Horsepower For 12's?
 

Can anyone give me a rough estimate of how much HP it would take to get a Civic HB into the 12's?

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stripped ... 350hp will get you low 12's if driven properly..


300 prolly like mids to high 12's

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there is a a 88-91 civic HB in the issue of sport compact car last month with 151 horsepower running 12's

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what 151 hp and a 100 shot of nos?


::)

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Had to be some nitrous in there somewhere. I'm in the 14's now with 180 hp.

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well..according to the artical..it was all motor.. with a b20 block and b16a head...i just read it..they printed he ran like a 12.9 with 151 horsepower..read the artical.

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12.9 ok.... uhm that thing musta had a PRO driver. holy christ


o and also the b20 has a hell of a lot more tork, mabey that helped it out.

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seriously guys, how hard is it to launch at 5k rpms with slicks and speed shift. seriously! not very hard!

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Who knows, the car might not of even been street legal.. so many factors.. Weight/traction/setup etc..

---- Bisimoto is like running 300hp and hitting 10's..

to much shiet..

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Maybe the final gear drive was changed.

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PSH, I'm pretty darn sure that if you could get 250hp (at the wheels) in a rex around 2000lbs, it would be a high 12's car or better. Jeff's ls/vtec turbo ran 13.3 and it was probably in that HP area.. and they didn't have good traction.

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You really cant take a hp number and make a good guesstimate about times...Its all about driving and weight..You can have a 250hp 187tq crx with good driving skills and hit 11's.....

To the question....Id say maybe 230hp with good weight and driving skills could get you mid to low 12's..All depends on a turbo and how good it spools...Or how fast u hit that nos button ::)

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I read that article also. it was an article that had a drag 4g and 5g and a auto-x 4g and 5g. The car in question was an Orange 4g 88 DX civic hb. completely stripped interior, even some of the metal inside that was unusable was cut out and it had a b20 VTEC mated to a b16 tranny with slicks. no frickin wonder it ran 12's, 150+tq and 1500lbs!!

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traction is also very vital, slicks can greatly improve 60 foot times/1/4 - and a LSD will greatly improve your overall time to a significant degree!

Re:Horsepower For 12's?
 

Erick Aguilar of Erick's racing is making about 280 horse and on the verge of 9's, it's all a factor of driving, and suspension/traction tuning.

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all motor B20 block with B16a head would make well over 151 hp...are u sure it wasn't a typo?
maybe the authors were drinkin spikin their drinks with 151.

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its all in the driver man... i seen people with like 350+ only hitting high 12's on slicks. i hit 11.8 with 302hp and im sure i could do better just didnt quite get a chance but soon i will get another... i could get mid to low 11's with 300 i bet

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its a bone stock bottom end with a ported head. the car doesnt even have stock glass in it. its light as hell, and all about power to weight, not overall power.


Brett

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I am sure you have all seen this, and you prolly think it is stupid but i think it cool.
http://car.race-cars.net/calculators/et_calculator.html

comparing this calculator to real times it seems to always display to fast of times. i think this calculator assumes you get perfect launch and you have perfect traction. Thi thing said my frinds car would do a little under 13 flat and his does 13.5 so not too far off.

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Yeah, my friend ran a 13.7 with 171 hp at the wheels in a 91 hat on street tires. D Series has impressed me many times...

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The red hatch? Met him the other night. Cool guy.
Fast ------- time for a D with a rising rate!
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