A Honda Civic in a sea of Porsches!!!!! video inside.....

[fasthonda]

hi mark!

we are still working on tuning it up;  its a stock k20a2 rsx-s 2 liter motor, with a small greddy turbo (6 psi boost).  on a dynojet dyno, the week before, it made 246 whp at 8200 rpm.  my weight is right around 2200, with me in it, at the end of a race.

the car feels really good, up thru 5th gear.  when i shift to 6th (around 120 mph), it definitely feels like it falls off.  you can see how larry herman starts to walk away at those higher speeds, but at the lower speeds, especially under 100, i can keep up pretty well with him....

the top hondas at the NASA races, racing in H1 (the class i raced the honda in for 5 years), are making 210 whp to 245 whp, depending on their displacement (from 1.8 liters to 2.4 liters).  they range in weight, with driver, from 2250 lbs to 2450 lbs. (also dependent on displacement and engine family).  those are all fwd civics, integras, and preludes.  the S2000 rwd sportscars also race in H1, and they weigh 2650 lbs, and make about 220 whp.

the lap record at summit for H1 stands  at 1:22.6;  that was a very fast lap;  'normal' fast laps are in the mid 1:23s to low 24s (my best as an H1 car is a 1:24.0x).

i'd hope that my car can do 1:22s now, with its additional grunt.  that would be an all out qualifying lap, leaving nothing on the table (and using fresh rubber;  i was on very old, used up tires at the glen -- my 'towing/dyno/de tires').   most usually, if i do an 'all out lap' with RTR, especially at summit, i get called in early (black flag, lol!) for 'over aggressive driving'!!!!!        i try not to do that much anymore;  i don't like having to talk to the 'guy in charge'!!!!

todd

PS  typically, my honda is kinda a 'rat' at the NASA races;  it's not as well prepped, and is built out of more junkyard parts than most!  Kevin Helm's Hondaworks Civic is super clean and well built;  so is Chris Drabouski's Password JDM Civic.  Scott Burner's S2000 is a beautiful racecar, too!