Top Speed and 0-60 1998 Accord V6

[CG6>YourCar]

Seeing almightyfargoth go HAM on this guy makes me happy knowing I don't bother him anymore.










I'm still terrified by him..

 

[almightyfargoth]

and who says you don't bother me..

 

[CG6>YourCar]

Damnit, I don't know why I crawled out from under my rock..

 

[Russianred]

Noob SUBMISSION. Again.

 

[20-CG5-01]

I am not sure how to do multiple quotes and such so I will just reply how I can.

To:RedRyder
Firstly I am getting pretty tired of hearing how this car or that car is slow. What the heck are you comparing it to? How fast must a car go before it is not considered to be slow? The Accord certainly has ample power driving out on public roads and I agree that the 4-speed auto holds the car back more than anything. IMO anything over 230HP starts to become excessive for a mid-size sedan in this weight class, and is much more sport. But the trend today is to have excessive power that will rarely if ever be actually used by most of the people who are buying the car.

This is the kind of thing I'm sick of hearing: "Oh, you're car only reaches 60mph in 8 seconds from a dead stop. That's so slow!" Are you kidding?!

Yes, I assumed the people I mentioned knew we were comparing power or I would not have mentioned it. You could call it racing but I wouldn't consider it so. As I always let off before I reach any kind of speed I consider to be risky. The BMWs I cannot recall what they were as I didn't know much about them at the time. Probably 3 series and I remember one was a 330 anymore specific I cannot be other than I am pretty sure, thinking back, that they were all 4th gen, E46.

You really think an upgraded intake and exhaust would do little to nothing to the performance of the car? I don't really believe that to be true. And certainly do not want it to be. I'd love to put in a new transmission. It's the one thing I hate about my accord but I am not close to experienced or rich enough to undertake a tranny swap.

Lastly your comment about racing in an auto being pointless. How is it pointless? Is that any different from saying: Racing a stock car is pointless when you could be driving a race car. Or, Racing a 4 cylinder is pointless when you could be racing a 4 cylinder turbo. It just seems like a strange thing to say.
Having manual control of the clutch doesn't make the difference between a race and a cruise IMO. And manuals are going the way of the dinosaur slowly. I'm sure manuals will exist in some form but the move towards auto is coming fast and Automatic transmission of today are now becoming more efficient than manual shifting. But I won't deny a standard transmission can be very enjoyable and gives you more of a feeling of control.

Your talking to Red as Iif he has no experience. He may not know everythig but enough about a V6 auto comparing to one with a CL swapped. Ask him a few questions about how slow the auto is vs one with a CL-S/TL transmission swap. Heck ask anyone who has done the transmission swap and have them compare how much quicker their car is, if you can't think of one then ask AllGoNoShow (Matt).

Racing in an automatic fuel economy car is plain useless, we dont support street racing, but i do like street racing videos done correctly (that's just me).

Our Vtec is not what you expect to be like a B/H/K Vtec. All the simple bolt ons are just for sound. Let me give you this advice, go dyno your stock accord, add a few bolt ons such as CAI, OBX headers, Magnaflow exhaust, maybe some cam gears and cam, and some custom pipings. $2000 spent on your car and youll only see 2-5whp gains is that worth it on an automatic? Sure you'll get a better top end or lower end tq, but youll still be slower than a stock civic with a dual swap.

Comparing bolt ons to let's say a B18C/H22/K20 bolt ons will add up to 10-15whp easily. And if you want to compare a 4 cyl to 6 cyl on 60mph-120mph of course the one with a bigger powerband is gonna be faster.

Lock this thread already, its turning to the thread where Halabeaster made his thread of catching up to an EVO on stock suspensions and almost flipped over.

 

[CG6>YourCar]

Noob SUBMISSION. Again.

If this was for me, Red, then yes, when almightyfargoth gets started up on the noob pwnge he's like a locomotive.. Me? I'd submiss time and time again. There's no way of winning, so why bother trying?

 

[Russianred]

Haha, you're right it's pointless to try. That's why it's so funny when people do, because it turns into a gigantic bullsh*t contest between the two parties. ALWAYS.

 

[20-CG5-01]

Haha, you're right it's pointless to try. That's why it's so funny when people do, because it turns into a gigantic bullsh*t contest between the two parties. ALWAYS.

Been like 20+ threads like that already. But I do have to say, they are always enjoyable to read.

 

[almightyfargoth]

yeah contest of what exactly, I was completely in the right.



and I knew it.

 

[CG6>YourCar]

Been like 20+ threads like that already. But I do have to say, they are always enjoyable to read.

I read them and think... "damn, I'm 16 and I'm supposed to be the immature one but this guy takes the cake!"

None the less, they are pure win.