I know he has driven a lot of set-ups, so have I. His statement still makes no sense thus why I question if has driven any well built 2L all motor set-ups
A decent running stock h22 motor can light up the tires pretty easily, as does say a supercharged 1.8, as does a mild 2.0 all-motor set-up. I built and drove those three set-ups back to back to back and they all felt amazingly similar down low and had the rather uniqie ability for a honda to be driveable pretty much in 3rd gear wherever you went without needing to downshift looking for power. A more seriously built 2L (my last set-up) can seriously spin the hell out of anything short of a full slick, and even then can still have problems getting the power down due to the inherent problems with a FWD set-up.