erm, no... there FINE and reliable for road use as proven.. get the thing set up.. this whole @ye they shouldent be on the road@ thing is an excuse to not use it. just set it up, if you cant, pay somone to. next it will be "civic's shouldent be on the road, they do 11,000rpm" you dont HAVE to full throttle every\where. once setup it will run like any other engine, just the lower powerd stuff is alot easier to setup