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Originally Posted by SteelCamaro
You underestimate these cars. It doesn't cost that much to get good numbers out of cars like that. This EG Sedan can run low 13s (12s on a good day) with 330WHP (and 185 tires). The guy who owns (owned) it also owns a C4 Vette (with 285 rear tires) and says the Honda pulls harder. He was asking only $4000 at the time of that video. It really doesn't take all that much. What increases cost is making a car like that reliable, but that's a different story and is irrelevant, really.
My bone stock WRX Premium can hang with my SS from a dig. Sure, it lacks top end power and gets blown away by the SS from a roll, but a few mods could fix that. About $1500 could get me an intake, better TMIC, and tune putting the AWHP near 300. Certainly $10k worth of mods to match the price of an SS would be more than sufficient. |
While I agree with you...the Honda "feels" like it pulls harder because it has a turbo! My dad's volvo has a turbo but it still won't beat my car. A bone stock STI is not a normal car, a WRX is a turbo charged beast. That's what the post was about from my friend. Should be buy a WRX or turbo charge and soup up his $20,000 + 2013 Civic, I told him not to waste his money and get an STI. While noting that the cost of upgrades puts you damn close to getting a bone stock SS which is 400+hp to start and you could turbo that and blow away any Civic you ever meet.
Anyways more on topic, I don't disregard anyone. But I do disregard kids who tell me their bone stock CRX's can hang with 600 horsepower mustangs and that their 2013 Optima is faster than a V8 Camaro. I'm sorry, but that's pure delusion. Can a Honda be faster than a Camaro? Of course! With a turbo, headers, intake, exhaust and many other upgrades. Which as I posted a turbo to get to a rated 312HP on a Civic is $3000 and needs a full exhaust system.