Notices

I want to tow with my TypeR

Thread Tools
 
Old 09-05-2005 | 05:23 PM
  #31  
bluetwo's Avatar
bluetwo
Relevance is irrelevant
 
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 6,079
Likes: 0
From: Honolulu, HI
Default

Just ask someone who actually knows something about cars, and they'll tell you it's a bad idea to tow with any 4 cylinder FF. Sure you can do it, you can tow a car with a camel if you want to. Trust me. But that doesn't make it right.
Old 09-06-2005 | 04:27 AM
  #32  
bbasso's Avatar
bbasso
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 419
Likes: 0
From: USA
Default

So what is so bad about using a 4cyl and FF layout? I understand the overloading issue, but your getting at the drivetrian layout, correct?
Old 09-08-2005 | 09:17 AM
  #33  
MathGSR's Avatar
MathGSR
Registered User
 
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 13
Likes: 0
Default

I had a 92 oldsmobile cutlass supreme sl (omg it's long to write). It's a 3.1 v6 that push 140hp 180 lb/torque and it's fwd. It was a charm to tow, since it has more torque than hp like a truck... Now I have a 98 gsr and I'm alosi wondering if it's a good think to put a hitch on it. It adds weight and it's not very cute when you got an oem lip kit... I would tow my atc250r.
Old 09-10-2005 | 07:36 AM
  #34  
TDCRacing's Avatar
TDCRacing
Registered User
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 42
Likes: 0
Default

Guys, its only a bike. It's not like he's towing the family's 20 foot camping trailer. It doesnt weigh a whole hell of a lot, and unless you remove the wheels from the trailer, the traler will support alot fo the weight.

And if you took that trailer with the bike on it, Im sure you could pick up the hitch of it and move around with little effort. It's far harder to move the car itself around, the trailer would be childs play.
Old 09-10-2005 | 11:39 AM
  #35  
kenton's Avatar
kenton
Change sig? Lose [quote]!
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,414
Likes: 0
From: Little Rock, AR
Default

Yeah I'm going to say that as long as you didn't have any passengers (3 people usually = 500lbs unless it's some hawt girls, in which case we can get like 9 in the Type-R) I might consider it.
Old 09-26-2005 | 11:28 AM
  #36  
JETSPD1477's Avatar
JETSPD1477
O RLY?
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 149
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco Bay
Default

ive seen quite a few guys towing small trailers to track events be it their motorcycles or slicks for the car they're towing with... i've never felt there are any problems with that minus how the hitch looks hanging from the back of your car.
Old 09-26-2005 | 01:06 PM
  #37  
BADST GS-R's Avatar
BADST GS-R
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 336
Likes: 0
Default

What's the big deal? I don't get it. I know that Acura says not to tow with the Type R. Why is that? The suspension? The different gear ratio in the trans? It a freakin' Honda after all. It can take it! What's so special about the Type R that you are afraid to tow with it?
Old 09-26-2005 | 01:07 PM
  #38  
BADST GS-R's Avatar
BADST GS-R
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 336
Likes: 0
Default

Originally Posted by 94civicEX
I wouldn't tow with an R, any other integra I would.

But, you do what you gotta do.

Towing with a Type-R is like giving a child a cigarette :hsd:.
Please explain that comparison?
Old 09-29-2005 | 07:27 AM
  #39  
BADST GS-R's Avatar
BADST GS-R
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 336
Likes: 0
Default

Nobody has yet to give any type (get it, type) of reason why Acura states that you can not tow with a Type R. The only intelligent reason I thought of is the fact that the Type R has a higher compression ratio and with a load such as a small trailer, detonation is possible.




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:37 PM.