man P5's are slow...

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May-25th-2003, 12:24 PM

noodles

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man P5's are slow...

Did a 1/8 against a 93-94 Prelude SR this morning and it walked me in 1st and 2nd.. no contest.

May-25th-2003, 02:03 PM

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You are surprised that you lost?

May-25th-2003, 03:40 PM

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The SR only has a few more horses than the P5. It wasn't the SR-V. The race should've been closer.

May-25th-2003, 03:43 PM

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If it only has a few more horses it might have been how the cars were driven.

May-25th-2003, 03:44 PM

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Put a turbo on it

May-25th-2003, 04:02 PM

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do you have a AT? cause my pro5 does pretty well against those older preludes. 1st gear is almost identical. you probably need
to launch at a higher rpm.

May-25th-2003, 04:42 PM

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re-race on a slalom.

May-26th-2003, 12:34 AM

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on the right tires, preludes will probably outhandle our wagons. we might be able to win going downhill. the open diff on our pro5's are terrible.

May-26th-2003, 08:16 AM

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on the right tires, preludes will probably outhandle our wagons. we might be able to win going downhill. the open diff on our pro5's are terrible.

Which Prelude's come with a limited slip differential, or is it just a much better open differential?

May-26th-2003, 08:53 AM

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you know, im not really sure, but even with the open diff the suspension is much better that they dont get a flying interwheel during a fast corner.

May-26th-2003, 10:11 AM

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I raced a lightly modded '94 Prelude (the model with Vtec) from 20 - 55mph...he won by half a carlength. Performancewise, he had an AEM cold-air, full custom mendrel-bent 2.5" exhaust with no cat, and UR underdrive pulleys. All I had was a cheap cone filter and a crush-bent 2.5" cat-back with no muffler (stolen).

When we pulled over to talk he asked what engine I had in my car...I told him stock 2.0L DOHC....he turned so red lol, guess he thought he was really fast or something, yet he only barely beat a basically stock P5!

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May-26th-2003, 12:12 PM

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you guys think you have it bad? I've got the power of 100 weed wackers in my '99. Thats why my next car is gonna be a beast. i wont settle for less than 500 hp!!!

May-26th-2003, 01:39 PM

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i wont settle for less than 500 hp!!!

That's gonna cost a lot of money

May-26th-2003, 02:48 PM

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not necesarily. I can go pick up a 93 supra for $8-10k then even throw $10k on top of that and have at least 500hp for around $20k. It may not be new but its still cool, and fast as hell.