Accord Euro vs. MX5 :D

[h22a accord]

the old pacific hwy?


is that the road that is in between lane cove road and the pacific hwy where it goes over the f3 near the pacific hwy/pennant hills rd? really nice twisty flowing corners. if not, does anyone else know this road?

if it is, i took that the other night, had an old school wrx on my tail and he couldnt keep up. when i turned off he drove past giving me the bird. lol.

i had never been on that road before but was with a mate and told me it is a good drive. My acccord handled beautifly and with some decent power under my bonnet it had no trouble pulling away.

of course i never went over 50kph.

[baboo]

If you doing a drag race, Euro can never keep up with S2000 or TypeRs.

1st gear is tall, so Euro can outrun most of the cars if launched correctly.
the ratio gap between 1st & 2nd gear is quite big so from 2nd gear onwards the S2000 and typeRs creeps away.

This is where slow corners comes to affecting the Euro, using 1st gear the rev is too high it doesn't have any torque, but using 2nd gear the rev drops below the powerband. Unless you sorta let the clutch half engaged at full throttle to keep the rev up.

but if doing rolling start using 2nd gear, the Euro is able to keep up. 2nd-3rd-4th gear acceleration is where the Euro shines.

[revolution]

The Euro is a great car and I never cease to be impressed when I drive it, I have more than managed to keep up with a heavily modified S2000 and a lightly modified (from memory) DC5R on the Old Pac in the Euro, to the point where they ended up pulling over and waving me past.

Is both the S2000 and DC5-R black? If so then I know which 2 you are talking about and i doubt you had a chance against that particular S2000 as you'd be surprised to the extent of mods it has

[jolt]

Yeah I think they both were black, the DC5R had white wheels too from memory.

It was pretty obvious that the S2000 was modified (fixed back seats were a dead giveaway), but many mod's don't necessarily make a car quick through corners, that's more to do with the driver.

Having said that, maybe he was just out for a quiet drive and couldn't be bothered playing with some guy in a Euro who looked like he had something to prove!!

If you know the guys and they can recall a standard graphite pearl Euro, I'd be interested to know whether he was going hard or not.

thanks
Rod

[28RAG]

was it the turbo model mx5

[Slugoid]

The one I followed was a normal MX5. Turbo (SE or SP) would have left me for dead instantly.

I think jolt's one is also normal.

[revolution]

Yeah I think they both were black, the DC5R had white wheels too from memory.

It was pretty obvious that the S2000 was modified (fixed back seats were a dead giveaway), but many mod's don't necessarily make a car quick through corners, that's more to do with the driver.

Having said that, maybe he was just out for a quiet drive and couldn't be bothered playing with some guy in a Euro who looked like he had something to prove!!

If you know the guys and they can recall a standard graphite pearl Euro, I'd be interested to know whether he was going hard or not.

thanks
Rod

Yes, those are the 2 cars. When we go out to that area we don't drive hard during the day (ie. too many motorbikes) and no I don't own that black DC5.

If he was hammering it then then he would be long gone and he can certainly match his driving to his cars potential.

[jolt]

No mine is not a turbo, just naturally aspirated. The SP is just a half-baked job worse than an aftermarket kit and the SE uses the old non S-VT Familia GT-X/Laser TX3 engine as it's basis, but it is the better package of the two.

Bearing in mind that the MX5 was never designed to be turbocharged (it doesn't even have gearbox mounts!!) the torque that a turbo engine can generate really doesn't suit the style/nature/concept of the car.

Also I had some bad experiences (valves, engine, gearbox, diff, fuel pump) previously with an S15 200SX so I have shied away from turbo's since then. I'm sure I'll get over it soon enough and get back into a turbo car in the future though.

Even though it isn't turbo, it didn't stop one guy from a bunch of DC5R's, DC2R's and a highly modified Civic from asking me if I liked my SP ... I guess they were surprised that we (my friend was driving, I was passenger) were quite easily keeping up with them on the Old Pac too ...

thanks
Rod

[eknine]

maybe jolt would like to come out someday and demo his euro

so when will you be free jolt? i'm coming back to sydney soon

[jolt]

Come out? Where? Not sure about you, but I'm not the kind of guy who sits in a closet buddy!!

However if you would ever like to meet up and go for a drive up the Old Pac, I'd be more than happy to come along. I'm free most nights of the week when it's late enough to go for a decent run up there.

My Euro is only a little baby auto stocker!! Take it easy on me ok?!?!

What mod's have you guys got done to your cars?

thanks
Rod

[Kai_FC]

I'd be interested in coming and having a look around as well. Big admirer of Euro's.

I'm not really sure if i'll keep up, but thats not what it's all about

[jolt]

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