Civic vs. TL vs. Mirage Winner?

[gellar408]

So Last Friday, my friend said she wanted to play Wii, so I brought my Wii. Her name's Jazary (My Sr. Prom Date). =] And she invited our friend Katie, to play with us. My friend Qui & Derek hit me up, before I went there, when I was at work, asking me what I was doing. I told em to come with. Then my friend Julian came too. When we were in her house playing, they were all like let's go race. Jazary drives a 08 Honda Civic DX, Katie drives like a 02 Mitsubishi Mirage, & Derek drives a 08 Acura TL. Of course we know who the favorite of this race would be, the TL. Funny thing is all our cars are AT. I drive an 08 Tc. =] Anyways, I didn't race, because I didn't want to run my mouth. Because I had a feeling the TL would be fast. So I was in the passenger of the Civic with Jazary driving. Derek & Qui were in the TL, & Katie drove the Mirage on her own, because Julian had to say go. We went to this back street behind her house, where it's a straight away & there's not much cars passing by. We lined up 3 cars, and when Julian said go the Civic for some reason had an acceleration, so we were up front for a good 3-5 seconds, then the TL is a beast and just out run us. The Mirage was burnt badly by both the cars. They were telling me to race him, but I wanted to race him when I could see myself beating him. So we planned about racing again, & I wanted to be more prepared, that's why I joined this Forum to learn more about my car. I know how to drive a manual. =] They don't. So how could I beat this TL?

[bdis3]

get turboed or supercharged.

[gellar408]

Damn expensive.

[bdis3]

Yeah I know. Now that i'm charged I want to see if I can take a TL. Probably not tho those things are pretty quick.

[gellar408]

Yeah, once we hit 60 mph, TL took off prob on 80.

[Soulbane]

I live in Downey, Ca, a solid 10min drive from Road Race engineering, where they specializing in Mitsu's 4g63 and have John Mueller in suspension.

Anyways, they popped in a spare 4g63 into a mirage for kicks and giggles. Suffice it to say, a lot of people were surprised at the results.

[gellar408]

She wants to get her car all tuned up too. HAHA!

[KTeevan]

like previously stated. the only way you have a chance is if you get yourself some boost. turbo is your best bet. if you turbo your car, youll take the tl. lets say your car turbo'd makes 230whp, the TL only makes 270, so about 240 or so to the wheels. now im not the smartest kid ever, but i think its safe to say that tl is probably 400 pounds heavier than you, and that doesnt equal out to a 10hp difference. however, once you hit 127, say goodbye cuz the tl will fly by

[gellar408]

LOL! Would a intake/header/exhaust help? I don't want to go turbo and super charged up yet.

[bdis3]

yeah I/H/E will bump your hp up a little, and give you better throttle response too. Every little bit helps.

[KTeevan]

agreed, i would say all three would maybe give you 15? extra whp. you should be around 160whp then, but i dont think you would be able to catch the tl.

[bdis3]

when im done with my car all the TL's wil be reading my liscence plate..... hehe...

[gellar408]

Say bye bye to them TL's.

[beyond305]

my friend owns a 05 TL and I must say you will never catch a TL...serveral reasons why. First being the top end is above 140mph (we have proved this already), the TC can only do 127. Getting a turbo might make u get to 127 faster but still...your racing a Vtec v6 ! 2nd being the vtec, lets not forget about how legendary this is. I dont know what year TL you were racing but the 05 and up and are serious. They also come with trip-tronic, that nifty thing that allows you to down shift manually. The last reason being the gears, I think its a 6 speed... Jus stick to racing your own class, 4 cylinders. You will see better results, trust me. Oh and if you got a automatic, do not, I repeat do not race a stick. I can attest to that one !

[bdis3]

dude ace boogi3 already dominated a TL and has video proof, and just because it had a better top speed doesnt mean its faster. Where the hell am i going to be able to race someone going 127. ive only hit it once and i really dont need to be going that fast. A 6 speed compared to a 5 speed means nothing. If the tC has a 5 speed and is boosted it is better, because the gears are longer allowing for more boost. Trust me i will be eating them in a few months.

[Soulbane]

Well, I would just like to end this conversation by saying my Skyline GT-R 35 will defeat all three.

Thank you.


/wake up from dream

lol

Anyways, my old Scooby ate TL's alive. Nothing like turbo AWD!

[bdis3]

yeah theres a lot of STI's around here. How come they always choose me to screw with? Its not even a race for them.

[Soulbane]

It's like boxing someone with 12 years less experience than you.

It's just hella fun sometimes.

[bdis3]

haha I guess. Maybe one of these days when my car is finally done ill take one down