I honestly don't think a CRX Si will pull 125. The car I raced certainly wouldn't.
If the stock Si is accurate at 125mph, then yeah, you should have 130. The whole question is, is the 125 accurate.
Above the comment on the C4 doing 170 was made. The C4 was rated at anywhere between 300-330hp. The 94 LT-1 Vette was rated in Motor Trend as a 170mph top end car. The C5's have been tested for top end. They hit the wall at 172. The C5 is way slippery when compared to the C4, and it's got way more hp than that LT-1 Vette. We're talking 50hp there. That equates to 2mph? Something isn't adding up there. Since the C5 has been road tested for top end, and it is done at 172, there is no way I can believe the C4 could do 170. What does that mean to me? Chevy lied about the top speed rating.
Maybe the Si has a much better Cd than my Escort did, but they aren't too far off in hp. The scort was good for what it was, and yeah, it was a POS in quality dispite being a Japanese (Mazda) car.
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