I raced my friend today and he beat be twice in his lincoln town car. I was driving a 1997 Honda Prelude VTEC. Im just wondering who should win in this situation. I started to feel like my car was F-ED up cause it couldnt beat a lincoln. I went home and did some research, the lincoln has a damn V-8 and is rear wheel drive.
Id say the race was about 1/8 mile and i only got up to about 55 each time. He beat me by 1/2 a car length and then by 1 car length. My lude only has an AEM cold air intake and his town car is bone stock. Is this normal for a prelude to lose to lincoln like this?
2007-12-21 07:23:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
raced again and won. i lost cause i had my fat *** friend in the car the first time
2007-12-23 18:13:21 · update #1
well, the only bad thing about 4 cylinders is..... well if they arent boosted (turbo)... they are slow and you should just give up when racing a v8 on a stretch that you will leave 1st gear on....
all i can say is throw a turbo on there if you plan on racing anything besides other tuner cars because going n/a (naturally aspirated) against a v8 will never turn out good for you
2007-12-21 07:38:23 · answer #1 · answered by import guy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln Town Cars have a lot of good points, but performance isn't one of them.
If it's a 2002 or newer, it will have the performance improved heads, and make around 240 horsepower, give or take a little depending on options. Older cars with the non-Pi heads, about 200. Highway friendly 2.73 gears are what most Town Cars are equipped with.
Yes, it's a V8, but the Town Car's V8 is more concerned with being smooth and refined than it is with horsepower.
Your Prelude will fit in the Town Car's trunk, with enough room left over to fit the Republic of Lithuania in there as well. Which means even if you don't have quite as much horsepower, the Prelude's power-to-weight ratio would be better.
With enough money, I could throw a quad cam 5.4 or an old school 351W-based stroker under the hood, and have a sleeper that eats VTECs for breakfast, but in stock form, I would try to race a Prelude in a Town Car.
I've owned several examples of the Mercury Grand Marquis, which underneath the sheetmetal, is pretty much mechanically identical to a Town Car.
2014-06-25 10:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by Robert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jeezz man, i don't know what to tell ya, you win some you lose some. But even when i had my prelude running on a aem CAI i was beating a cutlass supreme and n/a grand prix no problem. How much crap did you have in the car because imports need to be all cleaned out and domestic cars can haul more ***
2007-12-22 00:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The next race you're going to lose will be against an 8 cylinder squad car. Have a rice day.
2007-12-21 15:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by thebax2006 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
NOTHING flies as good as a LINCOLN.
I have owned, BMW, Mercedes but my LOVE was the Lincoln.
I once soared to LA in 5 hrs flat. Like riding on air. So comfy.
It was a gas hog so I donated it but man o man it was awesome. Ask your friend to let you Drive it.
2007-12-21 15:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by Southern Girl 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why would you race a Honda to begin with?
2007-12-22 02:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by ALLAMERICAN 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you're messing with near 300HP, it's not a little rice burner, and I believe they are high compression and run on premium....
I have a 97 eldorado with a northstar v-8, and I love blowing off civics, and camrys...It's great...
2007-12-21 15:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋