04 V6 0-60 & 1/4 mile

[AccordCoupeV603]

Angelo, you are truely misinformed. A 03 accord coupe doing 1/4 miles in 15.8 stated in Car and Driver? LOL. That is roughly the speed that a 02 Accord Coupe V6 does with it's 4 speed automatic. I subscribe to Car and Driver and I truely remember a 6 speed 03 accord doing 5.9 in 0-60 and 1/4 mile as stated by Car and Driver. Car and Driver even has a Accord Sedan (which comes with a 5 speed Auto just like the 03 Coupe Auto) with the time of 0-60 in 6.5 and 1/4 mile time of 15.0 flat. So a 03 Accordv6Coupe with a 5 speed auto tranny should be in between the 6speed manual and the Sedan(big weight diff.) somewhere between the time of 5.9-6.5 in 0-60 and between 14.5-15.0. Go grab a copy of car and driver and look at the backsection where they have the performance guide for all makes of cars. You will see my comments are consistant with the magazine. I think you got the 02 and the 03 accords mixed up. Oh one more thing, my brother has the 04 solara we race and I always win with my accord. Please don't underrate this gem of a vehicle. Dino a 6 speed Accord coupe with PREMIUM gas, not the recommended 87 octane and you will read 217 hp on the ground. Roughly equivalent to 260 HP on paper. Do a search around the internet about this dyno feat you will be surprised to find that my comments are completely true. Also subscribe to Car and Driver. It is a wonderful magazine. God Bless You all.

[mattyboyl]

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Angelo, you are truely misinformed. A 03 accord coupe doing 1/4 miles in 15.8 stated in Car and Driver? LOL. That is roughly the speed that a 02 Accord Coupe V6 does with it's 4 speed automatic. I subscribe to Car and Driver and I truely remember a 6 speed 03 accord doing 5.9 in 0-60 and 1/4 mile as stated by Car and Driver. Car and Driver even has a Accord Sedan (which comes with a 5 speed Auto just like the 03 Coupe Auto) with the time of 0-60 in 6.5 and 1/4 mile time of 15.0 flat. So a 03 Accordv6Coupe with a 5 speed auto tranny should be in between the 6speed manual and the Sedan(big weight diff.) somewhere between the time of 5.9-6.5 in 0-60 and between 14.5-15.0. Go grab a copy of car and driver and look at the backsection where they have the performance guide for all makes of cars. You will see my comments are consistant with the magazine. I think you got the 02 and the 03 accords mixed up. Oh one more thing, my brother has the 04 solara we race and I always win with my accord. Please don't underrate this gem of a vehicle. Dino a 6 speed Accord coupe with PREMIUM gas, not the recommended 87 octane and you will read 217 hp on the ground. Roughly equivalent to 260 HP on paper. Do a search around the internet about this dyno feat you will be surprised to find that my comments are completely true. Also subscribe to Car and Driver. It is a wonderful magazine. God Bless You all.

I am a 3 three subscriber to Motor Trend and the 2004 Accord six speed will in fact do the 1/4 mile in 14.5 sec pulling low 6's in the 1/4 mile. The auto however is never posted so that will be always be a mystery to Motor Trend magazine. I would suspect a 14.8 - 15.0 easily. So, in that case, if you were driving an auto, I would still line up next to you and it would no doubtly be a drivers race.

[DocJohn]

So, in that case, if you were driving an auto, I would still line up next to you and it would no doubtly be a drivers race.

I agree with mattyboy, and one more consideration... the Solara has a sequential 5-spd AT while the Accord AT does not (just one of the reasons I choose the Solara over the Accord). It certainly would be a driver's race (not that I condone street racing or anything like that).

[Rudy]

oh, and who said the S2000's numbers were overrated?

that's horseshit

[angelo]

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Angelo, you are truely misinformed. A 03 accord coupe doing 1/4 miles in 15.8 stated in Car and Driver? LOL. That is roughly the speed that a 02 Accord Coupe V6 does with it's 4 speed automatic. I subscribe to Car and Driver and I truely remember a 6 speed 03 accord doing 5.9 in 0-60 and 1/4 mile as stated by Car and Driver. Car and Driver even has a Accord Sedan (which comes with a 5 speed Auto just like the 03 Coupe Auto) with the time of 0-60 in 6.5 and 1/4 mile time of 15.0 flat. So a 03 Accordv6Coupe with a 5 speed auto tranny should be in between the 6speed manual and the Sedan(big weight diff.) somewhere between the time of 5.9-6.5 in 0-60 and between 14.5-15.0. Go grab a copy of car and driver and look at the backsection where they have the performance guide for all makes of cars. You will see my comments are consistant with the magazine. I think you got the 02 and the 03 accords mixed up. Oh one more thing, my brother has the 04 solara we race and I always win with my accord. Please don't underrate this gem of a vehicle. Dino a 6 speed Accord coupe with PREMIUM gas, not the recommended 87 octane and you will read 217 hp on the ground. Roughly equivalent to 260 HP on paper. Do a search around the internet about this dyno feat you will be surprised to find that my comments are completely true. Also subscribe to Car and Driver. It is a wonderful magazine. God Bless You all.

I just double checked and found a test from the October 02 issue of C&D "Sedan perfection, unclouded by emotion":
it is for 03 Accord V6 sedan and states 15.5 sec for the 1/4 mile (I never said the numbers are for Accord coupe). In the same article they state 15.6 sec 1/4 mile for Altima V6. I don't have time now to dig exactly for the numbers I stated, but I can find them if you really insist...
and I do not mix up 02 and 03 Accords.
Anyway, my point in the original post was that both Accord and Altima autos are slower than Solara (according to C&D).

[DocJohn]

Here are some specs I found on the '04 Accord EX V6 automatic in comparison to the '04 Solara SE V6 according to "Modern Racer":

From: http://www.modernracer.com/hondaaccordexcoupe.html

2004 Honda Accord EX V6 Coupe
Horsepower : 240 hp @ 6250 rpm
Torque : 212 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm
Redline : 6750 rpm
Top speed : 130 mph (electronicallly limited)
0-60 mph : 6.2 sec. (manual), 7.0 sec. (auto)
0-¼ mile : 14.5 sec @ 98.0 mph (?manual?)
60-0 braking distance : 127 ft
Curb Weight : 3265-3294 lbs

From: http://www.modernracer.com/toyotacamrysolara.html

2004 Toyota Camry Solara SE Sport V6
Horsepower : 225 hp @ 5600 rpm
Torque : 240 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
Redline : 6500 rpm
Top speed : 130 mph (electronically limited)
0-60 mph : 7.2 sec.
0-¼ mile : 16.0 sec @ 86.0 mph
60-0 braking distance : 125 ft
200 ft skidpad : 0.77 g
Curb Weight : 3425 lbs

And here's what they have on the '04-'05 Nissan Atlima 3.5, "The Altima ... came out in 2002, with its hyper 240 hp V6 engine. The V6 got a 5 hp power increase for 2003, and another 5hp along with a facelift for 2005"
From: http://www.modernracer.com/nissanaltima35se.html

Horsepower : 240-250 hp @ 5800 rpm
Torque : 246-249 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
Redline : 6600 rpm
Top speed : 125 mph (electronically limited)
0-60 mph : 5.9 sec. (manual), 6.9 sec. (auto)
0-¼ mile : 14.6 sec @ 97.5 mph (manual)
60-0 braking distance : 130 ft
200 ft skidpad : 0.80 g
Curb Weight : 3225-3273 lbs

I know these specs may differ from some of the others posted here from "Car & Driver", etc. but I figured I'd post them FYI.

[mattyboyl]

Doc, we all know that modern racer is about as realiable as uncle Billy after 10.5 beers. Grab a copy of any syndicated and respectable magazine and they all have the Solara doing at least a 15.4 1/4 mile and 7.0 o-60 times tops. Modern racer has the Solara doing a 16.0 1/4 which is way too low. The best I have seen was 15.0-15.2. Modern racer is what threw me off when buying my Solara. I thought I was buying some big old luxury car with no pep. Now, I know better reading more reliable sources and driving this car for myself.

[DocJohn]

Doc, we all know that modern racer is about as realiable as uncle Billy after 10.5 beers.

Hey, I would never "dis" my own ride!

Actually I knew nothing about "Modern Racer" or their lack of reporting reliable info, but I thank you for pointing this out. I never even heard of Modern Racer until I found these specs the other day when I was doing a web search on '04 Solara info.

I realize that our gen 2 V6 Solara's are faster than the Modern Racer specs indicate, but I posted them to show where some mis-informed folks maybe getting "ideas" about the Accord V6 auto and Altima 3.5's performance superiority over the Solara.