Rest your case about what?
That a aero modded 170hp CRX SiR that's been setup for top end and run on a flat 7mi course to record a top speed of 148?
Oh yes, use some of that impressive ricer logic. Just because 1 car, that's had mods done to it, and completely setup for top end and attempting a land speed record can do 148 doens't mean an off the factory floor CRX SiR will get anywhere near that.
Bottom line, CRX SiR, just like I posted above is in all likelyhood a 130-135mph car from the factory. I'll be damned if you can't pick up 15mph doing the kinds of mods that guy did. Please re-read your post. 145-150 stock. That CRX is far from stock for top speed performance. He's been setup for top end. Lowered, belly pan underneath, remapped computer, geared, a little this and that. If you can't pick up 15mph top end from all that, you're doing something wrong.
My Mustang is a 6sec 1/4 mile car and it'll do 200mph because there are other Mustang's that have done it. Modded cars need not apply to the rules of what a stock car can or cannot do.
That's bascially it in a nutshell. Since the CRX SiR is good for 130-135 (maybe on a 7 mile straight course tuned and running perfect), but it's also making 30more hp than you. That puts you a fair share down the list. Around 120, maybe.
130mph in 43sec.
You need to get your speedo calibrated. Not only can your little shoebox not hit 130 period, but you think you can do it quicker than a car with 100 more hp, that has 15+mph higher on the top end, and a power to weight ratio equivelent to the difference between a new Z28 SS and a 93GT. Last time I took a look the 93 GT vs an LS1 looked pretty ugly stock for stock. That being said I'm having a hard time figuring out how your 16sec CRX can out accelerate a 14sec Mustang?
But hey, open the doors to ricer dream land. Throw out the coefficient of drag, throw out horsepower, throw out power to weight ratios for acceleration curves. None of that matters because your little CRX is a Honda; therefore, it can do impossible things simply because it's a "quality built car." LOL.