WRXSTIle

mind if i just call you bastard....j/k

Honda tuning did a review of the new engines and found that they lost hp from the fisrt 3 cat backs they tried. they were to big in diameter. but the fist intake they put on gave them a paek of 20hp and an average of 10hp throughout the powerband. was it a fluke..maybe, but it wasn't the point. my point in posting was just how un-tunable they found thr car to be. no where near as easy to mod as say the b16 series wich actully responds very well to intake, exhaust and headers. i tried explaning this to a guy i know who owns an rsx and he told me i didnt no **** and his 3 plus inch diameter exhaust system added tons of power that he could "feel".

optimalrage

The motor in the rsx type-s is not a detuned motor. it is in fact the same motor in the civic type-r.The integra type-r motor is just a little different. I have never raced an rsx. I have walked on a 3 gen gst and a supercharged stratus r/t from a roll, and killed them from a stop.

Bone

maybee if you add up everywhere in the dyno chart where you get 1 hp you MIGHT get 18 from an intake, I wokr at a dyno shop and Ive dynoed a few RSX's , I think the most Ive EVER seen was a 3 hp gain from some kid taking off his airbox and filter and setting a fan right by it, remember when you companys claim HP raitings its never PEAK hp its gained HP from everywhere in the powerband, or even down low, if you have 160whp and you put on an intake claiming 18 whp gains youll probably make 3 whp up top but more like the power band would come on sooner down low, I love proving rice boys wrong when I ask them what they expect to put down as Im straping there cars down, and they say oh Ive done I/H/E and so Im thinking an xtra 50 whp, and its maybe MAYBEE 20

RSX-S

yes launching an AWD car from a stop is the hardest thing to do

torque bastard

He's got a point. I had never driven an AWD vehicle before, and when I got behind the wheel of a friend's WRX, I just dropped the clutch at about 5000 RPMs and BAM. I went.

Now, launching in my LS1 is much, much more difficult...

rexrw

I am sure both of you guys know this since you seem to know alot...but to the guy who is in love with the RSX-"S".....you do know that the "S" doesnt mean "super faster than an RS-X model. The "s" model has suspension, and body mods, maybe breaks, and I am sure wheels, but no to any engine mods. Might as well buy the cheaper RSX-X model and in that case, you might as well buy a riced out Honda civic Si hatchback. Get wrexed.

RSX-S

um
RSX base = 160 hp
RSX Type S = 200hp
also type s comes with 6 speed, leather standard bose audio

um if thats not engine "mods" u don't know what is...and there are no body mods Type S and base look the same

I think what u mean is the RSX performance package, and yeah that one is a joke

Mr.Blue

The engine in the RSX-S is the same one used in the current honda integra type r (220hp) in japan. So it has been detuned. The ECU of the rsx is not tuner friendly and honda will not release the information needed to change it. I read about a company who is trying to crack the ECU codes of the RSX, they made some changes just to the codes and got 30hp out of the engine. Then they changed something else and lost 40hp. so its kind of trial and error right now. Hopefully they manage to crack the codes and put out some chips so that the RSX will take to modifications a little better than it does.

RichiQY

220 ps

RSX-S

the chip is already out

u can get it in 4 type all come with 30hp/21tq net gain and theh stages vary if u want lower vtec point and higher redline
type 1: lower vtec engagment 5200 instead of 5800 and higher redline 8600 instead of 8100 u need to have CAI for this
type 2:lower vtec engagment 5200 instead of 5800
type 3: higher redline 8600 instead of 8100
type 4: no modifications

Mr.Blue

I dont know about the twisties.. the WRX hasn't impressed me yet with its slalom and G-force numbers.

KavlaQ

WRX no contest