I've read that article about that Civic. Actually, it had a Type R head, Type R cams, Type R manifold,cam gears, throttle body, all the exhaust upgrades, pulleys Drag GenIII turbo kit with FMIC and it made 250hp @ 9psi with no exhaust hooked up at all. Also, remember the Si has a higher compression ration than our cars. Also, they did reach the 200hp @ the flywheel with it n/a. Not too shabby for a Honduh.

91 awd: 60-1, 880's, E-Prom, etc.
93 awd: JDM 6 bolt, K&N, full exhaust, Wally 255, otherwise stock.

R.I.P. the original "Factory Freak"
15.5's with short ram and catback only
1996 RS 5-speed