Twin-Turbo 1,600-HP Jeep Trackhawk Is No Match for This Gnarly-Tuned AWD 919-HP Civic

After scouting the Australian tuner scene for the last four weeks, That Racing Channel is back in America at the Orlando Speed World Dragway. Watching mental Aussie builds blasting through the Cootamundra airport track has been amazing. It was also exciting to see how badas* the tuner culture is in the land of cute Koalas and boxing Kangaroos.

"As you might have heard, our local race track Palm Beach International Raceway, closed not too long ago. We started doing invitational back in 2017 at Palm Beach International Raceway, and we've had some really sick matchups over the year," Javier of That Racing Channel said on a previous TRC Invitational Series.

On their most recent upload, the TRC crew brought back their last matchup – the twin-turbo 1,600 hp (1,622 hp) Jeep Track Hawk and the now amped-up 919 hp (932 ps) AWD Honda Civic (previously making 800 hp/811 ps).

The Civics get a lot of hate for being parts-bin builds. But we'd like to assure you this particular unit, owned by Miguel and tuned by Magna Tuning, is not only a clean solid build but a speed freak on the strip.

Under the hood, it packs a turbocharged 4-cylinder K24 engine (sleeved) paired with a Quaife Sequential transmission, now putting out 919 hp (932 ps). Part of the mods it's running include a Precision 6870 turbo, Comp twin disk clutch, a Billet transfer case, complete wagon All-Wheel-Drive setup, and FT550W/Mil-Spec harness. It weighs 2,500 lbs (1,134 kgs) and runs on E85.

The Jeep Track Hawk, tuned by ZHTunes and owned by James, packs a twin-turbo HEMI 411 stroker good for 1,600 hp (1,622 ps). Part of the mods includes EMP heads, Unobtanium custom turbo kit, twin Precision 6870 turbos (same as the Civic), Pure Drivetrain Solutions HP90/95 transmission, and GT Haus titanium exhaust. It weighs 5,000 lbs (2,268 kgs) and runs on E85.

Simply put, the Jeep Trackhawk has twice the weight and twice the turbos of the AWD Honda Civic.

On the last set of races, James' Jeep Trackhawk emerged victorious treating the AWD Honda Civic to some raw American muscle fury. But on this race, the Civic comes packing 119 hp (121 ps) more boost – which could amount to a win.

On the first race, a quarter-mile drag race from the dig, the Honda Civic annihilated the Trackhawk finishing the race in 9.11 seconds at 163 mph (262 kph) compared to the James' 9.64 seconds at 152 mph (245 kph).

In race two, James' Trackhawk turned the tables on the Civic, completing the quarter-mile in 9.16 seconds at 159 mph (256 kph) compared to the Civic's 9.28 seconds at 158 mph (254 kph). This was James' personal best on his Jeep Trackhawk.

"It went pretty well. I did actually forget to go to map three. There's so much that goes on getting it in, getting into second gear, getting on the two-step, taking off. I didn't go to map three, so it was only, I don't know, whatever boost," James told Javier of TRC after the second race.

In the final race, James jumped before the green light hit, and they settled for a second attempt. On the second run, the AWD Civic did 9.14 seconds at 158 mph (254 kph), while the Trackhawk did 9.04 seconds at 154 mph (248 kph).

"Miguel took home the win. That's consistency there, bro. That's what? Ten passes today?" Javier told Miguel's tuner.

It was a close match, and the numbers show how closely matched the two drag cars were. Do you think the Trackhawk could have done better? Please share your opinion with us in the comments section below.