Car and Driver feature K1 Attack

[Tnwagn]

Well, I usually don't get Car and Driver (I think they're commies MT FTW) Anyway, my mom picked one up at the airport on the way back from Memphis. I was flipping through it looking at all the cars (I now want a 135i Coupe) and came across a section where they looked at three different 'DIY' cars. One of the ones they did a piece on was the Attack (for those who haven't heard of it, it's built on the cb7 chassis) The numbers they gave where kind of whack though. They claim a 220hp H22 (pretty sure that's not true). Reason why is because they said it ran 1/4 in 15.3 @89mph. That's pretty weak for a H22 cb7. They claimed the bad time was because they didn't have "more time to discover the best launch technique" Anyway, here is the article.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7...ackeditsa9.jpg

Discuss.

[deevergote]

I've got that issue in le'shitteur... and yeah... I think they could've done more with it.

I was more impressed by the Factory Five Racing car though... THAT is something I'd like to have! I may get one someday. I have a feeling that might turn into an actual production car someday.

[Tnwagn]

I've got that issue in le'shitteur... and yeah... I think they could've done more with it.

I was more impressed by the Factory Five Racing car though... THAT is something I'd like to have! I may get one someday. I have a feeling that might turn into an actual production car someday.

Yeah, it kind of looks like something Saleen would put out. It's also cheaper and could possibly out perform the z06

[AccordWarrior]

It was a red top H22...which means it could easily be a Type S or Euro-R motor, both of which were rated at 220 hp.

They used a 98 Accord tranny...the gearing definitely slowed it down.

[wed3k]

do they have to use a sixth gen transmission?

[cp[mike]]

appears to be a type-s.

[Boost_Lee]

2369 lbs...even with a F series tranny, I think it coulda been way better

[deevergote]

Yeah, 93twodoorLX ran a 15.9 with his VERY mildly modified F22A1, with nothing but the easily-removable interior stuff taken out. I doubt he was even down to 2600lbs.

The driving must've been piss-poor, and the 98 Accord tranny must have terrible gearing for the H22. Why they had an Accord trans in that at all is beyond me!

[owequitit]

I was upset to see that too. I think K-1 was getting low 14's or high 13's with the F22...

[Tnwagn]

Alright, I now understand why they got such bad numbers (the transmission was crap)

But like others have said, why would they shell out the money for a Type-S and not go with a transmission that would match it