>I know that the GTS's are supposed to run 14.9's...but those
>cars are tested with AWESOME drivers on AWESOME days at the
>tracks...

True, they are just as hard to launch as the VTEC hondas since they don't have much bottom end. It doesn't mean it can't be done, but it's not as easy as most cars.

My friend has a '99 Civic Si (which is
>supposed to run a 15.9 stock) and he has intake, headers,
>exhaust, wires, plugs...and he barely runs a 16.1 (his
>reaction time is like a .6X something too...according to his
>time slips).

Yea, I've seen that at the drag strip too. I have seen lightly modded Si civics (intake, loud exhaust) run 16.1's while I was hitting 15's with the same mods. And it isn't the reaction time you should be looking at, it's his 60' time. If that is 2.4 sec or slower, then he can't launch.

So I think a good 2GNT driver with your basic
>mods can hang with your everday joe schmo GTS driver

As long as it's a short race from a dead stop. That's our advantage.