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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.

redgoober4life

Wow. 15's. Don't scare me now.

asianautica

Another factor I think that's important about these cars are their price. As tested, the Comptech S2000 is almost $70k. While the Rhys Millen EVO is around $40k. 1/2 of the FWD cars are Honda, quite interest, eh?

BonzoAPD

The S2000 has bene winning a lot of these comparisons lately :rick:

velfarretokyo

Honda makes the best FWD cars. And the S2000 is prolly one of the best RWD platforms for tuners. Now if only Honda would make more RWD cars...

honda_pilot

Why did the HKS RSX-S run a 15.3....:dunno:

kazi

Something about the enviromental conditions these tests were conducted made the times slower. It's explained in the article. I only skimmed through at the bookstore, so I can't explain in detail.