Re: SML: scc performance garage (start with an ser in the first place)

[jAckY89]

Car and driver or was it Motor Trend weighted the old one at 2427lbs and the
99 SE with full options at 2689lbs. I actually weighed my car at the weigh
station to be 2760lbs but I had a whole bunch of books and my spare tire was
inside. And I never said anything about 150hp. I'm just saying the older
SE-Rs without all the emissions crap are quicker than the new one. That's a
fact. You can even ask Mike K about it.

> Wow... I didn't know B13 SE-R's were rated at 150hp.  Is there something
you're
> not telling us?  Please... fill us in on where you get your secrets,
because
> we've all been under the assumption that all USDM SR20's up until 1999
were
> rated at 140hp.  Hmm... must be your faulty butt dyno.
>
> 250lbs?!?!?  Let me get this straight... 2617lbs - 2594lbs = 250lbs?!?  If
I
> were to calculate that correctly, it would be 23lbs difference.  Then
again,
> the weights for both car vary depending on options.  I've heard of the B13
SE-R
> being as light as 2450lbs, but that was speculation.  I got the first two
> numbers from SE-R.net.
>