racing, that's the point! but u forgort that a crx has space for two people
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Bankston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Rex list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:47 AM Subject: Re: CRX: beat mustang 5.0 > geez. I hate questions like this. Beat it in what? You already beat it > in fuel economy, fun factor, interior trim, reliability, price, cornering, > cargo room, looks, ergonomics, utility, practicality, weight, and at least > a dozen other categories that I'm too tired to think of right now. What > more do you want? > > > > > what year 5.0 mustang? How fast is this particular 5.0 mustang? How good > is its driver? How good a driver are you? what have you done to your CRX? > How much money can you spend? What type of race? What type of surface? > > Questions like this are far too generic and will not draw useful > answers. It's like asking someone "what do you get when you divide 40 > by ?" > Not enough info. > > Also, what's with the fascination with beating 5.0 mustangs lately? Seems > I see this question everywhere I go. > > > If you're talking about beating the mustang in a straight line (and you > probably are, because that's what all the other people asking about beating > 5.0 mustangs want) you may as well forget it. Sure, you can hop up your car > like crazy and get it to go really fast in a straight line but you'll > probably ruin the handling in the process, AND the guy in the mustang won't > have to spend much money to get his car to beat yours again. > > If you own a car, you should take advantage of the strengths of that car > rather than trying to make it into something it's not. The CRX's strength > is cornering. Trying to make it into a drag car is as pointless as making > a funny car into an autocrosser. Build on the car's strengths, not it's > weaknesses! > > > > > > > > At 10:32 PM 10/31/2002 -0800, Robert K. Kuhn wrote: > >On 01:19 AM 11/01/02 -0500, Fidel Garcia said... > > > >>ok guys, here is my question, what do I need to beat a mustang 5.0 in a > >>CRX ( excluding turbo or nitrox. ) > >> > >>let's suppose that I have a 88-91 Si. > >> > >> > > > > > > > >Be a bit more specific ~ Straight line (i.e. 1/8th mile drag), AutoX or > >Open Track? > > > >And why the need, just out of curiosity? > > > >Robert K. Kuhn > >CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > > > >1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc) > >ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) >
