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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 05:56 PM
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Default Car & Drivers 4-Cylinder Tuner Shootout

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

10th place
Jackson Racing Ford SVT Focus
DNF

9th place
Neuspeed Volkswagen GTI
15.3@95mph

8th place
Vortech Engineering Ford SVT Focus
14.9@98mph

7th place
Howell Automotive Dodge Neon 2700
15.5@97mph

6th place
Hytech Exhaust Systems/Progress Group Acura RSX-S
14.4@103mph

5th place
Jackson Racing/HASport Honda Civic Si
14.5@104mph

4th place
DC Sports Acura RSX-S
14.5@106mph

3rd place
Mini Madness Mini Cooper S
15.7@97mph

2nd place
AEM/HASport Honda Civic EX Type S
14.3@99mph

1st place
HKS USA Acura RSX Type S
15.3@103mph

REAR WHEEL DRIVE

6th place
Kleeman USA Mercedes-Benz C230K Sports Coupe
15.4@91mph

5th place
Flyin' Miata Mazda MX-5 Miata
14.3@101mph

4th place
Vishnu Performance Systems Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
13.0@106mph

3rd place
Cobb Tuning Subaru Impreza WRX
13.7@102mph

2nd place
Rhys Millen Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
13.0@105mph

1st place
Comptech USA Honda S2000
13.3@108mph

General Comments: Good for Honda for winning both category's, it just proves once again that they are the masters of making 4-cylinders. Aftermarket companies respond to that and therefore you get excellent products.

Both the Comptech S2000 and the HKS RSX Type S had 4 stars for driveability, the highest.

Real shocked that a Focus broke during the testing procedures.

And a generally known fact, that the high powered FWD tuner cars had a hard time hooking up, hence many of them did not hit 14-second 1/4 mile times. But if you look at their trap speed it is quite impressive.

Good article all together.


Sad to note: On June 24th, technical assistant Michael Lappich died in a single car accident while driving C&D's longterm Nissan 350Z. They didn't give many details, but this is the second death for Car & Driver in 3-years...the other was Don Schroeder when he crashed a RENNTech E60 at high speeds.

C&D also changed their formatting style.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:03 PM
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I would like to let it be known....these guys can't drive for shit.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:10 PM
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link to article?
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:11 PM
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Originally posted by Snoopy
link to article?
I don't think it's on their website yet.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:14 PM
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15s are sp scary.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:18 PM
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Honda Civic EX Type S
^what car is this? never heard of this one before
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:19 PM
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Originally posted by tony
Honda Civic EX Type S
^what car is this? never heard of this one before
It's a Honda Civic EX but they threw the Type S on there because the K20A3 (RSX Type S engine) is under the hood instead of the teh 1.7.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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i just read the article too. pretty sad... ~$10-20k worth of mods and most of them couldnt break into the 13's.

also, they were given a choice of using their own driver or C&D's tester.

good article, but no bang for the buck in any of those :down:
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They just can't drive...period...can't hook.
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Old Aug 7, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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there isn't a single FWD that broke into the 13's...or even 14 even. Thats terrible.
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