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Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633655 05/13/03 07:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157 Vegas baby Vegas T tomtoursvt CEG\'er
tomtoursvt CEG\'er T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157 Vegas baby Vegas	Originally posted by jshimer23: this is the way i look at it. these two cars aren't even in the same class. to say that it will be close is a plus side for the SVT. if a four door sedan can keep up with a sporty 2 door coupe, then i say good for the sedan. I couldn't agree with you more. If I wanted to do a 1/4 mile drag race every day I would have kept my Eclipse GS-T. I value a car that handles well and that is comfortable to sit in and one that doesn't kill you with insurance premiums. Being able to keep up with the uncomfortable "fast" coupes is just a plus . 98 SVT E0 T-Red E1 engine resonator removed K&N w/ MAF adapter 20% tint Ford Trans. cocktail Ford 9mm Racing Wires DMD

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633656 05/13/03 07:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,496 San Jose, CA F Fmr12B_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
Fmr12B_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er F Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,496 San Jose, CA	Originally posted by DemonSVT: Originally posted by Fmr12B: RSX S destroys a SVT. There 0-60 is 6.1 seconds as measured by Car and Driver. Wake up and smell reality. Bench racing using 0-60 numbers is ridiculous. Our cars take a shift to 3rd to reach 60 so this comparison is always skewed against us. Question was who would win, stock for stock, RSX S. bench racing or not, RSX S wins. Reality is the car is faster than ours. Completely different class of car, I agree. With there 6-speed, I would think they could hold there sweetspot so they would do well there as well. In speaking to Mirko and his design/fabrication people they felt the RSX S was far and above a better handling car than the SVT. Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars ~ Hobart Brown

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633657 05/13/03 08:01 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,496 San Jose, CA F Fmr12B_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
Fmr12B_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er F Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,496 San Jose, CA	Originally posted by SVTDriver1: Just a lot of FYI for ya'll. I haven't see ANY specs for STOCK that show below 15 seconds in the 1/4 or less than 6.7..0-60.... I don't believe breaking a car in is going to drop .7 seconds off of a 0-60 time. Originally posted by CarandDriver: We didn't think it fair to base performance estimates in our Acura RSX Type-S preview story (June 2001) on the previous-generation Integra Type R. That car was just too much of a stripper, and it was light, loud, and fast. So we looked at the better-equipped Integra GS-R's numbers instead, did a little calculation, and estimated a 0-to-60-mph time of 6.7 seconds for the RSX Type-S, or a half-second quicker than the older car. Turns out that was a bit conservative, because this new 200-hp replacement for the Integra got the job done in just 6.1 seconds. Furthermore, it bested the GS-R's quarter-mile time by 0.8 second and 5 mph (at 14.8 seconds at 95 mph) and even eclipsed the Type R's time of 15.2 seconds at 93 mph. Here is link where I fabricated my numbers from much like the Enron accountants http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=39&article_id=3184&page_number=1 Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars ~ Hobart Brown

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633658 05/13/03 08:05 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,521 Memphis, TN A Antiramie_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
Antiramie_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er A Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,521 Memphis, TN	I have video of a CSVT racing an RSX Type S (i was in the CSVT). There were 3 of us in the car (so 2 people more than the RSX, lets say about 320 lbs). The RSX had the edge, as it walked us slowly through 2nd and beginning of 3rd). I still say the RSX would win even if you take away the extra 320 lbs, but the drivers can determine the outcome of this race... Chris G. ~ 98 Mystique LS ATX

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633659 05/13/03 08:38 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 670 Broken Arrow,OK 74011 K Kung Fu Troll Veteran CEG\'er
Kung Fu Troll Veteran CEG\'er K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 670 Broken Arrow,OK 74011	All I know is they are right there with my TL. And by 80,(w/o a ballistic launch) my CSVT is 4 lengths back of the TL. . Like our cars, you have to know how to drive them. Given equal drivers, my money is on the RSX. -R- PS Modded we get owned. Low 14s n/a. No engine swap. Show me an SVT doing that I'm a Karate Man. Karate men..bruise on the inside. "The difference between oversteer and understeer: oversteer is when the passengers are scared, understeer is when the driver is scared." -Driver Unknown

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633660 05/13/03 09:05 PM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,516 Middletown, Oh M mmarfan_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
mmarfan_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,516 Middletown, Oh	DRIVERS RACE - Here's the unmodded car's time slips- 1. 14.792 @ 93.69 - Klutch RSX Time Slip 2. 15.366 @ 90.58 - corso28 Time Slip 3. 15.551 @ 88.50 - MTO RSX Time Slip 4. 15.653 @ 88.16 - ZVitas Time Slip 5. 15.660 @ 86.03 - d2coupe Time Slip 6. 15.672 @ 87.29 - MDSaint24 7. 15.973 @ 87.35 - basersx Time Slip 8. 15.994 @ 88.74 - thepigpen Time Slip 9. 16.345 @ 84.293 - duckywucky (Auto) Time Slip 10. 16.870 @ 84.72 - TopShiz Time Slip The first dude must've had a perfect run, the other guys are compariable to the stock SVT, heck even when my SE was stock it would fit there in 3ird spot. (check sig, have timeslip) Note to self - need to drag race again. Mazda 6S, V6, Speed Yellow 5 Speed, Sport package Bose audio Painted 'stash and HIDs! w/Injen 1/4 14.750 @ 94.94 Former car: 99 Contour SE Sport Black MTX V6 SVT plastic... 1/4 - 15.012 @ 90.58

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633661 05/13/03 10:08 PM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 265 West Chester, PA J jshimer23 CEG\'er
jshimer23 CEG\'er J Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 265 West Chester, PA	i don't believe the numbers you posted are for unmodded type S's. i think those are the fastest numbers for BASE (read regular RSX) versions. with sub 15 numbers those base RSX's must be modded nicely. here is the link to that site. http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?s=137960fe4ab2272f5359518130a18a7b&threadid=47794 the first set are for the Type S and the second is for the Base. 01 Black Honda S2000 99 svt Tred/tan #2394 of 2760 on July 29, 1999 SOLD

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633662 05/13/03 10:36 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61 Conroe,Tx,US C CB99SVT_dup1 CEG\'er
CB99SVT_dup1 CEG\'er C Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61 Conroe,Tx,US	I am curious where all of you guys are getting the wieght for an SVT, because I have weighed mine at Houston Raceway Park and it was 3080 lbs including me (190 lbs). Also one night at the track 1314 and I saw a brand new RSX type S it was running 15.30's-15.40s, slower than his SVT and mine so if you think it isn't possible to beat one guess again. I think on that night he was running 15.10's and I was around 14.60's. 99 T-Red SVT #1634/2760 K&N filter Aussie Intake Pipe Pro-M 75mm & Optimizer B&M Edge Shifter Quaife LSD Borla Cat back MSDS Headers/sho-shop Y-Pipe Dynoed at 184.2 HP & 157.2 TQ 14.53@94.15

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633663 05/13/03 10:48 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina B bamf2go CEG\'er
bamf2go CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 208 North Carolina	I don't see any 3.0 liter rsx's out there eh? Put the same amount of money into an svt tour and a new rsx and a tour will oust it. If nothing else, a limited slip differential will reduce svt 1/4 times enough to make it edge an rsx. I'd like to see a timeslip from a practically stock svt with a quaife and a yodude exhaust take any of those RSX type-s' with however they want to spend their $1000. Perhaps we should consider how a race between these two cars would be if they started out from a rolling start instead of a dead stop. My two points are that if you eliminate the wheelspin, the contour svt is damn close to the type-s, but also with the same amount of money, so much more can be done (performance wise) to a contour svt. 1998 black Contour SVT E0 -KKM Intake -B&M Short Shifter -SPARCO front strut tower bar -24mm Aussie rear sway bar

Re: Acura RSX Type S vs. Contour SVT #633664 05/13/03 11:08 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 837 NL, Canada B Bridge_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
Bridge_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er B Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 837 NL, Canada	Wasen't the SVT Contour cheaper (when it was new) then the RSX S is now? CSVT Feels Like Heaven Goes Like Hell Profile

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