car will make it handle like crap.
Import FWD drivers consider a car fast based on the ¼ mile time, yet when somebody mentions a mildly tuned high 12 second Mustang for example, first thing one of those guys would say is “Mustang is POS because it does not have independent rear suspension and handles like ****”.
In the same day they might comment: “300Whp Turbo Civic FTMFW!!!!”…
Oxymorons or morons?

[SilverBullet_01]

well said ...

depends on what u want ... fast track car, fast straight line car ...
a well modified engine of a fwd can beat those mustangs on a straight line ...
a well set-up suspension FWD can also beat those fast Mustangs on a track ...

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by sash

Hey, transforming a Prelude or Civic,… or any other FWD car into a 10 or 11 second 1/4 mile car will make it handle like crap.
Import FWD drivers consider a car fast based on the ¼ mile time, yet when somebody mentions a mildly tuned high 12 second Mustang for example, first thing one of those guys would say is “Mustang is POS because it does not have independent rear suspension and handles like ****”.
In the same day they might comment: “300Whp Turbo Civic FTMFW!!!!”…
Oxymorons or morons?

Well there is a difference between 10 sec and 12 sec car You don't need to do anything to alter the suspension on a civic (hatch lets say) to run 12 sec. At least not anymore so that it will make it handle worse then a mustang. So I do not understand your post.

And to run a 10 sec RWD car you have to alter the suspension as well right? Theres a point on any drivetrain where one would have to dedicate it to a specific task.

[sash]

Originally Posted by Johnny

Well there is a difference between 10 sec and 12 sec car You don't need to do anything to alter the suspension on a civic (hatch lets say) to run 12 sec. At least not anymore so that it will make it handle worse then a mustang. So I do not understand your post.

And to run a 10 sec RWD car you have to alter the suspension as well right? Theres a point on any drivetrain where one would have to dedicate it to a specific task.

It was an observation where:
import FWD 300 WHP 13 second 1/4 mile (let's say) useless in the corners = Great because it has straight line speed
Other 13 second somewhat bad cornering car that's not an import = Garbage because it handles bad

[djstardom]

Originally Posted by triniexr

7000 for all that??????? I think you should have gotten a new car, sorry. That $7000 plus your car as a trade in would make your payments dirt cheap.

the thought occured too me, but when i just purchased a 2008matrix , and new home.. and i figured my car was already paid off for, why should i put myself in a bind with 2 car payments, and home. I had the 7g's tucked away from my wedding, so now the only thing i have to worry about is the matrix and the house, and the BABY!!!