Damn, a good install makes a difference!! My OHC Vtec ICED again

navin · 8th May 2007, 10:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTO

It was faster than anything else on the road.

Was it? I alwys thought the Conti 1.8 was faster. Maybe it was beucase you could hit potholes harder in the Conti that in the Esteem.

elf · 8th May 2007, 10:54

Nope. The Esteems were faster. That's because once you hit a certain speed, around 90km/h, you reached critical velocity & the car would fly over potholes.

A speedbreaker was another matter. Hit one of those & you'd find yourself sitting in your car in somebody's first floor apartment.

GTO · 9th May 2007, 10:10

Quote:

Was it? I alwys thought the Conti 1.8 was faster. Maybe it was beucase you could hit potholes harder in the Conti that in the Esteem.

Conti had more power but additional weight too! I think the Conti touched a 100 in 15 - 16 seconds, while the Esteem did it in 13 (carb engine). Plus the Esteem could handle better.

Sam Kapasi · 9th May 2007, 10:24

This man started an ICE thread people!! Don't give in, We're being hijacked!!!!!

So GTO, how do you like the soundstage in the front now?

navin · 9th May 2007, 10:38

Sam, this is a thread started by GTO. Since he prefers Enginve to ICE let him. We can cut paste and move the thread if it goes too OT. Conti touched 100 in 14 secs so maybe the Esteem was faster on a track/test conditions but I just loved the gorwl of the 1.8 engine and it sure scared the taxi drivers. The 1.3 engine was too tinny, it sounded like a chipmunk version of the 1.8.

Sam Kapasi · 9th May 2007, 10:41

Et tu navin?? Now fall ICE.

zenx · 9th May 2007, 10:46

ICE is cool, engines hot
Navin may sway, but Sam must not.

(pardon the uber corny stuff, its a moment of inspiration/madness - and Sam being the guru n all)

navin · 9th May 2007, 10:53

zenx, Sam knows this. I have done some car stuff in my younger days and still have a soft spot for engines (I got an RS despite knowing that I will be chauffered most of the time).

esteem_lover · 9th May 2007, 10:54

Quote:

Conti touched 100 in 14 secs so maybe the Esteem was faster on a track/test conditions

Yeah, the conti had a lovely growl, but the esteem had, is & will outrun the elephant any day, not necessarily track/test conditions.

zenx · 9th May 2007, 10:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

(I got an RS despite knowing that I will be chauffered most of the time).

Yeah I kinda gathered that while searching for various things - that must be one under-driven RS

Do you secretly take her out for a spin late at night, when all is still and calm (mask, cape n all...) ?

ok this has gone wayyyy OT. Apologies.

Bass&Trouble · 9th May 2007, 11:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by zenx

Yeah I kinda gathered that while searching for various things - that must be one under-driven RS

Do you secretly take her out for a spin late at night, when all is still and calm (mask, cape n all...) ?

ok this has gone wayyyy OT. Apologies.

Cape yes, no mask. It hinders listening.

iraghava · 9th May 2007, 11:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

S I just loved the gorwl of the 1.8 engine and it sure scared the taxi drivers. The 1.3 engine was too tinny, it sounded like a chipmunk version of the 1.8.

Quote:

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Yeah, the conti had a lovely growl, but the esteem had, is & will outrun the elephant any day, not necessarily track/test conditions.

Wait till I'm complete with a project I'm thinking of starting, putting in a nice 3L straight-six into the Conti coupled to a six-speed manual and then we'll talk performance again

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble

Cape yes, no mask. It hinders listening.

elf · 9th May 2007, 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by iraghava

Wait till I'm complete with a project I'm thinking of starting, putting in a nice 3L straight-six into the Conti coupled to a six-speed manual and then we'll talk performance again

Rags, you're gonna be banned for irrelevance to the forum. This is the ICE section.

Your post should read thus:
" Wait till I'm complete with a project I'm thinking of starting, putting in a nice 3L straight-six into the Conti coupled to a six-speed manual and then we'll talk performance again. I'll add two paper 4" speakers & a Takara tape deck & then have the car deadened for sound so I get concert hall clarity whilst I do the quarter mile in 5.4 seconds, with a Reaction Time of 4.3 seconds, since I'd be adjusting the inbuilt equalizer on the Takara. "

romyeo4u · 9th May 2007, 17:45

can you please post the specs ? front whch Pio series ??

there was a note JBL was not hard enough??? whch series was it

I listen lots of DISCO and house music .... so should i go for PIO or JBL comps?

JRD · 17th July 2008, 06:30

oh the 944 you have to love it...!! i have 2 these amps. you can't break em..

8th May 2007, 10:54	#47
elf BANNED Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,039 Thanked: 14 Times View My Garage	Nope. The Esteems were faster. That's because once you hit a certain speed, around 90km/h, you reached critical velocity & the car would fly over potholes. A speedbreaker was another matter. Hit one of those & you'd find yourself sitting in your car in somebody's first floor apartment.
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9th May 2007, 10:24	#49
Sam Kapasi Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (but wat Posts: 7,000 Thanked: 2,451 Times View My Garage	This man started an ICE thread people!! Don't give in, We're being hijacked!!!!! So GTO, how do you like the soundstage in the front now?
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9th May 2007, 10:38	#50
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 25,324 Thanked: 9,510 Times	Sam, this is a thread started by GTO. Since he prefers Enginve to ICE let him. We can cut paste and move the thread if it goes too OT. Conti touched 100 in 14 secs so maybe the Esteem was faster on a track/test conditions but I just loved the gorwl of the 1.8 engine and it sure scared the taxi drivers. The 1.3 engine was too tinny, it sounded like a chipmunk version of the 1.8.
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9th May 2007, 10:41	#51
Sam Kapasi Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (but wat Posts: 7,000 Thanked: 2,451 Times View My Garage	Et tu navin?? Now fall ICE.
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9th May 2007, 10:46	#52
zenx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,163 Thanked: 161 Times View My Garage	ICE is cool, engines hot Navin may sway, but Sam must not. (pardon the uber corny stuff, its a moment of inspiration/madness - and Sam being the guru n all)
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9th May 2007, 10:53	#53
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 25,324 Thanked: 9,510 Times	zenx, Sam knows this. I have done some car stuff in my younger days and still have a soft spot for engines (I got an RS despite knowing that I will be chauffered most of the time).
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9th May 2007, 17:45	#59
romyeo4u BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hyderabad - Now Bangalore Posts: 299 Thanked: 13 Times	can you please post the specs ? front whch Pio series ?? there was a note JBL was not hard enough??? whch series was it I listen lots of DISCO and house music .... so should i go for PIO or JBL comps?
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17th July 2008, 06:30	#60
JRD BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Turin/Ahmedabad Posts: 372 Thanked: 16 Times View My Garage	oh the 944 you have to love it...!! i have 2 these amps. you can't break em..
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