I don't think if Khyber can run up the Civic ladder but back in '01 I had a few street races with my cousin in his 95 corolla.. I had my Khyber.. Red... 95.. (kept for 4 years) and believe me... it kicked the shit out of his cars all the time.... on straight or not...
He then went on to buy one of his own Khyber.... as a second car ofcourse...
Confession... I used my car like hell.... 1st gear 60kmh, second gear 100kmh... 3rd gear 140kmh and 4th 160kmh.... top speed was 165~170kmh.. depending on load... I never used it slow.... every time pushed it to the limit... so you can say it was used to the beating.... the very first year it started consuming oil....
Another thing... my cousin later bought 95 Civic Red... (LOW 784 or something!) at that time it was famous in Peshawar & Islamabad for its Fast & Furious logos's and low profile skirts & spoilers... I never tried to race with that one... I drove it my self & knew I won't win...!