> Some of us middle aged people actually modify the Hondas into
> fairly worthy
> competitors. My 1990 Civic Si has been graced with a non-US 135
> HP DOHC engine,
> tuned SS exhaust and new suspension components.
>
> At the risk of drawing substantial abuse, I will state the following:
>
> My Si will out-accelerate, out-corner, out-run and generally
> out-perform any
> Triumph car ever built. This is not a brag, simply an engineering
> certainty.
How much are you willing to bet ????
I should probably point out that your car is modified ... and I would wager
that (just for example) Tim Suddard's Ro-Spit will make it look like ... a
Honda !
More powerful engine ? But a non-US TR5 had 150 bhp, as it came from the
factory ... with the potential for substantially more.
And even with my lowly TR3A, I've yet to meet a Honda on the street that I
can't out-corner. I don't have the raw power (my current engine is nearly
stock), but I do have this bad habit of passing people with tricked-out
Hondas on freeway entrance ramps.
Randall
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