Jeez, there is so much misinformation in this thread it is scary. When it comes to drag racing, American muscle will always win. There are street driven cars that are faster than the fastest import has ever gone. So don't give me all this sh!t about power to weight ratio, horsepower per liter, and how FWD is the wave of the future. Because when the petal drops, you will lose. Period.
I also hate this dumb ricer comments "well i dont care about quarter mile times, lets take it to the road course and then we will see who is better". Whenever I see that, I just laugh and say "WTF??". First of all, are you seriously trying to tell me that FWD is a better platform for road racing that RWD? Cause if you are you gotta pull your head outta your @ss and greet the real world. Secondly 99.999999999% of the ppl that claim they would rather be road racing, never have! If they had any experience on an open track, they would realize just how sh!tty that FWD turbo is around the corners... ah, the wonderful peaky power of a turbo. You must really like that FWD when you're coming outta the corner, floor it, finally your turbos hit and u just head striahgt, whether or not your wheels are turned. Either way, I would still rather have a z28 with its oh so dated suspension, and its gas hogging small block (i am talkin 69 z28 here), over any nissan g35 (very cool car actually, i am thinking about buying the sports coupe) on the road course. Take a look at the SCCA times for those old z28's, they are fast.
What it comes down to is these kids see fast and the furious, or whatever, and have no money so they kid themselves into thinking civics are fast. Then they point out times for full race ones, or even completly other cars (like supras, which are fast, but not the end all be all of cars by any mean) and think they run those times as well! Its not that I have anything against someone making their car look stupid, because that is their right. It is them talking mad sh!t to me, and making fun of my car, even when I could kick their ass. All the excuses about how I have 4 more cylinders are lame. It doesnt matter, I bought this car you bought that car, your slower, get over it.
Ricers :disgust: