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the ITS Integra has a chance on any weekend regionals (arrc is another story though) you can get the power, but it will be expensive to do it, more importantly the whole package handling and brakes would have to be spot on. 2600 lbs would be the right number for the car, it really should be 2500 but that will never happen. Write the letters and see what happens, there are so many of them out there, but too many guys don't want to play, but it should be car that should be given a break at this point.[/b]
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I think the guys with the lower prepped cars are going to suffer the most from the changes, so intstead of closing the gap its going to get wider. The people willing to spend the money and time & effort are always going to come out on top. I expect a decline in entries from this, BMW guys are definetly going to go other places if the cars end up being slow, and there are other series for Honda's to run in that look good also.[/b]
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Just to clarify costs on a GSR motor package, this would include ecu tuning,header & exhaust $11,750.[/b]
My point is that if you want to base the competitive potential of the VTEC cars based on what you quoted, look at everything that "arguably one of the top Honda/Acura guys around" had to say about it. Right there is the peak power he's ever seen, the cost it took to do it, and still yet a plee to give the car a weight break since the ARRC would still be "another story".