yes...but then you got all rude about it...so that's why he called you out on it.

 

gayludes are very slow unless they have lots and lots of money into them. My friend has one, its sloooow

 

It isn't?

 

its a 97. and i've driven his many times, along with another 98 Type SH, both 5 spds. these cars are quick - after 4000 RPM and esp when vtec kicks in. and they handle amazingly right out of the box. but the Max makes up for a lot in the torque dept, and that's why i've yet to lose to my friend's prelude.

 

 

took out 5 preludes that I can clearly recall
CA I-5 85-130mph 94 Lude topped out at 120
CA 580 60-138mph 95 exhaust lude topped out at 125.
Hawthorne Blvd 0-80mph 98 Lude 5spd close but he gave up at 80 when i had a car length on him
CA 880 70-110mph 00 Lude (new plates) dunno if it was stick or auto, gave up when he hit traffic and started drafting me
CA Richmond Bridge 60-135mph 96 Lude. topped out at 120.

There's your details.
The first 3 races I was stock.

 

I think those honda preludes are pretty. I saw one at night. It's was silver, it had a nice drop, hyperwhites and alteeza lights. It's was so cute and so beautiful. those alteeza lights were so beautiful on that car. Too bad they look like crap on the max. right or wrong?

 

we're they all VTEC?? cuz if they were i want YOUR maxima.

 

the frist two had the older style vtec badge on the bottom right corner, and the newer gens i'm not sure, but one of em was a type SH. saw the SH sign before we got at it.. my max is not fast, but it has its weird days when its racer heart actually makes it run faster for some reason! i'll probably lose now.. 18" heavy rims are killin my acceleration.

 

Are you smoking crack. Altezza lights look like crap on any car.

 

I think they look hot on a fast truck...Lightning, they look sweet

 

Learn to shift . get a short shifter... get forced induction ?

 

not the Altezza (is300) its self

 

Are Preludes fast???? See my sig.

 

yeah , the latest gen (i think its 5th) are quick in Vtec. very quick it seems ... my friends is a 4th gen non v tec ,maybe that explains why it sucks.

 

Prelude?!?! What's that? Is it that car with the H I always see in the rear view mirror?

 

There are several types of cars with "H"s on them that we see in the rear view.

 

Why do all threads about Preludes turn retarded?

 

Guess it's all the retards that post them!

Sorry! Nothing against Preludes ... just Hondas in general

Seriously though, they are good machines. Reliable engines etc ... people that I know that drive them luv them just as much as we luv ours! Hey the Accord was my second choice ... how about yours?

 

While the Type SH's ATTS system does a pretty good job of controlling the normally boaty handling of the Prelude, it also does a pretty good job of sucking some power. The drivetrain power loss on the SH is significantly higher than the base model. Which, on the freeway, meant that you smoked him. I believe it.

 

i have a 98 integra gs-R. my friend was behind me on the highway in his maxima he kept up from 60 with me all the way to about 110 then we had to slow down because of traffic. it was dead even. and i had a system in my car 4 15's and 2 batterys his maxima was stock. i had a friend in the passengers seat and he was by himself. the only performance upgrades was we both had intakes. i don't know what model his maxima is i am pretty sure it is a auto though. I am willing to bet the prelude was stock i would think a prelude would beat a maxima.

 

That's a whole lot of extra weight for the b18c1's depressing torque.

Don't be fooled by horsepower numbers, a GSR pulls harder than a Prelude. I drove both a 2000 SH and a 1998 GSR before I bought my '98 GSR.

 

oh yea i really don't think a prelude shuts down at 120. my gs-r can go 139. i suspet the lude should be some where around there.

 

Hehe! I am getting the last one PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHTTT!

 

First off all 97+ Preludes are VTEC H22A4, the SHs are heavier and slower. They range in horsepower 190-200 depending on years and models. The Lude is fast once it's going, it pulls very hard. The Teg GSR is quicker off the line. The Lude has a speed limiter of 115 if I remember correctly. I have driven all 3 cars before. The GSR 5-speed was much faster off of the line that the AUTO Maxima I drove. The ATTS Lude was the slowest off the line. The fastest at gaining speed on the interstate was the Lude. The GSR just plain ran out of power on the interstate. The Maxima faired well. I honestly think that the Lude could take a Maxima on the interstate, both being stock.

 

Just pointing out that there is no difference between the SH and non-SH other than the ATTS. Strait-line acceleration is the same between the cars.

 

Just wanted to point out that the 97+ Preludes (both base and SH) are rev limited to 144mph. If you want more out of it, you're going to have to mod or find a nice long decline

 

my friend ran 14.6 with his 4th Gen Prelude 4WS?? at etown.. he has I/H/E

 

I think it's funny when we compare 6 cyl and 4 cyl engines. If you take the fact the we have a 6 Cyl and can barely pull away from a 4, that 4 really has you beat. I know on a street its a car against a car, but think about it, HP/cyl--Honda has destroyed the rest of asian market(import to the US). I know that everyone is going to flame about the EVOVII/GTR34 and all that crap but those aren't N/A engines.

 

because as you say.. on the street.. a car is a car.. and no one sits back and thinks about it when you are racing someone next to you

 

True. Honda makes the best and most powerful 4 bangers. Thing is, it's a 4 banger, no bottm end on those VTECS, especially with the 4 bangers. These VTEC engines are Jekyll & Hide type engines, from the GSR to the all the way to the S2000. Lack luster on the bottom end, VTEC hi revving madness up top!

Maybe the NSX is the exception, but for $80K it better be!

DW

 

you think honda's 4 banger is impressive.. the SR20DE blows it away

 

Doesn't the SR20DE only make 140hp? I remember hearing something about a version of the motor with variable valve timing that made more power, but that was only on Jap-Spec cars. Then again, you have the SR20DET, the grandaddy of Silvia motors

 

well i was talking about the ability to hold power on stock internals.. the SR20DE can hold more than twice the amount of power than it came with stock .. with the stock internals..

 

SR20 isn't sold in any US cars though. It has to be swapped right?

 

SR20DE has been sold in SE-R's in the US since 1991

 

Then whats the engine swap for the 240sx? I thought it was the sr20de that came out of the silvia

 

SR20DET is from the silva, Bluebird SSS, 180SX and Pulsar GTiR

the SR20DE is in the SE-R's in the US

 

It used to be, in the 90-95 sentra SE. I'm not exactly sure, but around those years. I think emissions killed it, too.

DW

 

its also in the 96 - 99 200 sx SE-R..


edit: it was in the Sentra 91 - 93 SE-R's..

i don't know about the sentra SE's