Euro handling vs 5th Gen Prelude

[gReY-oNe]

^^ just find my prelude a better driver

HAR HAR HAR

[80057]

im sure you will be up to the challenge Bao Wow!

[spoondc2]

the number of doors does not determine how good a car handles

does hyuandai coupe handles better then evo9 stock to stock?

u do the math

LOL

[spoondc2]

period.

LOL at the people who think Euro can compare to sports cars. A front wheel drive 4 door sedan with chrome window lining as a sports car, haha sure buddy. And Im Michael jackson.

LOL at you too

[est1989]

i call a track day....
track day!
track day!
track day!

[V205]

I see you point with the Toe adjustment. But my findings were based on the same alignment settings with different tyres on the front and the difference was just too huge.

Steering sharpness/response is a more affected by your front toe than the tyres (tyres are 2nd). I am still using the POS Dunlop 2050m which are probably the 2nd worse tyres I've used on any car (worst was the SP2020e) and by just dialing in -0.6mm total toe out instead of the usual +1.0mm toe in tyre places do for safety/tramlining/tyre wear, I got very sharp steering response eventhough my tyres are worse than the FM901.

[aaronng]

I see you point with the Toe adjustment. But my findings were based on the same alignment settings with different tyres on the front and the difference was just too huge.

Yup, if you coupled your enhancement of steering response from tyre choice with proper suspension alignment setup (not just going for factory specs but custom specs to attain the handling you want), you can get yourself a very sharp-handling car even with stock suspension and heaps of body roll!

[Lukey13]

Having driven my brother's Prelude quite a bit, I really had the impression that the Euro was a better handler, stock for stock at least - modified suspension and wheels shouldn't be compared. His had hardly any kilometres on it and was in pristine condition.

This surprised me given the "sportier" nature of the Prelude and it's low stance and profile, however I simply put it down to the fact that the Euro is quite a bit more modern in terms of technology.

The Prelude is quite a different beast to the Euro and in some ways is sportier (or perhaps more "raw) in it's ride and noise levels. The vtec sounds absolutely ballistic in the vti-r and I love it! I should also say that his did not have 4 wheel steering, nor ATTS.

[aaronng]

Having driven my brother's Prelude quite a bit, I really had the impression that the Euro was a better handler, stock for stock at least - modified suspension and wheels shouldn't be compared. His had hardly any kilometres on it and was in pristine condition.

This surprised me given the "sportier" nature of the Prelude and it's low stance and profile, however I simply put it down to the fact that the Euro is quite a bit more modern in terms of technology.

The Prelude is quite a different beast to the Euro and in some ways is sportier (or perhaps more "raw) in it's ride and noise levels. The vtec sounds absolutely ballistic in the vti-r and I love it! I should also say that his did not have 4 wheel steering, nor ATTS.

What tyres did he have on his Prelude? Even though the Euro is newer, the suspension is still a double wishbone on the front and multilink in the rear, very similar to the Prelude's double wishbone front and rear. The Euro does get conservative suspension tuning. If you have nice smooth flowing corners, the Euro does handle very good, probably better than the Prelude, but when you get to 90 degree corners, the Euro is in understeer heaven.

[Lukey13]

What tyres did he have on his Prelude? Even though the Euro is newer, the suspension is still a double wishbone on the front and multilink in the rear, very similar to the Prelude's double wishbone front and rear. The Euro does get conservative suspension tuning. If you have nice smooth flowing corners, the Euro does handle very good, probably better than the Prelude, but when you get to 90 degree corners, the Euro is in understeer heaven.

Actually I may have been wrong about stock wheels - his had aftermarket 17" wheels with the exact same tyres as my Euro's OEM Bridgestone Potenzas - rubbish tyres that I hate! I'm not sure whether the Prelude originally had 17". I'm pretty sure it carried 16" as standard for the vti-r.

[theseven]

my judgement should not be taken into really consideration though... just some opinion that might help... test drove euro from dealer before (2004 model) and i got a lude now...

the tyres on the euro were yokohama c-drive same as the lude that i own now... the euro got 17's but the lude got 16's... as long as i can remember... the lude still handle better cornering that euro... stock to stock that is...

[V205]

The prelude has a lower driving position and no doubt lower C.O.G than the euro which should feel like a better handler, especially in tighter corners as mentioned.

I'll try to arrange a 5th Gen test drive.