[gman240]

These types of discussions can be so pointless. The SI civic may have its good points and of course its bad points but i stress it is not a sports car. not really even in the same class as the 240. The 240 sx is  a rear drive car( one of only a few that came from japan as I remeber seeing in this country) It has a true sport car style to it. They have an amazing feel to there handling even in stock form. Yeah the KA is not the most powerful thing but still you can build it to a decent point NA or you can go turbo and then you will have a nice car. HP numbers depend on what you do. Are you a street driving type only? Do you Drag race? Do you autocross? Are you in low level GT style racing? You need to look at each question impossible to broadly sweep the whole canvas and say that the z40sx/silvia is strictly this or strictly that. Personal opinion Honda civics suck when it comes to interior comfort and layout. My 240 has a way more intelligent layout to the controls and overall is just a much cooler car to sit behind the wheel of...