P5 versus rsx type-s

[MacProtege5]

i stop at a light and there is an rsx-s first in line at the light, and i am directly behind him, i casually look to my right and see another rsx sitting there behind a mini van. i was out and about just cruising around and if a race happened to come along so be it. i had one friend in my car along with me, and the guy with the rsx-s was by himself. i say to my friend, hey there's a type-s maybe i should race him, so he says go for it. it obviously wasn't a race RACE because i started behind him. but anyway, we start off just driving normally, (keep in mind we are not racing yet) and i let him get about 4-5 car lengths ahead of me and then i tromp in it, i guess he sees my front end lift a little so he gets on it, and i move over to the right hand lane and proceed to take the type-s out. i was so amazed at my p5. and i am absolutely sure that he was racing because my friend was watching him the whole time. i would have raced longer but there was a car coming up in front of me really fast so i slowed down. we were going about 90-95 mph when i came upon the other car. then later down the road i got around the car that was in my way (normal speed) 40-50 mph and proceeded to keep next to him keeping it in high rpm trying to get him to go again, but he didn't want anymore. so i just drove on my merry way happy with my car : )

 

[tritonheat1]

i stop at a light and there is an rsx-s first in line at the light, and i am directly behind him, i casually look to my right and see another rsx sitting there behind a mini van. i was out and about just cruising around and if a race happened to come along so be it. i had one friend in my car along with me, and the guy with the rsx-s was by himself. i say to my friend, hey there's a type-s maybe i should race him, so he says go for it. it obviously wasn't a race RACE because i started behind him. but anyway, we start off just driving normally, (keep in mind we are not racing yet) and i let him get about 4-5 car lengths ahead of me and then i tromp in it, i guess he sees my front end lift a little so he gets on it, and i move over to the right hand lane and proceed to take the type-s out. i was so amazed at my p5. and i am absolutely sure that he was racing because my friend was watching him the whole time. i would have raced longer but there was a car coming up in front of me really fast so i slowed down. we were going about 90-95 mph when i came upon the other car. then later down the road i got around the car that was in my way (normal speed) 40-50 mph and proceeded to keep next to him keeping it in high rpm
trying to get him to go again, but he didn't want anymore. so i just drove on my merry way happy with my car : )

you better have Turbo to even compare your P-5 to a Type-S or that guy was in 6th gear flooring it the whole time, cause a Type-S is way to powerful against a protege5 which i don't think you have any sort of F/I or Major N/A mods to your p5.

 

[MacProtege5]

to tell you the truth i have no a/c, no p/s and everything that goes with those two items are out of the car. no sound deadening material under the seat, and from the rear of the front seats stripped. then i have Japanese spec cams, intake, full exhaust including a header. and 10.7:1 compression pistons. also a short throw shifter retro fitted from a honda

 

[MP3-Owner]

Hmm....nice list of mods but still...
Sounds like it was a sneak attack, hehe.

But a kill is a kill (thumb)
just need to videotape it next time

 

[tritonheat1]

if you look down this thread towards the bottom, i posted a 300ZX 2+2 vs. Type-S. two of my friends ran'em and overall both cars are modded with basically bolt-ons and the 3z barely beat the Type-S by only 1 car lengh. So to even think that you ran a type-S you were gaining speed from behind him which he was to late to drop into gear to give it a shot. Next time siganl a guy when going through gears, or run one from a dead stop and see what the outcome is.

 

[saided18]

believe it or not but my 1992 ledgen kept up side by side with a 92 300zx. my boy was piss b/c it was his 300zx and just barley beat a ledgen. hahahaha. but seriously the 300zx does about 7.2 0-60. and that is what the rsx type s does around. about mid 7 sec 0-60.

 

[MP3-Owner]

Yeah the 2 + 2's are pretty heavy.


Why don't they make the protege rwd? That would be sweet.

 

[tritonheat1]

yeah but both cars are modded The 3Z has CAI, exhaust, cams, plugs/wires, Etc... The RSX-S has AEM CAI, Greddy exhaust and Type-R computer. Which makes the Type-S really fast with computer. Also it kicks I-Vtec in at 4800rpms instead of 5700rpms.

 

[MacProtege5]

definetly not a sneak attack because he saw me coming up from way behind, and we were both in it for at least three gears, and he was so not late in dropping a gear. and i definetly will try to find one from a dead stop and then i will let you guys know the results from that too

 

[igdrasil]

Sure the RSX is powerfull, but stock is very restricted. Ive seen it a lot on the tracks and the best it can do "stock" is 15.5.

then i have Japanese spec cams, intake, full exhaust including a header. and 10.7:1 compression pistons

Man, I like your mods, a lot!!!, but, how much did you spend?
Have you ever took it to the 1/4 mile?
Thats the way I was going for the mods, but....already spent 500+ on the intake and exhaust and it gave me nuthin, side by side with a stock P5....maybe injen did not engineered well the intake. I even feel the car stronger with his short stock intake and a K&N filter.

I think im going turbo.

 

[Lawerence]

to tell you the truth i have no a/c, no p/s and everything that goes with those two items are out of the car. no sound deadening material under the seat, and from the rear of the front seats stripped. then i have Japanese spec cams, intake, full exhaust including a header. and 10.7:1 compression pistons. also a short throw shifter retro fitted from a honda

So from the mods you listed that should be good for 20-30whp?

How much weight did you take out?

 

[afrey2002]

Wow I dunno about running an RSX-s, I ran one on the freeway and got burned hard (before I turbo'd) and I like to think I'm pretty heavily modded; Mazdaspeed exhaust camshaft, J spc intake camshaft, MHP CAI w/ aem bypass, magnaflow cat back, UR crank pulley, Kartboy short shifter & bushing, ground control coilover, and I was full out gutted. just a drivers seat, no inside door panels or seats.

 

[dmitrik4]

Sure the RSX is powerful, but stock is very restricted. Ive seen it a lot on the tracks and the best it can do "stock" is 15.5.

stock IS very restricted...it's a huge mass of black plastic. i've seen dyno charts of people gaining 12-15hp from an Injen short ram.

Authenticated STOCK and Modded timeslips.

from owning a RSX-S, i can vouch for the fact that they are VERY easy to sneak attack. that happened to me a lot, actually...i start off from a light normally, and the guy in the Camaro/VW/etc next to me guns it from about 15mph, right after i've shifted to 2nd. no chance.

starting from a roll in the right gear though, they can be tough. esp through third gear (60-85 mph).

 

[MacProtege5]

on actual performance parts i spent about 1000 bucks. on repair parts like gaskets and valves and a valve job and other misc parts and services about another 1000, but i did most of the labor myself, only thing i didn't do was the head work. and if you haven't blown your engine already (which is why i needed repair work) you shouldn't have to get a valve job or anything like that so about 1500 bucks, haven't taken it to the 1320 yet, but i probably will around march or so, maybe earlier if i can, the mods i listed properly tuned with a good piggyback or the like can yield about 40-50whp or more depending on how much is done to the car. i really want to get it dynoed very soon so i can see for sure, i just hope i'm not to dissapointed, i took about 200lbs out. as for running with the type-s, i feel even from a stop i would have taken it, mainly because when in 1st-3rd gear my car pulls like crazy now. afrey2002 our mods are basically the same, same camshafts, you have ud pulley i have no a/c or p/s pulleys to drag on the engine, we both have an intake, i have full exhaust including a header, and a short shifter, also i am almost fully gutted cept for the front seats and front door panels, my advantages over your car are the high comp pistons, and the full exhaust with header

 

[afrey2002]

Right on man, my props to you if you could take that RSXs, I just can't wait till I run into him now, I think he'll be pretty surpised...

 

[MacProtege5]

here are some pics of my car http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290755437

password is banging

 

[Equinox]

most type-Ss with good drivers do anywhere from 15.2 - 14.7 in the quarter.

and Mac, yer album isn't public

 

[bradspeed]

Afrey2002:
How did you get the mazda emblem off you grill, or is that photochop?

 

[MacProtege5]

i got the emblem off my grill by cutting out the stock grill and putting a piece of gutter gaurd in its place
nevermind i thought you meant me, i didn't read the first part of your post

 

[LinuxRacr]

I have raced TypeS' from a roll, and let me tell ya, this is a little hard for me to believe. Had you both started at the same time, side by side, would have been a different story.