The new Civic SI is sloooower than the last gen, by quite a bit. It also handles much, much worse.

If you caught the recent episode of Top Gear, they ran the new and last gen Civic SIs against each other, and it was no contest. The last gen absolutely demolished the new one, in acceleration and especially in handling.

I highly doubt the new Civic SI runs a 14.1 1/4 mile. That's pretty close if not matching a 350Z.

 

Oh yes it is, and oh hell yes you will get them if you want to enjoy your rex.

 

According to some magazine the SI can run a 14.1 stock but i dont see it happening. I have raced to many of them and every time they can hang in 1st but when i hit 2nd its over for them. I can beat them by about 4-5 lengths. Keep in mind this was all before i installed the nitrous and agency power pulley.

 

Civic and Integs are FWD, get em in the turns.

 

total BS with a load of horse$hit.
Had an annoying one tried to race me in my family wagon not a long ago. I left it for dead. By 3rd it was rotting way back with vtec screaming in painful shame. I don't think my 92x is a 14s car.

 

Using anything over 3rd gear directly corresponds to how long you'll go to jail for using it the way you want to. 4, 5 and 6 years respectively.

 

The 07 SI is crap. I started behind one at a stoplight, stayed behind him until we hit 100, then I whipped around him like he wasnt even moving. I could have passed him from the beginning, but I decided to let him feel good before I crushed him. It was funny because we were both going to the same place. When I talked to him he was soo shocked that I beat him

 

Ja the RX8 is so slow they race it in GT and win races.......

doh....................

 

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfqN_DDkppc


They ruined the Civic.

 

Wow. That thing sucks.

 

yeah, watch this. this is with just a CAI. obviously better drivers can do better times.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-JEC2TsBJqw

 

Coming from a 99 Grand Prix GTP, the 8 is slow. The GTP is a 240hp v6 with a roots blower giving it its go...and gobbs of low end torque. Mine was also very modified and would have been capable of high 12's in the quarter had it been running long enough to get it tuned properly and assuming a good launch.

My 8, an auto, is a dog below 4k. I don't mean to say this in a totally negative manner since I absolutely adore this car, but it's just not a fast car. It looks amazing, is quick enough, a pure blast to drive. It's not a drag warrior, but how many mopar tanks can toss a corner at 45 w/o breaking a sweat. Go test drive one if you can. You'll love it

 

sorry, auto ftl. manual is quite a bit faster. still not the best stock drag car. but not downright pathetic either. 14.4 is .. decent..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tNjOG5fRSd0

 

That's not stock. You said stock. And it's still a piece of crap.

 

Your Saabaru is most definitely a 14 second car. Especially if you were lucky enough to get the 2.5 liter. You act like it's not a loosely disguised WRX.

 

There are too many civics and integras where I live, they can get annoying.

 

I did something similar to that in my RX-7 back in the 1990's. The place was
Ellensburg, WA. I decided to pin her ears back. Plane caught me, didn't even see him.

I did see the trooper standing in my lane pointing at me to pull over. After briefly considering how far away I could be by the time he got back in his car ( ahhh...the folly of youth!) I pulled over (strategically under an overpass to shield said officer from the blistering heat of the sun on a 90 degree day. He was friendly enough asking facetiously if I was trying to set a "new land speed record?"

"No sir... you see, sir, I just purchased the car and got carried away on that downhill back there, sir."

He said, "Well, you weren't the fastest ever but you were the fastest this week."

128 m.p.h. is what they clocked me at.

Pulled over at the same time was a white Honda Prelude I had briefly toyed with coming out of Spokane. As I pulled away with a big fat ticket I wasn't about to contest, I passed six or so chaser cars that were just waiting for me to blow by officer friendly. Glad I didn't.

 

Dang, I fell into the you tube trap. One clip and two hours later of watching clips I come back to find myself logged off rx8club.com

 

and you are where?

beers

 

like a CAI is the biggest mod in the world. by your logic that CAI adds 2 seconds to his run. from crappy to decent. i wish all CAIs did that.

i couldnt find the video where a guy pulls a 14.1 then pulls around to the camera man and opens his hood. stock engine. so you'll have to take my word for it. but either way, you cant ignore a civic si with just a CAI doing a 14.2.

 

About 45 minutes from San Jose, CA.

 

That's funny. I describe San Jose to everyone as 45 minutes away from San Francisco

 

A guy got a stock Si sedan in the 14.3's on camera. Check Youtube. It takes a LOT of skill but it can be done...

 

Wow, all these drive fast stories make me glad that when I did stupid stuff in my youth I was in foxbody. I NEVER got a ticket in that thing. Many tried, no one suceeded.

Now I go to the track and drive fast.

 

No, THIS is a youtube trap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU