JHooby

its because you probably started really low in 2nd gear you didn't pull as much as expected. (he most likely was in first gear.)

EVAN&MONICA

or my "lets head for the mountains"

bgoetz

I have only raced two cars with the S, since I have had it:

-the one my dad and I were cruising and had a 04 Mustang Cobra pull beside us and rev, just as we were catching a red light. My dad got all excited and wanted me to race him . I explained that we would get killed, but figured I would do it anyway, just to make him happy. Sure enough we rolled out in 1st gear and by 95 mph he had a bus length on me. I knew I would get killed, but damn I thought it would be a bit closer


-the other was a modded rsx type S (I/rh/e, reflash, and clutch and flywheel), I was only able to put a couple of lengths on him by 100 from a 1st gear roll.

So yeah, this thing is not a drag racing beast at all, but that is not at all why I bought it.

It may be slower than my K-swap civic, but I did not get nearly as many positive looks and the respect I get driving the S2K.

istdercollen

^The RSX-S with all those mods should have beat you if the driver of it knew how to drive.

Riceboi

nope can go F/I

08YellowCR

I think the S is good in the straight for a 4cyl non FI. it does like what 14s stock not bad. But it was meant for the twisties. But i love mine for the looks the driver feel with the car and just the sheer factor its a RWD Honda that i can take the top off and DD it and take it to the track all in the same day

bgoetz

doubtful .

Before I bought the S2k I had a K20a2 swapped EM2 civic with basically the same exact mods, except I had K-pro that had been through some great tuning. I made 201whp/151 trq on a Mustang Dyno, on that same dyno stock S2ks make around 210whp/145trq, so I am doubtful that with just the reflash he was over 200whp, more realistically 190ish and 140ish torque. A type S weighs a bit less than an S2k, but he did have a passenger (maybe I forgot to mention that ), however he had some carbon fiber parts and what were likely lighter rims, so call it even on weight. Even so I still had 15-20whp on him, so I would say the outcome was realistic.

We went twice, the 1st time I actually messed up and he took 2 cars right away. 1st through 3rd were pretty even, but once I shifted into 4th I started pulling, but could not catch back up before I let off because it was getting to fast. The 2nd time we both got good starts, and 1st through 3rd was pretty close, I pulled maybe a car, the big difference was once I shifted into 4th. I would say it was a drivers race, because an error on my part was big on the 1st race.

Now my EM2 civic was around 300lbs lighter than the type S and had a quaife, so it could hook up alot better