Youve gotta take gearing and the driver into consideration aswell...
Before my turbo convo, i was evenly matched to my m8s Civic TypeR (and many others) that was 130bhp/128/lbsft from an NA CVH... Mind you the Mk2 Orion is 940kg, so a 40kg saving over an ERST...
It seemed liked the Type R was constantly changing gear, whereas i was in gear for 30mph at a time!