sport compact 1\4 mile racing

[BallsUnlimited]

Isn't FWD kind of...um...problematic for drag racing in terms of actually putting the power down? As soon as you start accelerating, the car's weight shifts to the rear, causing a loss of traction up front, right? That, and with a gigantic turbo like that, don't you end up with massive torque steer problems, again due to the FWD?

Seems like you'd be better off to start out with an AWD or RWD car. Mitsu Eclipse GS-R, Nissan 300ZX TT, something like that. Granted, you'll pay more for the base car than a Civic, but then you'd be starting off with a performance car rather than turning an economy compact into something it was never intended to be.

Of course, if the last half of that last sentence describes exactly what's most fun for you, then more power to you and have a blast.

yes rwd and awd are better platforms to start with. we like a challenge so we mainly do fwd cars. all motor,nitrous,turbo you name it theres a car with it in our crew. we also have awd cars as well. It takes much more to build a fast turbo fwd car then say a fast camaro. the car as you can see ran 10.9 at 105 spining,missing third,on and off the gas and letting off completely. anyone that knows about racing knows how hard it is to go 10s let alone at 105. high hp fwd cars take some seat time to get use to. not every1 can just jump in a fwd car or any car for that matter and drive it to a good time on the track. seat time and a good set up is what will get you to go fast. it also helps to have deep pockets haha