all that extra boost with the ktuner flash and it only give you an additional .2 second in the 1/4 mile?! might as well just keep it stock and reliable.Apologies for the tunes on that dashcam video, probably best to keep the music to a minimum but it helps my reaction time for some dumb reason. Loud music equals < .500. Stock I routinely saw 14.9-15.2. With only VSA disabled, times were much more around 14.6-14.8. Running Ktuner 21.5 I routinely see 14.4 around 98mph.
Yes, I found that disabling the VSA using the pedal dance significantly improved the 60' times. Still on the crappy all season stock tires (30k+ miles) but they get a little more grip now that they are getting bald!
I'd be happy around 14.2 to 14.5. Which is where this gen should've been around. I just stepped out of a RSX-S with 210hp. Even though the tq was low that thing ripped up high for a little NA 4 banger. They posted times for the 05-06 between 14.6 and 14.9. Some of the older gen Si s had decent times too. The trade off I saw here was the tune on the new Si. Very easily the car can start punching above its weight class with a simple flash.
Did you just happen to miss any of my posts or are you just choosing to ignore it? This gen Si is just as fast through the quater mile, 14.5 seconds is possible stock and has been done, which is about the best time you can see from any Si past or present. Thats very respectable for such a small litre 4 banger. I know someone else who has also done those numbers outside of SIX Civic, so yes it is possible. 14.6-14.8 seconds seems to be where the average is and can be achieved much easier though.
Wrong
Seems like the 15% that everybody is refering to is outdated.
Nope, the 210 number is from the old (pre-2005) SAE test. You can confirm this by looking at any review of the 2006 car which has the same motor and tune as the 2005 car.
That's impressive!
I concur. It did get a ~10 HP bump from the '04 to '05 model year. Then under the new standards, measured output dropped by 9. If they were to use the '06+ standard on '02-'04s, they would be rated under 200 HP. It's an easy mistake to make @maggs_10thgen since the Z1 engine was only around its last 2 years and if you never saw the change come out in '06, you'd of missed it.
Fair enough! I stand corrected fellas. All the car mags and what not had 210hp. Even still the motor was excellent and the times were the same or better than the Si. Cars are very close in weight too. The high rpm power band was nice in the S. Get up and go tq there's no comparison. The Si has it by a landslide. The overall car is light years ahead. If my priorities were different though, I would've kept the RSX-S too and made it a track car. But cars can be a money pit. Money you never get back!
I loved my RSX type S when I had it and it still holds a special place in my heart. Every now and then I come across another one for sale and I have a moment where I contemplate stopping and looking at it... then remember I already have 4 cars and just have no need for a 5th car that'd be redundant with the Civic. It and a 8th gen Civic Sis are cars I constantly talk up to younger folks though looking for a fun and inexpensive ride though. They made piles of them and it almost seems like a rite of passage to have a 8000 RPM K-series engine. If anyone hasn't driven one... even if you don't necessarily want one... you should make friends with someone who has one and get them to take you for a ride. When you realize they're keeping their car revved out pretty much constantly past the redline of your present Civic and hear that engine scream... it's hard not to be wowed.
