In my '02 Civic, I've only raced one car. I raced my friend in his 80-something Civic hatchback 4-speed. I think we were laughing the whole way as he launched off the line with his (I'm told is stock) LSD and I babied it off the line and rolled into the throttle and ran past him. My Civic is weak, his was even weaker. D17 = teh SLOW!!
In my '95 Taurus I've spanked lots of cars and only slightly lost to two of them by a fender or so... I've beaten two other Taurus', C5 ZO6, Ferrari 360 Modena, some ricers, WS-6, and a few others. My losses include a supercharged E46 M3 and a '06 supercharged Rousch Mustang. Both loses were by about a half car length.
I don't use the Civic for anything other than comfortable daily driving....