As you guys may know my car has been at Acura since last tuesday. Friday I was given a loaner. A 2004 Acura TSX. 2.4L I-VTEC. So tell me this if you guys know. Do you think they govern or manage the loaners is some way so the car does not have full performance? Cause the TSX i have outside right now is not all that impressive. I honestly feel if I were to take this car to a track and race my car in stock trim, my GSR would win. The TSX does not kick down like I thought it would. So maybe they retarded the fuel or something? I don't know...but it does not seem like it is all that. It's real nice, but lacks cajones from what I can see.

 

I test drove a Type S for a half an hour. I think they rock. Better overall perfomace in the enging, tranny, and suspension over the 99 Integra I own. IMO

 

There are no TSX Type S's :slap:

 

is your teggy a 5speed and the tsx is an auto?

 

Is the loaner an auto? If so that is part of the reasoning. Also, the TSX is totally different from a GSR. It is heavier, longer and much more refined. It is not meant to be a balls out car likemany GSR drivers turn their GSR's into. Stock for stock they should both pull the same 0-60 times.

 

I doubt they'd go to the trouble of putting an additional governor on a dealer loaner car. The auto(?) tranny is probably a big enough detriment to performance. :chuckles:

A general note about these sorts of threads:
Magazines and independent testing firms publish their findings.
Use them to get your answer, if you want an objective one.

Moved. Because I can.

 

you thinkin of at TL-S?

 

The autos absolutely suck every HP possible out of the 2.4 K-Series. Drive a stick, different story.

 

The TSX has better usable torque due to the larger engine displacement. Although I think the new 2005 RSX-S is quicker. BUT you cannot reprogram the ECU through Hondata in the 2005s.

 

If you're comparing a K motor to a B motor like the one in your GS-R, you will notice a distinct lack of VTEC kicking in.

The K motor's i-VTEC, even in the full implementations like the TSX and RSX Type S, is nothing as dramatic as the old VTEC in cars like the ITR and GS-R. That doesn't mean you're not accelerating quickly, however.