I don't know but I would say the oil burning issue is a good indicator. Some have it, some don't. Somethin's fishy.
obviously some have more power than others. this will apply to every car ever made. the question is, how much more or less. judging from the dynos i've seen (which can't always be trusted anyways based on the quality of the dyno and shop) it's about +/- 4hp on ludes, with low 160s being the midpoint... 158-166 for a stock 99+ 5th gen.<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ludecrs:
What do you guys think? Every so often you hear someone say, "I got a strong motor". Or, someone with a slower car claims they got a "friday" car (the theory goes that by the end of the work week, the factory workers are tired and anxious to get out, thus their quality of work declines).
Is there really that much variability in the manufacturing process that some of our Preludes have more power than others?
Has anyone put several brand new Ludes on the dyno to compare?
This is especially notorious with Hondas... so I've heard.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by dka:
in that one comparison where the SH went up against the gsr, itr, and gts..they dyno'd the SH at 167whp</font>![]()
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by schwett:
right - i saw that - but discounted it because the number was printed in SCC. in that same test they got a 7.5 second 0-60 time, which is between one and .5 seconds slow. those guys are retarded.
of course it's possible, i've seen plenty of 165 whp stock dynos.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by VeeTec:
Fact,
I don't care what Honda reps say. I have driven quite a few Preludes, and other Hondas, and I have found that there performance does vary noticably.
There is an awful lot that goes into the motor, not just the internals, but when everything comes together just right you get those that seem to run stronger than others.
My Prelude ran high 14's stock. Factory ringer? I have driven others that were noticably slower. I have also test driven countless other cars and came to the conclusion that most cars do have that middle of the road feel.....but some do run stronger..and even some slower.
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