heavy ass car

[gadget73]

Your weight distribution is probably because of those batteries. I seriously doubt its that close to even in stock form. Curb weight on my Townie is 4046, but I know it weighs more. I've added the nicer seats, plus theres the bigass speaker box in the trunk.

[Chachi]

thats exactily why it weighs so even. though i want the ass end to be heavier than the front but this will work for now

[N A]

Re: heavy ass car

i weighed my car today . it weights 4156 lbs . 52% in front and 48% in the rear . Almost perfectly balanced . we weighted other cars to. imports may be small but they are not light!! fox body mustang weighted in at 2900 lbs. a 93 accord weighed in at 3350 lbs. lancer was about 3400 lbs.
if you get smoked by an import power to weight ratio has nothin to do with it!!

You've been drinking too much Corona. The Latinos around here drive lowered Civics and turbocharged Integras. I'll bet you a steak dinner their little cars weigh in around 2000-2500 lbs. My '90 GM has two more doors than your car so we'll say it's 4200 lbs. That's minus 1700 lbs. or more than a my whole car's total weight. Even with the same wheel hp, the car with the lease amount of weight will win. Power to Weight is everything!!!

You're wife is cute. She shouldn't be your after pic. Treat her right.

[Blaze86Vic]

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You're wife is cute. She shouldn't be your after pic. Treat her right.

What is that supposed to mean???? Having her in his after pics is awesome! It shows that he feels that she has bettered his life.

[N A]

Re: heavy ass car

What is that supposed to mean???? Having her in his after pics is awesome! It shows that he feels that she has bettered his life.

We're getting off of the topic here. I'm not married and life is good. If my GF and I break up, she doesn't get the house and half of my money. All of my married friends are uphappy. Financially they can't leave and/or kids are involved. Most of the bridegrooms I know were drunk when they stood at the alter. I hope he's happy and she has bettered his life.

[Chachi]

she has bettered my life. We fit each other like a chain and sproket.

AND i can Guaranty you a integra weighs more than 2500 pounds stock

[N A]

I wish you two kids the best.

Did you ever find out why your car was only making about 100 whp on the dyno?

Back to the topic. I HATE import cars, but I keep close tabs on them. Part of that "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"
, bullshit. I have a subscription to Sport Compact Car magazine, I watch the 2Fast2Furious crowd and respect any car making 100 hp per liter of displacement. So I know an import with a big intercooler in the bumper probably has a bad ass turbo setup under the hood. You realize a 5.0L panther car following their rules would make 500 hp, not just 150 hp? The Ford 4.6L cars would come with more than 400 hp from the factory if their were designed over there. Let's take the '05 RSX Type-S for example. It's got a curb weight of 2800 lbs., airbags, ABS, computers, etc. The car still makes about 100 hp per liter of displacement. It has a compression ratio of 11.0:1 and a redline of over 8000 rpms on a 2.0L. I think I read somewhere the '06 Civic will have a 200 hp engine, six speed tranny and a limited-slip diff. If you completed the HO conversion (225 hp at the crank) on your Panther car, you would still lose to an RSX in a drag race. Say the panther weighs in at 4000 lbs. The Acura has 1200 lbs. less weight to move off the line. The differences between FWD and RWD would even the race a bit, but my money would be on the RSX winning the race. I had a teacher in shop tell us there was no way a FWD system would last behind an engine making more than 400 hp. I proved him wrong finding a Chevelle with a blown big block and Tornardo trannny
in Car Craft magazine.

The panther and RSX would probably runs low to mid 15's, but I think the RSX would win on the top end. Remember the early '90s? Factory 5.0L Mustangs ran mid to high 14's often at the strip with 225 hp. The today's imports aren't far behind and they have FWD. Challenge the Wyotech professors. Build the lightest car possible and race it. Power to weight is everything.

[DuceAnAHalf]

I wish you two kids the best.

Did you ever find out why your car was only making about 100 whp on the dyno?

Back to the topic. I HATE import cars, but I keep close tabs on them. Part of that "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"
, bullshit. I have a subscription to Sport Compact Car magazine, I watch the 2Fast2Furious crowd and respect any car making 100 hp per liter of displacement. So I know an import with a big intercooler in the bumper probably has a bad ass turbo setup under the hood. You realize a 5.0L panther car following their rules would make 500 hp, not just 150 hp? The Ford 4.6L cars would come with more than 400 hp from the factory if their were designed over there. Let's take the '05 RSX Type-S for example. It's got a curb weight of 2800 lbs., airbags, ABS, computers, etc. The car still makes about 100 hp per liter of displacement. It has a compression ratio of 11.0:1 and a redline of over 8000 rpms on a 2.0L. I think I read somewhere the '06 Civic will have a 200 hp engine, six speed tranny and a limited-slip diff. If you completed the HO conversion (225 hp at the crank) on your Panther car, you would still lose to an RSX in a drag race. Say the panther weighs in at 4000 lbs. The Acura has 1200 lbs. less weight to move off the line. The differences between FWD and RWD would even the race a bit, but my money would be on the RSX winning the race. Both cars would probably runs low to mid 15's, but I think the RSX would win on the top end. Remember the early '90s? Factory 5.0L Mustangs ran mid to high 14's often at the strip with 225 hp. The today's imports aren't far behind.

A Panther with an HO will not run 15s, Scotts Town Car runs low 16s, My Windsor powered CV that is a lot lighter than stock, has a trap speed that puts in in the 14s theoretically

[N A]

How much does Scott's car weigh? I maybe wrong with the 15 second timeslips, I'm drinking, but power to weight is everything.

What did you run at the track today?

[DuceAnAHalf]

im pretty sure that Scotts car is full weight. I ran a 15.98 @ 90.62 and i spun for the first 330'

[N A]

Are you going to dyno the car anytime soon?

[DuceAnAHalf]

Are you going to dyno the car anytime soon?

i want to tune it on a dyno but since im using a borrowed carb that does not make sense. I might go do a few pulls provided i can actually get some hours at work and get paid. but using a on-line calculator with my times it says about 225 rear wheel

[N A]

Didn't you say the track was slick or you spun for 300 ft? There's more in it than 225 rwhp.

[88MercWagon]

From what I've seen/heard, usually figure roughly 40hp is lost between the flywheel and tires. That's just a rough average, as you also have to consider auto vs. manual transmissions, rear ends, drive shaft, etc..., so if your really putting out about 300 at the crank you've got about 250-260 at the wheels.

[DuceAnAHalf]

The track was not slick, i just did not have enough weight transfer, i could not plant the rear tires.