Single FD vs. Supercharged RSX
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Originally Posted by FD Rey
you should brake boost when you race from a roll. Your car would launch just as hard or even harder then the RSX. Reason it looks worse then it is, is because you had to wait for your turbo to spool then you reeled him in and past him. If you brake boost, you don't have to wait for your turbo to spool.
yeah i was gonna say you shoulda brake boosted...
my friend with an mkiv does that all the time off rolls, i ridden with him once (he was only boosting 10psi
) and my head snapped back when he took off..lol
do you know the mods on the rsx? was he really on the bottle or you were just assuming?
my friend with an mkiv does that all the time off rolls, i ridden with him once (he was only boosting 10psi
) and my head snapped back when he took off..loldo you know the mods on the rsx? was he really on the bottle or you were just assuming?
I brake boost
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From: Orlando
Originally Posted by apneablue
I have never done this before but i can just imagine what you are talking about...sounds like it would be hard one something...Yes? No?
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I also brake boost from a roll...you can get away with beating faster cars that way...Only problem is that sometimes when do that they think you are going so they will take off not knowing you are just building boost....
I brake boost
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From: Orlando
Originally Posted by 7thFlame
damn that sucks super charge and he lost. supercharged plus squeezing still lost. damn how slow can they make em?
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From: CA
i doubt he was squeezing. i own a rsx type-s and am familiar with its aftermarket support. it was either the jackson racing supercharger or the comptech supercharger. i believe both come with a street or race version. high compression + boost + nitrous = no no. also keep in mind the rsx is FWD and has major traction problems. its hard to tell from the video but something must've happened the first run so he matched up again for a second run. ofcourse.. the results were predetermined before that race even took place
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Well if he isn't sprayin then he had something. With a supercharger at 230 to the wheels he wouldn't keep up that good on the second run. He had to have some damn good horsepwer to pull that hard to start with. A 400 whp 7 against a 230 RSX and the RSX pulls that hard? Doubt it!
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Originally Posted by rotorsownyou7
Well if he isn't sprayin then he had something. With a supercharger at 230 to the wheels he wouldn't keep up that good on the second run. He had to have some damn good horsepwer to pull that hard to start with. A 400 whp 7 against a 230 RSX and the RSX pulls that hard? Doubt it!
Last edited by rx7n3wb; Mar 8, 2005 at 11:13 PM.
now that i think of it, it seems like a normal s/c rsx..i mean of course he would get the jump cause first of all, he is s/c and second of all, the FD would prob be in lag time..
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Originally Posted by Euphorica
looks like in the first race he didnt hit it...notice how in the first race there is NO blower noise but in the second race you can clearly hear it....no nos wouldnt make the blower louder.
^^no
superchargers are constantly being used, because the drive belt runs that pulley..
we all know hondas are loud, i dont ever hear a supercharger on a supercharged honda..
even some big turbo hondas at the track, all i hear is motor..
asking alot of honda guys, it came to me that it would be normal for a supercharged honda to get the jump since this was only from a 20mph roll but not enough push to hold that lead against the FD's power gear..
superchargers are constantly being used, because the drive belt runs that pulley..
we all know hondas are loud, i dont ever hear a supercharger on a supercharged honda..
even some big turbo hondas at the track, all i hear is motor..
asking alot of honda guys, it came to me that it would be normal for a supercharged honda to get the jump since this was only from a 20mph roll but not enough push to hold that lead against the FD's power gear..
i think the reason y the acrua looked alot faster was also the drive on the FD didnt really jump on it right away, i guess maybe to just play with him. Qucik rsx though, to bad its FWD
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if you cant hear a roots blower whine on a honda you are def...same with the turbo..well typically youll hear the open dump (since most run that way) and usually most arent running enough boost to have the turbo screaming away