Is the Si a meme machine?
Is the Si a meme machine?
William Lewis
Hunter Green
I've never seen that meme.
John Sanchez
Co-worker with a Si wants to race my Fiesta ST. Who will win?
Colton Miller
The spectators as they die laughing watching two retards in FWD econoboxes "race"
Jaxson Moore
OP here, I don't have my own copy-pasta anymore, but it went something like this:
>At stoplight in my Integra
>Cobalt SS (I think, I don't remember anymore) pulls up
>Revs engine
>Rev back
>It's on motherfucker
>Get ready
>Light turns green
>Drop clutch
>Blood pumping
>Hands sweating
>Oh yea, fast second, coming up on dat redline
>See a cop car
>OH SHIT
>Nothing happens
>Realize that to the cop it wasn't a race, just two shitboxes barely doing the speed limit
Anyway, is it true that the SI engine is pretty reliable even when compared to normal Civics?
Nicholas Kelly
K-series is bulletproof.
Parker Hernandez
Fiesta.
As much as I love the Civic Si, it really does have a retardedly short powerband.
That power band is the reason why it lags behind competitors with similar power.
Example:
2006 Honda Civic Si:
0-60: 7.2 seconds
1/4 mile: 15.1 seconds
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged
0-60: 6 seconds flat
1/4 mile: 14.5 seconds
The Civic makes 197 HP, while the Cobalt makes 205, so close enough to make virtually no difference. The Civic makes 139 ft-lbs of torque while the Cobalt makes 200 ft-lbs, so that's a large difference.
>but N/A versus supercharged!
fuck off. It doesn't matter
The Civic redlines at 8,000 RPM and doesn't hit the powerband until 5800 RPM.
The Cobalt meanwhile redlines at 7,000 RPM, and hits the powerband around 3000 RPM.
The Cobalt has a more consistent and longer power band, helping it put its power down much better
Christopher Roberts
Good to hear.
Muh Honda reliability though. Honestly, otherwise I would just get a Z or a Mustang.
Anthony Campbell
You forgot to mention that the Cobalt is also a piece of shit.
Leo Baker
The Cobalt had shit build quality, yes, and the interior was cheap enough to have been rejected by Fisher Price, but that still doesn't change the fact it was a performance bargain.
>Muh Honda reliability though.
GM's Ecotec engines are just as bulletproof as the Honda K-series. In fact, the supercharged Cobalt engine I mentioned was on Ward's 10 best engines list in 2006.