not having to launch at 8k is addictive...
kelvin youve got apples and oranges to compare... not saying its your choice, but your starlet is way overbuilt for the hp it makes, thus making it alot simpler to launch..
everyone wants to compare a FWD honda with a 205 street tire to a rwd car with a big nasty slick or DR on it.
my automatic supra running 275 DR's went my fastest time my second pass. and i could cosistantly run it over and over within a tenth
12.2@114
my manual 76 celica coupe went 12.8@ 108 on a 205 falken azenis.. took a milllion passes and the car obviously had more in it.
now i've run integra's and hatches through the years and seen the same problem i had with my celica over and over and over....
now i'm sure when dave puts and auto in his teggy and figures out how to run a 315 micky on a street car, i can go to the track and nail consisstant times too.
ive driven alot of cars at the track and i've never found FWD's any harder get good (for the car) launches.