im not trying to piss anyone off, but i know of 3 hondas that are street legal, pass nj state emmisions, and would probably stomp all over 90% of mustangs. One is a 950hp race/720hp pump car, the other is 1100 race/850 pump car. They move. Somewhere there is a video of the lower hp car doing 208 mph. The third car, would probably catch everyone who ever sees it off guard. Its a mid engine, rwd Crx using all stock honda parts. We mounted a fwd motor, trans and suspension in the back of the car. total cost of the build was $2900. We started with a bare shell, cut the rear floor out, cut the nose off a wrecked 94 integra, welded the nose into the rear of the crx (front frame horns of integra match perfect to the rear subframe of crx), built a full cage from front strut towers through the firewall to the rear strut towers, and put a boosted ls/vtec motor in it. It made 12 lbs of boost and had a lsd b16 trans, which is a really short geared trans for hondas. For suspention we made most of it, ran 15x10 wheels front and rear, rolled the quarter panels 4 inches to fit, and the front we made the upper and lower a arms from scratch. Most of the cost of the build was driveline and body parts. All new wheel bearings, ARP extended wheel studs, and the wheels/tires were a good chunk of it. When it was all said and done, the car looked better then brand new, had all the luxeries of a stock car, and ran sub 10's limited only by the fact we didnt have a wheelie bar on it. 390hp and 1900# curb weight, balanced perfectly 50/50. Its a road racing monster.
I am by no means, saying all or nearly all Hondas are fast. Most are pimply little homos whos parents wallets cant afford anything better. But, there, a select few who LOVE Hondas and their simplicity. The white hatch still gets over 30mpg around town, and can be a monster with a twitch of your foot. I own one, runs high 13's and is my daily driver. Its lowered, but no gay body kits or anything of the sort. Besides the fart can, it appears stock. I drive upwards of 300 miles a day for work, getting paid $.55 a mile. Getting 40mpg is very nice in that situation. Respect the people who put time into their cars, be it a fiat, a honda, or a built terminator. If they put the time in, then its what THEY want and respect their passions
The crx we started with, literally, a stripped shell
After (with a stock ls motor for testing, ran a 12.9 1/4)
The 92 hatchback
The crx with 1100 hp, still in the mockup stages before it was finished. Normally, ran on street tires.
