lol to most of this forum. i think the 500hp with rims and exhaust was a bad joke....kind of like the stickers add hp one. and if you were in the scene before fast and furious....you should know better that those lame jokes are just plain dumb.

now to answer some of your questions......i had an accord...92 four door. was a five speed. ran 15.3 na this was before all the fast and furious bs as well. i loved that car just because people always accused me of nitrous and i would beat most cars during that era. nowadays...the onlt way to be fast for the straight aways is turboing...or at least people think that. a lot of people.

this is true to an extent. i really dont know what you wnat your car to do. you mention beating turbo cars...then you mentioning track racing.....then you mention v8s...then you mention you have no money (aka not daily driven then) (aka less expensive fast route) then you mention you want street credit for having a na setup. you need to pick one of these and shoot for it. auto trannys dont hold up to gobs amount of power...or should i say moderate power.

i was in the same boat as you awhile back.....my brother always had turbo...i always had na. the fastest setup i had na was a stock ctr motor at 14.5. pretty sad since this was basically 8 years of my life trying to get that. diffrent cars and always dreaming of beating people...when in reality...my car was slow. sure i had some good stuff on some of my cars....but they never lasted a long time. was to much money just to gain the little more amount of power.

now i have a stock b16 turbo. i have a cheap ebay kit with fmu but a really nice turbo. my manifold is cracked...and in process of getting a new one. i just raced a honda f4 9600 i believe) and i got him top end. even though the crotch rocket guy knew i had turbo...his grin to me was priceless. it is such a diffrent feeling of beating a car...then to just hang with it. i can let the other car get the jump...and still pass it a little way down the road. it is fun pulling up to those cocky shitstang owners and giving them a run for thier money. this is all on 7 pounds and a cheap ebay kit that i pieced together for 800....the turbo is the only thing i didnt skimp on...850 for that.

good luck on your d series auto build......