Performance Mods

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Originally posted by BlueRiverPilot


Take a look at this thread...It has helped my Pilot...

Vibration/shimmy experiment -- MDX rear subframe brace retrofit

Thanks.

I read that a week or so ago and within a day put my in an order for the part with hondacuraworld. Also ordered a couple other goodies since the pricing was good

On the point of the Pilot's acceleration, I've found it to be very good.

On the point of an Altima being better/easier to pass with, it might be due to the size of the vehicle. A car like an Altima will feel a lot more nimble and zippy, even though it's acceleration is no better.

[Jacques]

Originally posted by sjlee

Car and Driver had these acceleration numbers for the 2003 Pilot...

0-60 mph = 8.1 seconds
1/4-mile = 16.3 seconds

Not too shabby, I'd say. Still not as fast as my Prelude though, but it'll get up and go when needed.

[bluesdog64]

I've never bought an SUV to burn holeshots. I've always liked the flexibility and utilitarianism of my overgrown "station wagons". Plus, I like the availability of AWD/4WD.

The Pilot's a big vehicle but, for my money, it has plenty of "get up & go". Not to mention the fact that I traded in my '99 Blazer with about 190hp. So, compared to before, my '06 Pilot's a real Barn-burner!

Gonna take it on Sunday for a trip from NJ to the Berkshires (a couple hundred miles). I want to see what I'll be getting for mileage.

[nolan65]

I was at a light last week and a kid in a Prelude with a coffee can exhaust tip, a huge wing and a lot of racing logo's all over his car wanted to race. Here I am in a Pilot with mom,dad,2 kids and 2 dogs. When the light changed I just got on down the road, not quickly, just with the flow of traffic. At the next light, we pulled next th the same kid, who rolls down his window and yells, "You wanna go again!" Go again? Did we go the first time?

[Jacques]

Originally posted by nolan65
I was at a light last week and a kid in a Prelude with a coffee can exhaust tip, a huge wing and a lot of racing logo's all over his car wanted to race. Here I am in a Pilot with mom,dad,2 kids and 2 dogs. When the light changed I just got on down the road, not quickly, just with the flow of traffic. At the next light, we pulled next th the same kid, who rolls down his window and yells, "You wanna go again!" Go again? Did we go the first time?

Oy...damn kids and their Preludes!

*as I hide my Prelude in the garage*