maxima 98 GLE auto vs a prelude 97 stick

Maxima- Intake, Y-pipe
Prelude- stock

 

Those things are quick. you mught have him off the line but then

 

Maxima should win has about 25-30 Hp advantage with intake and downpipe, but stock for stock i would sayt on the highway the Prelude has a good chance of winning, but with the info you posted maxima should easily win.

 

Maxima----I would put 50 on it (with me driving )

 

hmm...
he has an advantage.. stick...
i know how to launch my car real nice so..
ahhh im confused..
he wants to put 20 bucks on it but im saving up my money right now...
u think it's worth it?

 

Dude, just race him. I would advise you to race him from a stop or from a low mph roll. I wouldn't advise you to race one on the highway, Preludes and Integra GSRs shine on the highway unless you have a 5spd Maxima.

 

I am a 97 GLE with an intake/y-pipe and I raced a stick prelude a couple times last time I was at the track. He beat me by 3-4 car lenghts every time in the 1/4. I dunno if he was modded or not, only that he had an exhaust. But good luck anyway.

 

i had an 88 prelude with a little 2 liter engine .. and that **** was quick as a mf ... my friends dad has a 98 or so and that thing is quick too plus it's light so that makes them about even but the max will prevail ...

 

well that doesn't really put the confident in me...


http://www.superhonda.com/forum/show...6938#post66938

 

Not a single person on this thread besides WaarEagle and Cumalot has a clue what they are talking about. A 5-speed 97 prelude will walk all over an auto 4th gen it was its job. Its a 15.0 capable car right out of the box with the correct driver. You don't stand a chance unless the driver of the prelude is a retarded chimpanzee.

 

Nealoc187 I believe you are wrong! I have never lost to a prelude and Im a stock 95 with automagic. My friend came close with his Prelude 2001 stick. I suggest you race them from a stop this is their biggest disadvantage. Also a prelude is not a easy car to drive to its fullest potential as a lot of hondas are. As long as the guy isnt a real hardcore racer and knows a lot of shiz then I say put a 20 down.

 

I'll give this one to the Max, Preludes arent that fast and I still dont feel all that highway power guys are talking about in them. Waareagle if he beat you that bad he had to had some serious mods, do you know how many seconds 3-4 to 4 car lengths translate into in the quartermile?

 

....and I own 97 GXE auto. The Prelude is my girlfriend's (given by her brother who got an 97 M3), and I have driven the Prelude from time to time.

The Prelude has an exhaust and 18 inch Konig Tantrum rims, and my Max only has Stillen intake.

I could say that if the driver on the Prelude can shift smoothly, the Max will lose. I personally believe that 5 stick on the Prelude is very nice (never had a chance to take a 5-stick Maxima, though).

Armand

 

well... i guess what i am about to say has nothing to do you autos...but... after 3rd, i barely see the prelude in my rear view...

 

Im auto with pop charga powa~~ no y pipe yet... and I ate up that gen prelude that had intake/ exhuast....... i mean by the time i was in 3rd gear he was 5 + car lengths behind... not much of a challenge... Try racing the newer gen ludes... =)

 

 

I think ur making the ludes 2 be more than they are... it all depends on the driver on this one b/c it can go either way.

 

Lude has 195HP and its lighter.

http://carguides.autotrader.com/at/u...p?Ids=13057680

 

oh well... those of us that have raced them know that they arent that quick........... like i said, it depends on the driver. oh and when i raced one, we went form a 20mph~ roll..

 

Maxima owns

 

we are either gonna start from the traffic light... ( i suck at these races...)
or at a strip ( i rule at these races...)
so yea.. from a complete stop to whereever

 

no one asked or mentioned what model prelude it is, theres the base model not sure hp? then the v-tec = 160hp, and v-tech sh = 200hp

 

to add to this i have plenty-o-friends with ludes and they run 14.4-15.3 like nothing. h22 aint no joke.

 

People, People, prelude smelude; V-tech or no; for a measly $20 to find out, just pay and if you win you win and you lose you lose. Either way, you did what you had to and the outcome will be what it is. It's not that big a deal. When you start betting pink slips or houses, then worry about doing all your homework, but $20

 

Yes I Would have to say ALSO IVe STomPED A FEW W Preludes. Too HEAVY

 

Please hurry up and race him, especially if you arent racing for money.

 

Shi89max you dont have a clue either.

From 1997 to the present, all preludes have had H22A motors. They have all made the exact same HP, thats 195. The base model (non SH) prelude is lighter, and doesn't have the power robbing ATTS, Active Torque Transfer System. To recap, the 97+ base model prelude has the same power as, and is FASTER THAN, the 97+ SH model. End of story.

 

Actually Neoloc the 99 and up 5spds have 200hp and the autos 195hp!

 

I had the time slips but I threw all of them away except my best a couple weeks ago. He was running 14's. Maybe high 14's but my best was a 15.4. This was only the second time I have ever run my car so I am still working on it. It wouldn't suprise me a bit if he had some performance mods because he ran non stop all afternoon. He had to go 30-40 times. Anyway, thats just my experience.

 

i am also a highschool student...
20 bucks don't just come out my ***..
sorry but im poor..

 

If your great at launching and you have the y-pipe and CAI like you say you should beat him with no problems. I agree with other people that have raced them that have 5-spd maxima (like myself). I smoke them all the time even the modded ones. The Maxima is a mean machine and if he truly doesn't have anything on his car you should be able to take him without a question. If you know how to launch better from the strip then race him there and collect your 20 bucks. Unless he can launch perfect with no wheel spin and plant all his HP to the wheels perfectly, and you just miss the launch. Then there shouldn't be a problem. I've driven with a guy who has an auto max with the the same mods and also had another person in the care(total people 3) and took a prelude 98 from the light like 20...it was a close race but the maxima still beat the prelude.

Go ahead and take his money

But if you truly don't feel comfortable about betting 20 bucks then don't do it.

 

If you can't afford to lose, then you can't afford to race. What happens if you get caught racing? The ticket, if that's all you get, it's substantially more than $20. You may be better off running for giggles or just calling it a day.

 

Race him. If you lose (and you probably will) I'll give you the twenty bucks Go Sexima!!

 

a lude pulled on me from 45km/h punch (almost end of first gear bad spot) to 130km/h (beginning of third gear) it pulled on me like half a car then he shifted & I gained like 1/4 back then he started pulling again & by the end of second gear I was like forget it because theres no way I'll be hanging with that in 3rd gear @ 4000rpm.

 

run him when the car is cold...hehe... my friend's vtech doesn't kick in when his car is cold hahaha... u'll kill him!!!!

 

You are right... I knew there was a 195hp and 200hp distinction in there but I did not know what made that distinction, whether it was the year of the car or the transmission. Now I know its both, thankyou for informing me.

 

You will beat him probably, but ive never been in an auto max before. And to everyone else...the older style preludes are very fast, way faster than the 97's and above.

 

Ya, the older vtech ludes ran low 15's. I've beaten a 97+ vtech lude 5spd, he had an intake and I think that was it. I pulled on him, then his vtech would kikk in and we'd be even then hed shift and drop back, and I would gain again til the vtech kikked in

 

Sexima did you race him yet or what?

 

hey twin.... in case u still havent raced him, i have intake only, i raced a 5spd vtec 2k1 lude...

was not pretty

I took him off the line, but by the time my pos tranny shifted, he had me by about a car length but really didnt pull much more up to abou 100 mph or so

i dont have a y pipe

you do

im fairly sure if u can get a half hearted decent launch in u have him by the nuts all the way....

P.S. he had his stock wheels and i had my 24 lb enkei 17's =)