Of all honesty, i think comparing an SVT to the RSX have less in common than comparing the SVT to the new TSX...The TSX is 4 door,same K20 engine as the RSX with an close to identical weight to us, and looks like identiclal handeling (3rd party info, just using for comparison).
I think thats a more caomparable car.
your comparing a coupe to a 4 door family car.(all though over all, all sport compacts get compaired to each other in the end) BUt not all cars were created equal....Do you see and people using our cars for Pro-Drag compitions? Do you see any one getting 800 HP out of a 4 cyl Zetec? No, why you ask....becasue they were made to pull turns, pull G's, and to hug the asphalt. Our cars have traction problems while draging to begin with, and bad wheel hop....that right there is cause enough for most people to stay away formt he drag aspect.
Though, doing time trials and draging idiots who think your slow is fun and great, focusing just on that aspect is logical because thats not what are cars were made to do. If god ( or ford for that matter) intended us to fast in a stright line, he would ahve our cars, push-rod, rear wheel drive engines, but instead they gave us a smaller engine, with the ability to handel our "package" and get some nice drifting in the turns.
Roz
