800-HP Bisimoto Honda Civic Wagon Drag Races Audi RS 5 Coupe, Does Better From a Roll

First and foremost, we're dealing with all-wheel drive from a 2004 model year Honda CR-V, a K24 swap, and a 72-millimeter turbo. Further modified with performance-oriented brakes, a beefy roll cage, rear trailing arms from a 1999 Honda CR-V, and a Quaife sequential transmission, said wagon is rocking V3 coilovers from KW and Glasurit Marina Blue paint.

Although it's capable of 1,000 horsepower, the Civic reportedly belts out 834 horsepower. Metric or mechanical, the folks at carwow haven't bothered to mention what kind of horsepower we're dealing it. The RS 5 is listed with 450 ponies to its name, which is the metric estimate for Europe rather than the 444 mechanical horsepower advertised in the US of A.

834 ps is 823 hp, making the 1991 model year Civic Wagon a bit of a hooligan. Regarding peak torque, carwow says 817 Nm and 600 Nm, respectively. That means 603 lb-ft and 443 lb-ft in old money. Curb weight also favors the Civic due to an estimated 1,100 kilograms (2,425 pounds) compared to 1,707 kilograms (3,763 pounds) for the V6-engined RS 5.

Equipped with a torque-converter automatic transmission and quattro all-wheel drive (with a Torsen self-locking center differential), the Audi lives in the shadow of the BMW M4 Competition xDrive. Looking at the glass half full, it's a quick car in the quarter mile, posting a best of 11.8 seconds.

How did the Bisimoto-built Civic Wagon do? 12.6 seconds, which shouldn't come as a surprise. On the upside, starting from a roll helps the little hatchback a lot. Be it a 30-mph roll or a 50-mph roll, the Civic made easy work of the RS 5 Coupe in the half mile.

Mat Watson and Sam Maher-Loughnan further duked it out from 100 miles per hour (approximately 160 kilometers per hour) to a standstill, and – not surprising at all – the Audi brakes harder than the Honda. Then again, the Civic Wagon doesn't feature ABS (or any other software-controlled safety nannies).

Only available in five-door hatchback flavor, the highest-performing Civic in production today is the 315-horsepower Type R. Internally referred to as FL5, the manual-exclusive hot hatchback carries a base price beginning with a four (make that $44,795).

The RS 5 Coupe is pricier still, with Audi charging $78,600 for the most basic of specifications. By comparison, the rear-wheel-drive M4 is $78,100 from the outset. The M4 Competition xDrive, which is more powerful and torquier than the Audi RS 5 Coupe, starts at $86,300 at the moment of writing.