I'd never hot rod a Civic. FWD is all wrong for weight transfer in a drag race, there are torque steer problems and there's no serious way to road race a FWD car. But over the years I've gained more respect for those guys.
I wouldn't be afraid to drag race a Viper. But if some punk kid drove up with a Civic and some slicks, I wouldn't be taking any bets. Granted with an unlimited budget the Viper could always be faster than the Civic, but case in point, a lot of those compact guys are crazy.
What do you guys think? Return the Vette to stock, make it my daily driver and race out my Neon? It'll do tens, I've seen it before.