will a stock 96 celica beat a stock 99 civic SI? Options

[venomviper88]

i know the celica wont beat the SI but I was wondering if the celica would be at lest close to beating it?

[CelicaStud]

I don't know if this helps at all, but here goes.

I own a '94 Celica ST. No, it's not a beast, but ST's seem to get played down WAY too much around here. There is no doubt in my mind that a GT is faster than an ST or that an GT-4 is faster than that, but when you guys start comparing ST's to EX and DX Civics, that's just wrong, man! I don't know what I would do if I lost to a pathetic DX or EX civic, and I'll tell you, I have a friend with a nice '93 DX civic with a stock D15 engine except for a new cam (SOHC). I've raced him a few times and every time I beat him the same way.

I never seem to get off the line as quick as he does, maybe it is because I have a heavier car(?), I don't know, but I WILL tell you this...I spank him in 3rd gear.

1st Gear

--Civ
Cel

2nd Gear

--------Civ
-------Cel

3rd

-----------------Civ
-------------------------Cel

If you can picture that, that is the way it went. So is an ST faster than an Si? I doubt. But does the ST deserve the bad wrap everyone seems to give it? I don't think so.

P.S. I'd rather lose to a Civic than to a Neon. Those things are gross!

Edit: This friend of mine is undergoing an engine swap to a DOHC V

This post has been edited by CelicaStud: Oct 8, 2003 - 11:15 PM