You can get anything to run 12's if you put enough money into it. I think he said his was stock except for the turbo. And it may very well run 12's. The fastest street 4cyl I have ever seen personally was maybe good for a 15. I know they have them at the strip running on NOS with a blower, all-wheel drive, varible valve timing or whatever, but why spend all that money on NOS or a blower on a 4cyl when you could put it on a V8? I guess like how some people just don't 'get' the empeg, I don't 'get' why you would want to race or soup-up a high-rev import 4cyl. I prefer the raw low-end power of a v8.