the other night i pulled up to a 97-99 honda civic had an exhaust not to sure if he had anything else. anyway light turned green we went at it even till 2nd gear and he pulled away from me i have a 96 with exhaust and cat. what happened i should not lose to a civic could it be my knock sensor i have the code for almost a year now could that be it.

 

You ever thought he might have thrown 10K worth of mods in his car?

 

did not hear a turbo or a supercharger maybe nos but i dont know how to tell.

 

dont be sad im sure he put alot more money into his car than u did to you, i lost to a prelude sh last weekend but when i talked to the kid he had alot of modds and i laughed cause he barley beat me .

 

If your knock sensor is bad then it is most definetly your problem. When I changed mine, i went from a 17.9 1/4 mile to a 16.1 stock auto.

 

Don't be too upset. When I had my Civic (93 4 door) I crushed this guy in a 2k2 Maxima. But I had about 12K in the engine alone. But I someone esle wanted that car more than me. The thing about it was the didn't take the engine.....Dummies

 

are you an auto, cause that could easily be the reason. in my old auto i lost to a 92 accord 5 speed. however, after i bought my y pipe, i crushed a 99 civic 5 speed REAL bad. if he had full exhaust and intake, theres a good chance he could beat you if hes a good driver. the knock sensor is also a huge problem for you. get it fixed ASAP.

 

kncok sensor, no need to say more, AUTO'S OWN ALL

 

 

Don't feel so bad. I lost pretty bad to my buddy's Civic hatchback. He's got a GSR motor with cams, pistons, fuel-rail,headers, intake, catback, etc. We went to the track and he ran a 13.9 to my 14.5. Not all Civics are slow pieces of $hit. Some of them (about 2%) are pretty fast.