If it is so easy and so cheap to get a 4-banger Integra into the 11's, then why do nearly all them at the track run 15's & 16's?
I have been to a test & tune night at my local track, where a 100+ car field of imports were present (the track didn't advertise to the rest of us that it was an import night!
) Anyways, my buddy and I wittnessed countless 16 second passes - fart pipes, stickers, wings, stereos, TVs and all! There was a Prelude that was gutted, had a rollcage, slicks, and a real "pretty" engine that couldn't even go lower than 13.5's. Of course all the rice boys were drooling over his Prelude like it was some Pro-5.0 car.
Inferno - this is not meant as a flame, but more of a reality check. Maybe it's different on the west coast, but I am just a spectator of the idiotic riceboy phenomenon that has swept over my part of the country - and it is really hard to take many of these guys seriously. Moreover, their wild claims of 12 second civic's with a shift nob and a couple G-reddy stickers makes all realistic car (both import and domestic) enthusiasts absolutely sick.
Sorry to ramble/rant, but if you can get an Integra/Civic/whatever, to run reliable 11's on a budget and drive to and from the track, then more power to you and I respect you and your car.
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1991 5.0 LX Coupe -37,800 miles
13.17 @ 106.14 mph w/ 2.138 60'
Pro-Charger D-1SC on the way!!!