2hot2handle
Senior Member
Any car has potential if you put enough $ money into it. Back in the day, the D16Z7 (1.6 single cam Vtec motor from a 99 Civic EX) was able to push 175+whp fully built all motor and there were a bunch of people (including myself) who ran 200+whp on custom turbo and/or nitrous setups with built bottom ends (during those days, there weren't many cams available but there were aftermarket rods and pistons available for the D16Z7). Back in 2000, I ran a built bottom and stock head with a ZEX 100 shot direct port nitrous system. Motor ran fairly reliable but the stock transmission didnt like the 22" drag radials and hard launches. I would imagine with how technology much better today and enough money, someone can fully build our new 1.5 turbo motor and pump out a good amount of power to the wheels on E85 or better fuel. The question would be how would the CVT hold up and is it even upgradeable to hold more torque? Worst case, I would bet a fully built 6 speed thats coming out would be a better option in terms of building to handle the increased torque.
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