0 - 100km/h - Honda City Smoked

Yesterday night had a few 0-100km/h drags with a Honda City VTEC at Subang airport and Ara D'sara. Yes, I know, the 1.5 liter City is no match for the 2.0 X20 engine, but I was invited to drag with 'her'. A gentleman cannot refuse a challenge :-)

A good friend, desmond was in my car, giving some weight advantage to the City.

First run was at Subang airport road, where the City (a lady driver), chickened out half-way.

The subsequent runs were at Ara D'sara, where I clocked speeds of 12s she clocked 13.53s. Not bad for a 1.5 engine. My best was still a 10.5s at D'sara highway.

Enough of drags for now.

0 - 100 km/h again... and again...

Airport road. Two runs. With 2 other people (young ladies) in the car. We went to McDs for supper, cos the McDelivery refused to send over to our apartment due to the riders don't have insurance, and its late, blah blah blah... anyway... thats another story and complaint in the making.

1) Anti-climax
First run clocked 13.25 seconds. It felt like a sluggish 1.6 engine. I believe its cos I just started the car 2 minutes ago, and maybe the engine was not 'warmed up' yet.

2) Redemption
Second run was done on the way back. Before the run, was revving the car and I found that when revved till redline in 'N', the engine will shudder (only tried once). The acceleration in the 2nd run felt much better. Anyway, clocked 11.25 seconds, not bad, considering the additional weight in the car.

Both runs were done in 'D' and flooring the accelerator. I'm thinking how I would fare:
- with a K&N filter
- without the ladies (don't ask for their weight pls)
- with a bolt on...

:-)

Also found this info on Wikipedia:

# 2.0L DOHC engine 138 hp (132 hp in PZEV configuration) 0-62 mph: 8.3 sec., top speed: 131 mph (211 km/h) MT.
# 2.0L DOHC engine 138 hp (132 hp in PZEV configuration) 0-62 mph: 10.1 sec., top speed: 127 mph (204 km/h) AT.

* 62 mph is almost 100kmh.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Elantra

Lookup PZEV here.

Zero to Hundred

I finally had the chance to Zero To Hundred the x20 at yesterday evening 11.30pm.

Yesterday night at D'sara Highway, the stretch from coming down the KBU college ramp (after the NKVE toll) to Damansara Utama. However a few considerations:

- The road was slightly downhill

- My car is heavy (will the big sub + box and soundproofing of at least 25 kg)

- Full tank of petrol

I parked at the side of the highway and waited about 5 minutes for all cars to clear and with my watch in my right hand, I floored the accelerator.

First gear went to about RPM 6k, and if i'm not wrong, I hit 100km/h in 2nd gear! However, it was too fast to really take notes, and the thrill (adrenaline rush) was intoxicating!

However, I won't do it again, due to:

- The strain on the engine

- The danger that it poses for other motorists, and myself

- The fuel it burns... :(

My time was 10.5 seconds. :)