That's funny, someone where I work was talking about cars, and said that Hondas are well known for getting approximately 80 to 100 hp per liter. I'm like..uhh..yeah, unfortunately not all Hondas.

'00 Civic Si: 100 hp/l
'96 Accord LX: 61.4 hp/l

WTF?

 

Accords are family cars...grocery getters. You can make the I4 models fast (FI), but they don't come from the factory with the intent on being fast.

 

The ****ty thing, though, is that the Civic can do that and still get better gas mileage than the accord. it's not fair!

Oh well, at least the Accord isn't a chick ride or a yo-mobile.

 

One thing I do wonder is: Why did the 5th gen accord come with such an obscenely low CR?

What was so special about 8.8:1? Why not make it 9:1 or even 9.5:1? Neither one would have required premium gas and would prolly translate to at least another 10-15 crank ponies? Was it emissions? fuel economy?

It's weird when you stop and think about the compromises that went into making your car....

noel

 

emissions laws are more strict in america. thats often why the same model car in europe or japan is more powerful. when you see that, most of the time they had to reduce the emissions of the engine, which has the side effect of lower power.

also the 5th gen engine is old.. as time goes on, honda engineers will find better and better ways to make an engine more powerful, while reducing emissions and being more fuel efficient.

one other thing, gasoline quality in europe is also much better. in america we usually have 87, 89, and 91 or 92 octane gas to fill up with. in europe, so i hear anyway, the lowest one is 92...... its more expensive, of course. but still, they get it, we don't.

 

Its a Honda Accord, never meant to be super fast here in the US, all the accord was meant here was for families so don't expect it to be the all powerful Honda beast

 

I've heard of gas in Japan that's in the 100 octane range. With that kind of stability you can imagine how high the compression in their engines get. Fun...

Of course higher octane means more pollutants, so we don't get that stuff over here. Personally I don't see it as that big a deal, I enjoy my fresh air. So long as we're all on a level playing field on this continent it's cool with me.

 

They use a different octane rating system. Their 100 is equal to our 91 or 92.

 

i am MAD at people thats talking about my sig!!! wtf i've my own taste about cars!!! YOU think BMWs are great, I think BMWs sucks!! YOU are YOU and I am I!!! :madfawk: :madfawk: :madfawk:

 

go drive a bimmer and you're thoughts will change. BMW > Honda.