Amen coombsy, a well driven recent M3 would beat that car imo, mainly because its a rear wheel drive car whereas the 'teg is fwd of course and will struggle for grip...
And before I get labelled a Honda hater, I'm on my third now, a black ITR as it happens and I think its a fantastic car - but I'm not blinkered about its performance either.
On track they can harass many faster cars, only last weekend I chased two Imprezas for quite a few laps until they let me past. It doesn't mean I think my car is faster, just that on the day I was able to keep wth them...
My car ontrack
I have a friend with an E30 M3 and performance wise we are about equal, on road or circuit.
props on getting 240bhp from the B18 though, I bet it flies for an 1800