demetri

Will my pretty much stock camaro, i only have a knn airfilter beat a , i think 1998 prelude it is that i am racin. the preludes a 4-cylinder, and i think around 175HP. i think i dont know realy. any outcomes would be cool.

84RIceEater

well, dude i think you would lose the camaro only puts out about 150-190 stock then take away about 10% beacuse your car is not new like it was in the 80's then plus the 10hp your knn brings to the table..but there is a huge weight difference.They can hold there gears longer rpms, plus if it was a -sh- model i belive thats the name.. it puts out 220hp. plus what ever that jackass has done to it.. sucks i really wish it was the other way around.Just take your time Drive safe and get more money into your motor and then find him and show him whos boss

84RIceEater

Well acutally you would have a better chance than what i just posted i see you have a 1991 and a manual also.. go find him and see what the outcome is



p.s. my money is on him but i hope you win

stu

OMG, he owns a Honda? What a jackass!

84RIceEater

ha... yeah right. i swear to on anything i dont. **** look at my profile.

urbanhunter44

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You will have him off the line if you launch it right, but he'll come back an pass you, due to your torque curve and his HP curve.

Should be a fun race though.

stu

Yeah, you lost me with this last post. lol

Chrome

lol

demetri

Soon, once I have 3.5 G, I will be putting in this bad boy

http://www.whipplesuperchargers.com/...sp?ProdID=1139

Then I will show him whos boss

V8 Slayer

prelude would probably win

_max_

I will put my stock 90 RS 5 speed 3.42 245/40/17 to any stock si prelude any day of the week in the 1/4

vejatabul

my brothers stock 1999 prelude (non sh, the sh is slower due to it being heavier) ran a 9.7@75mph 1/8 mile and a 14.6@96mph 1/4 mile. with nothing but a set of nitto drag radials,a k and n filter in the stock air box, and the stock muffler removed it went a 9.2@78. with a 60hp shot it did a 8.79@86mph. his girlfriend even was able to repeat his times within a tenth to 2 tenths of a second, so it wasnt solely on his ability to drive. these are only a sample of what one 1999 prelude did, id say that your guy would probaly be capable of a 15.4.

demetri

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/index.html

go to crate engines

now tell me what would happen if i put one of these suckers in

Gunny Highway

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Back when my RS was stock, the Preludes would almost always beat me by about 1/2 a car. . . and it was even worse from a roll. . . AND EVEN worse with t-tops off. But from a light, I could get the jump on them, but they would pull past me at 40 mph or so.

Get some headers and a cat back and you should have no problem after that. However, Preludes can get pretty quick with just a few mods, soooo. . .

My RS had an auto and crappy 2.73's, so you might fair better if your clutch and tires are still in good shape.

Mike-in-Orange

Just curious what you've run in the 1/4 with your car. Seeing numbers like vejatabul posted for those little foreign things is sometimes an eye opener, ya know?

84RIceEater

yea.. see i am not on the hondas side i am just realistic i know it sucks just race him, and you'll want to get more mods and find him agian .. they are just new and they have a more efficent motors that what the stock camaros did.there is about a 10-15 year diffrence, their could be alot of better things that came out in the factorys...... no but a 99 camaro aginst a 99 prelude

_max_

havent ran it at the track car has lots of lower end and no upper but since i put a crane ignition module on it been able to get to lower 5k on tach without it cutting out stop light to stop light I would'nt even hesitate to tango with the little prelude I know there fast my daughter has 1

demetri

I just found out that its a 1992. its a 2.3 liter. mines 91 so, it would be a good race

Gunny Highway

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1992 Honda Prelude Si 4WS 7.8 15.9


It should be close.

rs coastie

since its a 92 with a 2.3 and not a 98 with the h22 that changes things a bit. i'd put my money on the camaro little more hp lot more torque, and preludes of that vintage usually have buttloads of miles on the clock. should be a good race, but if he's an automatic i wouldn't waist the gas on him

demetri

yea he has a automatic. but he says he has around 230 HP. I cant find the specs for his car anywhere. I know he has around 160flbs torque.

stu

He doesn't have that much power unless he's spent all kinds of money on it. Plus it's an auto, which is slow. I'm not even sure an auto Honda tranny could even handle 230 hp honestly. I know that Accords, Civics, and Integras can't anyway.

freestylzz

Exactly. Sounds like the only thing this kid is really running is his mouth.

I have a friend in a '90 Civic 5m with a modded b18. He's mentioned something about replacing 3 driveshafts in the past.

demetri

yea but my camaro only has 180 HP and 240 torque

look what i found

http://www.92lude.com/prelude_engine_specs.htm

his is the H23

stu

See? It doesn't even matter which motor he has, because NONE of them make that kind of power. A lot of people think that when they slap on an exhaust and intake it'll net them like 25 hp. The truth is, with a Honda, it's more like 5-7 horsepower at the wheels.

That's why I never bothered with any of that crap. Once I figured that out, I stopped wasting my money on that stuff and built a turbo kit.

demetri

sweet,,, hahha lil punk. the only import car i would ever buy is a nissan 350z, those little bitches move.

stu

Really? Those are slow.

rs coastie

dude he has a automatic with less hp and torque, and preludes arent exactly skinny ladies when it comes to weight by import standards, i say race him and even if he does have 230hp and a stock honda auto wich i find hard to belive , it won't last long

demetri

Or i could steal a Z06 500hp 500flbs

stu

Yep. Just take him off the line. What always happened to me was people would get far enough ahead of me and stop before I could even reach my power band and start realing them in. Just see if you can get him out of the whole bad enough to do that. Or race at the track, then you have a limited race and don't have to worry about the top end much.

freestylzz

Wow you are the man! Well spoken. How'd you get soo smart

demetri

lol

Gunny Highway

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Yep, highly overrated. Good marketing campaign I guess.

85_ZED28

anondude13

On the street, my money goes with the RS. You'll get him out of the hole so bad he won't be able to catch up till at least 70 mph. Just like that one I embarassed with my caddy.

Mike-in-Orange

They can be fairly quick if the driver can drive, but it seems more often than not they can't. There was a group of them out at California Speedways street legal drags a few months ago, and only one of them could get into the low 14s, all the rest (well, 5 of 'em anyway) were only get very high 14s to low 15s. Embarassing.

stu

Well, I'm not saying that they are a bad car. My buddy has one and has the best times in our state (as far as we know) for a stock one at a 15.1 something. So that's right on par with the low 14's the guy you saw was getting.

Let me clarify that comment by saying that I was surprised that of ALL the imports that poster would buy, it's be the 350Z, since there are plenty around that would toast it without breaking a sweat. I don't think the car is underrated though, it's just not a drag car. Like a Ferrari.

Mike-in-Orange

15.1 is the best time you know of in your state???? Geez, a friend of mine has one and he's run 14.7, but he can't drive to save his life! I want to take him on next weekend in my car (not the 3.1L 92 Camaro RS, that would be silly )

stu

I live in Colorado and my track is over 6,000 feet above sea level remember?

Mike-in-Orange

Right, sorry, my bad.

demetri

I can't wait to swap my 305 to a 350

Gunny Highway

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Like I said, they had one of the best advertising campaigns I can recall for a car as of late. I remember going to the movies and seeing one before the show, where the view was like from the front bumper, and you hear them flooring it or something to that affect.

SchwarzCamaroRS

edit: 500hp 495 ft/lbs

demetri

Ok, i want to do some cheap mods to my car. This is what im thinking about getting. If you have more cheap mods that I can do then please say so. Im getting 104 bucks for working on saturday and sunday

1. Knock Sensor(replacement)

2. Open Air Element

3. Thermostat, which one though? 160,180,200? I live in florida so its hot.

SchwarzCamaroRS

if you live in florida, i would get a 170 therm and if you feel confident enough, drill 3 little holes in the main flat part of the thermostat so you dont get air pockets and to keep coolant flowing even when the thermostat is closed... no open element cuz it wont help you unless you have a cowl hood, its just too hot under that hood, especially under the florida sun... ( i live in AZ, i know ) the knock sensor wont help anything unless the current one is broken. you should save the rest for a decent exhaust, either headers all the way back, or at least an aftermarket hi-flow cat and catback exhaust, that will help the most. If you have any grinding experience, you could go to the TBI boards and look at the sticky's for ULTIMATE TBI mods, those help a little bit. in fact, for most performance advice, you might want to hop over to that board anyway, ShiftyCapone is quite knowledgeable when it comes to makin TBI quick.