How fast is a 86 with 20V?

[NoHachi]

I hope some people will listen to someone who has had the swap done Will..
The 20hp seat of the pants increase is based on my own experience. In my '89 910kg civic I went from the standard 90bhp 1.5 engine to a 130bhp crx engine. The old engine revved to 6600rpm, the new one to 7600rpm. The increase should have been more than noticable, thats why I (based on the numbers) chose to fork out the cash required to do this (around 1500E at that time).
The end result was not dramatic. Sure the car was a little faster but I had expected more. Ask Ivan, he drove it once and wasn't all that impressed with the power increase. Not worth the investment.

The engine+car were no slouches! the car would do 8.0secs 0-62mph all day long (timed with stopwatch). Fastest time according to a GtechPro was 7.6 seconds, but I would trust that result about as much as Robokills claims of a 190bhp 20V..
The car felt significantly faster than Ivans hachi.