Smoked by a Civic SI? Never!!

My friend has a '92 Prelude Si (non-VTEC) and I have a 2000 Si, and we have raced a few times. The first 3 he won every time, I was still learning to drive stick shift but he would always get the big jump in first gear, but once we were out of that gear, neither of us changed our position from each other. It's really actually kind of odd because it seems like were just sitting there, with neither of us gainind even an INCH! You would think that with two completely different cars that somebody would gain, but only that initial jump is what he gains, unless we were to race to 130 and theoreticaly his engine would max out. The last time we raced (I have now had my car 8 months, and having switched from a heavy ass 2 12" sub box down to a smaller single 12" sub) I won by a foot at the most, cause his launch was screwy. But once he gained traction and we were on our way, we both once again stayed the same distance apart. Having extra torque is great to offset large amounts of weight, but once you get that weight moving it becomes more important to have the power up top. But just like anything, regardless of what car has what power, every race is a different race and anything can happen. I think both cars are pretty even but you can get all kinds of different results with different drivers. Plus, he's getting an H22 dropped in it to replace the H23, so it will definately kick my ass then! By the way, he had a intake, I have exaust.