the 3 door civic vti's are probably quicker as they are lighter and only 10hp down at 158hp. the nissan's both use non turbo SR20de's so yes 2.0l but only 145ish hp iirc they are pretty solid engines and with the right mods can be free'd up quite well, always have the option of boost with the SR20deT which is the turbo motor or get the neo vvl engine which is nissans vtec SR20VE and are 197hp stock n/a lol