got beat by a riced out honda civic
11-11-2002, 09:08 PM
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Oh yeah thats right, I got beat by a honda civic. It had stickers, a big fat *** wing, fart can exhaust, and i'm sure an intake under the hood too. It was kind of disturbing at first to see him pass me, but then I realized I was in my austin mini cooper and this guy actually raced a mini cooper. So guess what this means? I'm modifying the mini to get sweet revenge on any punk *** kid in a civic trying to race my mini. I'm gona do some exhaust mods and maybe some intake mods as well, bump it up to around 90-100hp. That should give me a slight edge on those nasty modified civics. 
11-11-2002, 09:20 PM
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Haha, thought i'd fool you guys :bigok: There is a buddy of mine who made a little over 400fwhp in a honda civic, we raced a handfull of times and I was able to squeze out the victor. But hell, he made more hp than me, luckily for me the rx7 is lighter.
11-11-2002, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 94touring' date='Nov 11 2002, 10:20 PM
Haha, thought i'd fool you guys :bigok: There is a buddy of mine who made a little over 400fwhp in a honda civic, we raced a handfull of times and I was able to squeze out the victor. But hell, he made more hp than me, luckily for me the rx7 is lighter.
11-11-2002, 09:35 PM
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He had a 97 or 98, and I believe they are a few hundred pounds heavier. We set up a race at a concrete plant, had the 1/4 mile marked off and everything, also raced a damn fast 300zx. My biggest margin was about 4 lengths, others were about a length or two but thats with him getting me off the line and me playing catch up. Which is another reason why I think my dyno numbers were low, cause his sheet said he was over 400fwhp, I can't remember the exact number now, and I only made 365rwhp.
I don't think the mini will be that loud though, i'll be keeping the cat and this other box thing attached to the catback. It just opens the exhaust up to a 1.75" pipe and eliminates another box of some sort. These damn british exhaust are really confusing, i've had to do all sorts of research to figure out their teminology.
I don't think the mini will be that loud though, i'll be keeping the cat and this other box thing attached to the catback. It just opens the exhaust up to a 1.75" pipe and eliminates another box of some sort. These damn british exhaust are really confusing, i've had to do all sorts of research to figure out their teminology.
