Fastest FWD Car

[Frustrated Palm]

Originally posted by rpechler
y'all are on crack... i dunno what ur talkin about - this CIVIC does 204 mph... it used to be an ECONOMY CAR! i'm a honda person and i think i read this in honda tuning magazine (april '03?) and now I'm here to tell you that this is the world's fastest civic... im not sure about others (i also didnt find anything to say that this car is not FWD... so I assume it is)

the quickest civic unibody: 93 civic hb w/GSR turbo - 1/4mile in 8.59 sec

the quickest FWD CAR: 8.57 secs - Stephen Papadakis '98 Civic


looks like honda civics are sittin pretty at the top of the charts, eh?

BTW, the fastest FF Civic is is only 189 MPH. Drag cars dont realy count...

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

I think maybe the JDM Honda Integra Type-R 98 spec is the fastest.

 

[Shinez]

Vanishing..You've proved your opinion is a very crappy one.

 

[takumi64]

Fastest FWD car: Toyota AE92 Trueno Coupe equipped with the engine of a Dodge Viper

 

[Shinez]

........HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAAHA HAHAHA no...

 

[takumi64]

This hybrid actually exists here in the Philippines. It got confiscated by the police recently

 

[Famine]

Have you been snorting wasabi? The entire CAR isn't big enough to fit an 8 litre V10 in it, never mind the engine bay...

 

[takumi64]

I'm not really sure if it was a Dodge Viper engine. It had Dodge written on it but it was made smaller to fit in the AE92

 

[Shinez]

Lol.....Then it wasn't a dodge viper engine..And since it was FWD it had to be horizontally placed..meaning it was very small....Either had to be a 4 cyl or a V6....Nothing larger would fit..unless the wheels stuck out about 3 feet

 

[Frustrated Palm]

I cant imagine 2 rows of 5 cylinders of such a big engine to fit into a car like that...

 

[Famine]

BTW I'd like to add that the Hyundai Accent 1.3 GLXi - the world's fastest FF when dropped out of a plane - also has the best brakes. It will stop from 270mph in about 3 inches. Vertically, natch.

 

[Shinez]

I believe it!

 

[Vasco]

Wow, some great specs there Famine! 👍

 

[mayorbill11]

not all front wheel drive cars have a transverse engine.

66, 67, and 79-85 toronado, eldorado, and riviera's had longitudally mounted engines and transmissions, so do dodge LH cars, and the acura legend and vigor.

likewise, most V8 engined, FWD cars have transverse engines, and if you could fit a 4cyl or a V6 in one, a V8 would fit.

 

[Shinez]

First we're speaking of a V10 engine..Second.....Maybe it'd work in some DODGE FWD Cars..but I doubt in a toyota..You see..I'm no Master of Machinery or anything..But I don't think they're the same....just a hunch...

 

[mayorbill11]

Originally posted by Shinez
Either had to be a 4 cyl or a V6....Nothing larger would fit..unless the wheels stuck out about 3 feet

 

[Shinez]

Originally posted by takumi64
Fastest FWD car: Toyota AE92 Trueno Coupe equipped with the engine of a Dodge Viper

 

[takumi64]

BEHOLD, THE BEST FWD CAR TODAY...

 

[takumi64]

AS I WAS SAYING... THIS IS THE BEST FWD CAR TODAY...

 

[Shinez]

that car sucks....Cable tranny..Lol and hell the first 8 months worth that came to the states ate their transmissions apart on their own...Hopefully they're fixed now...The only good thing on that car is the head

 

[mayorbill11]

Pay attention, i'm not talking about some stupid viper engine. If anyone says they have a viper engine in anything they're most likely just an idiot.

You said 'nothing bigger than a 4 or 6 would fit', well, I think a V8 would fit in a FWD corolla no problem. It would need a lot of custom work because you'd have to use a GM engine, but say a northstar 4.6L DOHC would fit.

on the subject of corolla engine swaps, i saw an old RWD corolla liftback, i think it was a '77, it had a 350 V8 SBC swapped into it, actually, I think the guy swapped in the suspension from some other GM too, because the tires stuck out a good 4 inches, the tires themselves weren't very wide, maybe they were a lot wider than the little donuts that the corolla would have had stock though. cool car. it had oldsmobile rallye wheels too.

 

[takumi64]

Originally posted by Shinez
that car sucks....Cable tranny..Lol and hell the first 8 months worth that came to the states ate their transmissions apart on their own...Hopefully they're fixed now...The only good thing on that car is the head

Yeah. It looks like the R32 GT-R

 

[Shinez]

It looks like a Frontier...Lol a R32 GTR looks nice..but the SE-R Spec V looks like a Frontier

 

[takumi64]

Actually whenever I look at the SE-R, the R32 comes into mind. And I've made up my mind. The SE-R is the car I'm gonna own once I get my driver's license

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by mayorbill11
I think a V8 would fit in a FWD corolla no problem.

I can think of one problem right at the start. You're replacing a 1.6i 4-pot with a 4.6 V8... Just imagine the weight on that front axle... Will the rear wheels even touch the ground?

 

[ShobThaBob]

I think the SEr is a nice lookin car. It doesnt have the most amazing power stock, but its nice for what you pay, and of course, it can be modded.

 

[Shinez]

The interior of the car would give you a head ache..The "10 inch subwoofer" that comes stock will blow out in a week...And they still look like crap..Lol..I remember when they first came out..Everyone and their momma had a Spec-V..but where did they all go?..in the junkyard.

 

[takumi64]

too late... i bought it...

 

[Frustrated Palm]

Well I know the SRT4 is alot faster than that Nissan. Just got back from some racing at VIR with our car club. Visit the SRT4 thread at the Automotive News Forum for more on it...

 

[takumi64]

the fastest fwd car depends on how you tune it and how you push it to the limit