MJinZ
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Having owned a VTEC-Yo mobile I'll have to chime in here. Yes 170 HP or even 200HP out of a 4 cylinder is nothing special, and laughable in anything but a super light performance car.
But the truth is the Prelude and Integra were two of the best performance cars produced in the late 80's and throughout the 90's. In terms of cheap performance there wasn't much better out there.
You could buy a POS DSM Eclipse with a turbo and it would be faster in a straight line, Mustang GT's were faster but a few mods here and there and it could get very close.
Back then, the GT's only made ~225hp and weighed ~3200lbs. Compared to 170/~2700 for the GSR.
Problem with light cars and small engines is that you load them up with fat asses and whoops, you're slow.
Heavier cars and bigger engines don't experience it to quite the same degree.







