If when you say high 5 you mean like 5.8-5.9 then it's entirely possible. I won't say easy like your friend but not impossible. I don't really take into consideration what car magazines say either. I've seen 1/4 mile times for an S2000 as low as 13.9 and as high as 14.8 in various magazines. Usually they put them in the mid to high 14 second range. I ran a 13.87@102 in mine bone stock. Alot of the engine architechture is very similar between a typeR and an S2000 as well. Both of these cars are very dependant on proper engine break in. I've seen a well maintained properly broken in TypeR run 14.0 in the quarter bone stock. Now granted the guy could drive his ass off. I've also seen one get beat by a lightly modified Civic Si. I've owned 2 GSRs, an Accord, a CL type S, my b16 crx, and my S2000 in the last 4 years and to this day I'm more impressed with a type R than anything I've owned. I will NEVER under estimate a well maintained ITR. They can really suprise you given what they have to work with.