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I am a subscriber to Car and Driver magazine. And EVERY, yes EVERY, year that they tested the best of the best the Prelude was named the best handling car for under $25,000. So the Prelude would be the car for going fast through the twisties, however, that gen prelude I also am pretty sure used a B-Series engine, I'm not positive but that's my guess. In either case the Integra would be faster, for two main reasons. A) The integra is MUCH lighter (GSR - 2150 lbs, Lude - 2700 lbs, I believe) and B) the Teg uses one of the best Honda/Acura motors made in my opinion, that being the B18C1. Now it doesn't beat a Type-R but the C1 is a more tunable engine than the ITR B18C5. With the compression Ratio being lower than the ITR, it is able to cope with more forced induction pressure on the stock internals (GSR - 8 psi, Type-R - 7.5 psi) not much difference I know but quarter-mile for quarter-mile it is. Now that of course is talking about an otherwise pretty much Stock engine. Anyways, I, personally, would get the GSR, but that's just me wanting to go fast on a straight line, if you want something you can race through winding mountain roads, get the Prelude. oh yeah, and that gen prelude is pretty ugly.
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