welcome to HAN
i agree to the fact that the prelude is too heavy
i does handle quite nicely for a car it's weight
the type S should be slightly faster if driven equally
the USDM type s is ofcourse more compareble to the old GS-R and is a bit slower than the Type R, IMO type s are a dime a dozen
97-01 SH 15.8 1/4
Type S 15.2 1/4
USDM ITR 14.8 1/4
JDM ITR 96 spec 14.9 1/4
JDM ITR 98 spec 14.5 1/4
JDM ITR/ RSX type R 2003 spec 14.9 1/4