| Azn-Riceboy |
| What are the performance upgrades of the Honda Preludes compared to their civics? Or are they relatively the same? |
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| lovinthespeed |
| not evan close man the only thing that might be close is cai and an exhaust lol :p unless you start honning things out and thats a ton of work you need to buy performance parts for your engine nad not other engine not by the car by engines:thumbup: |
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| Azn-Riceboy |
| So in regards to variety of performance parts, the civic is the way to go? |
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| dtjohnst |
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Originally posted by Azn-Riceboy
So in regards to variety of performance parts, the civic is the way to go?
I wouldn't say that.
What are you looking at? What type of events do you want to compete in? Do you want pure horespower/torque or handling?
If you're asking which one has more choices, a civic does. But that doesn't mean it's going to be better for you. |
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| Prudz_lude |
ROFL so a civic is a better performance platform then a prelude????? the prelude is one of hondas sports cars. A civic is an ECONOMY car. a prelude is a much better platform. the only way a civic can become a better platform is if you swap out the engine and build the fuck out of it like ek9hatch has done.
I know you can turbo a civic and by the time tuning and the turbo kit is on you could have bought a prelude that would be just as fast stock
dtjohnst i would go as far as saying a prelude has a wider variety of parts to choose from for performance. Performance does not mean body kits etc, if it does than civics take the cake. There are countless ungrades for preludes and depending on where you want to go with it will determine which route you take. Of course you have to pay alot for prelude performance parts that acutally work. |
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| Azn-Riceboy |
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Originally posted by dtjohnst
I wouldn't say that.
What are you looking at? What type of events do you want to compete in? Do you want pure horespower/torque or handling?
If you're asking which one has more choices, a civic does. But that doesn't mean it's going to be better for you.
I am looking mostly pure horsepower/torque. I really could care less about body kits. I would rather spend the money in other areas. |
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| dtjohnst |
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Originally posted by Prudz_lude
ROFL so a civic is a better performance platform then a prelude????? the prelude is one of hondas sports cars. A civic is an ECONOMY car. a prelude is a much better platform. the only way a civic can become a better platform is if you swap out the engine and build the fuck out of it like ek9hatch has done.
I know you can turbo a civic and by the time tuning and the turbo kit is on you could have bought a prelude that would be just as fast stock
dtjohnst i would go as far as saying a prelude has a wider variety of parts to choose from for performance. Performance does not mean body kits etc, if it does than civics take the cake. There are countless ungrades for preludes and depending on where you want to go with it will determine which route you take. Of course you have to pay alot for prelude performance parts that acutally work.
The civic is a more popular car, there are more of them on the road, hence, there are more upgrades available. Check a catalogue. You can "disagree" if you want, but since we both drive Preludes, we should both be fully aware that there are more "options" for the civic. There's like 3 times as many headers alone for civics as there are for preludes. I'm well aware "performance" doesn't mean body kits, I did very well in grade 3 english.
I think a B1C5 or B20 civic engine has more potential to post bigger numbers than a H22 or H23 prelude engine based on my research and experience. |
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| AdamP |
| I'd take a Civic hatch over a Prelude just due to the weight difference. |
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| dtjohnst |
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Originally posted by AdamP
I'd take a Civic hatch over a Prelude just due to the weight difference.
Valid point. To that I'll just add that a Prelude will likely handle the twisties better though.
On a side note, anyone else think it's ironic a guy named "Azn-riceboy" doesn't care about body kits? |
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| 92_WhItE_H23 |
| aftermartket support is the exact same for both cars. the difference will be in price. Good parts for the prelude tend to be a bit more expensive then those for the civic. The prelude however is a much nicer driving car for daily driving, it has a sporty feel to it even though its not a sports car per se. Its got some nice torque specially in vtec. the stock exhaust sounds nice on them too in my opinion. It really depends on what your looking for in a car.. you can make a civic fast for relatively cheap compared to the prelude but at the end of the day your still stuck driving a civic. |
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| Prudz_lude |
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Originally posted by dtjohnst
The civic is a more popular car, there are more of them on the road, hence, there are more upgrades available. Check a catalogue. You can "disagree" if you want, but since we both drive Preludes, we should both be fully aware that there are more "options" for the civic. There's like 3 times as many headers alone for civics as there are for preludes. I'm well aware "performance" doesn't mean body kits, I did very well in grade 3 english.
I think a B1C5 or B20 civic engine has more potential to post bigger numbers than a H22 or H23 prelude engine based on my research and experience.
Are the b series engines even stock? If not then its just a frankenstien car. H series engines can push 400whp stock. Of course its not going to last but some guy on honda tech has now been running his for 6 months and no problem. how i have no clue, im waiting for it to blow up. I also know there are actually about the same amount of headers. dc megan etc are lame even though i have one on my car. they are just for looks. REAL headers like RMF, kteller, SMSP etc have much much more influence on the H series then any other honda motor. There are probably over 10 or so 1000 dollars Plus custom headers for the H series due to it being way better for N/A than a civic engine. Same with turbo, replace the ringlands (which turns into a full block build pretty much everytime) than you have H series preludes pushing over 400whp safely. I dont know many people driving stock civic engines, and let me be clear when i say stock i mean engines that are not swapped in, that can push 400whp +
Also just to be clearer the engines can be built. but a built H series will always or almost always beat a built stock civic engine. Civic engines were built with 100hp or 130hp and were designed for economy. Preludes were built for N/A power and thats what they do best with. Same goes with turbo imo. |
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| Prudz_lude |
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Originally posted by 92_WhItE_H23
aftermartket support is the exact same for both cars. the difference will be in price. Good parts for the prelude tend to be a bit more expensive then those for the civic. The prelude however is a much nicer driving car for daily driving, it has a sporty feel to it even though its not a sports car per se. Its got some nice torque specially in vtec. the stock exhaust sounds nice on them too in my opinion. It really depends on what your looking for in a car.. you can make a civic fast for relatively cheap compared to the prelude but at the end of the day your still stuck driving a civic.
Well said. You can't even accurately compare the two since there is so much support. You know you will always have better handling in a prelude because it was designed with autocross in mind. No matter how much suspension you put on a civic the same stuff on a prelude will destroy the civic. |
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| Prudz_lude |
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Originally posted by dtjohnst
Valid point. To that I'll just add that a Prelude will likely handle the twisties better though.
On a side note, anyone else think it's ironic a guy named "Azn-riceboy" doesn't care about body kits?
lol a little. You can get preludes weight down pretty easily as well, its not that hard. there is alot of crap you dont need in them that can drop alot of weight fast. But when you start doing that it starts becoming less of a DD and more of a track car |
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