Met Civic on the way home:

[vikingpower]

Give me a 89-93' stang for $1500-4000.00 and add a set of AFR or Trickflow heads, a Comp cam and good intake and some headers and set gears and I show you why the mustang is the go fast car for cheap.
Just take it to the next level after that and add a Vortech supercharger, I prefer the S-trim

I'm there except for the S-trim, HCI makes a monster... although at this point my car is so loud I cant get any play...

 

[Roland69]

There is a RX7 turbo in my town for sale I was kinda eyin up I can't remember the price of it but I think it was around 3-4G's

 

[rdharper02]

Power to weight ratio. Imports are the new small block chevy. Parts are becoming cheaper all the time. Its inexpensive to take one deep into the 200hp range, but cost a hell of a lot more to go further. I have a civic that has eaten many a mustang and camaro. Usually due to missed shifts or lack of traction. 215 horses with proper traction will always beat 200+ while the tires slip. Before everyone gets there torches and pitch forks.. Yeah, i'm a former ricer, but I'm selling the civic for project money (read turbo etc) on my 93 gt. God knows I can buy a built DSS shortblock for the price of the 4-banger turbo kit I was wanting. Bottom line is that todays youth are beeing brought into racing through imports. Who knows, they might grow up and buy an American car one day.