[David]

Recently, VQPoweredCoupe and myself decided to do some runs to see the difference between our same model cars. We felt this would help others who decide to mod their cars to see what kind of gains to expect. Keep in mind we did this around 1am on some pretty desolate roads so we tried to be as safe as possible with it.

1st Video:



This is the best comparison video. I "think" I got 2 or so car lengths ahead here at the end. We hit 100 before we broke.

2nd Video:



I really think that things became more stagnant at the higher end speeds due to the CVT limiting itself.

Also, here's a video for shits and giggles;


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Information on our cars

Ranga14 - Dark Slate (Nismo Badged)
- AEM CAI
- Nismo Cat Back Exhaust
- RacingLine Y-Pipe
- Stillen Underdrive Pulley
- Bullydog GT Tuner
- Racingling Strut Bar & Front/Rear Endlinks
- Stillen Rear Sway Bar
- Eibach Lowering Springs
- 18" Tenzo Type M Wheels w/Falken FK 452 Tires

VQPoweredCoupe - Silver (Regular Badge)
- Only an Ebay Cat Back Exhaust

*Note: We both had passengers of around equal weight.
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CoupeVQ35CVT might be getting a ypipe soon so we might do this again after that time to how much of a difference the Intake/Stillen Pulley/BullyDog Tuner make.

[VQPoweredCoupe]

I'm torn between saving money for premium gas or getting a Y-pipe to burn it faster.

[EVENTYDE]

Thats a cool comparison. Don't worry about the whole street race legal bull crap. You don't buy sports cars for the good fuel economy! I can see why the CVT tranny limits itself to top end though based on the design. What sucks about cars now is the 7spd autos vs the 6spd manuals. My 370z 6spd modded is about as quick as a 7spd 370z stock above 100mph due to gearing. It pisses me off but I knew the 7 speed was faster before I bought my car. The same goes for the E92 BMW M3. I will neve race a 7spd but the 6spds are always game lol. One of my friends has a full bolt on 2010 Nismo 370z and he lost against a stock Lexus ISF at about 130mph due to gearing alone!!

I really wouldn't doubt that sometime in the near future a car manufacturer creates an automatic transmission with 10 gear ratios that shifts under .2 seconds and it will pretty much kill anything due to gearing. If you put 4.10's in your Altima you'd have a whole different beast! I had 3.90's in my RSXS for a little while before I got annoyed from all the shifting and that thing was pulling on 350z and 06+ Mustangs because of the higher gearing.

I have quite a few funny stories about civics and scions and doing ricer fly bys even though they weren't racing us. I was opnce messing around with my friend who had just bought an 08 Corvette Z06 and were doing 20-100mph pulls. He was kicking my ass pretty much everytime as I expected he just wanted to see how it compared I wasn't expecting anything lol Anyway during our 4th pull he stopped at 100mph and I stopped at about 90mph when caught up to him and suddenly this POS Dodge Caravan flies by us doing like 110mph!! He then slowed down to see if we were going to race again as if he would be some sort of competition? It was the dumbest thing I have ever seen. lol But scions seem to have a bad rep for the ricer stuff comapred to newer Civic Si's. I am glad since I like the style of the new Si's. i am wondering when Honda will bring the Euro style to the US!

[David]

Yeah, Scions are ridiculous sometimes. I'm pretty sure it was a Scion xA that flew by us.

I love the Civic SI body style, very nice indeed although I'd prefer this bad boy over anything;
http://www.motortren...rive/index.html