Well, actually my info from the dealer was that they were aiming for 70% of the market of the MP3 to be male and 30% female. Demographics wise, it was more like the ages of 21-30, with an annual income of 35,000 + (I'm talking in Canadian dollars). Also, they were looking at people with an average education level of College/University, post-graduates, and also young professionals. Whether or not this has proven to be true I dunno, but that was their aim, so the dealership tells me. Just telling it straight from my sources. True or not? Up to you.
As for the whole Type R race thing...here's my results from personal experience:
I took on my buddy's Honda Civic Si-R (160 hp DOHC Vtec), and even he smoked me. I'm no race driver and I'm not bragging to be. I'm also not a bad driver: I used to hold my own in autocrosses in my Probe GT, so at minimum you can say my driving skills are at least average. My Si-R friend is even less of a racer than I am.
Details: I raced him up to fourth gear from a dead stop on the highway. First gear I kept up, but in second he had half a car length's edge on my till his Vtec kicked in, then it was almost 1.5 lengths. In third, at high rev nearing the shift to fourth (again that nutty Vtec) he pulled to about 3 lengths ahead. This was pretty much the case until we hit the end of fourth gear and slowed.
This was the result from discussing with him after the race, comparing the findings. I drive a stock MP3 (K&N replacement filter only, so far).
Now, how on earth you beat a Type-R I dunno. Yeah your LX is a couple hundred pounds lighter, and I think it does make a difference, but actually beating a 195hp VTEC? I lost to a Civic Si-R with comparable weights and only 20 horses more than me. Once the VTEC kicks in, it's bye bye! I think it's possible for us to keep up before VTEC, but once it kicks in each gear, it pulls a little further away each time.
As for the mods making up the difference: what is the stock power of the 94 LX? I won't even look...how 'bout 130hp max, just like the current ES? Add 30 hp or so for the mods maybe? That brings it up to 160. That's already being generous. Changing both cams, pistons, and headers will only take the MP3 up 30 horses, and you didn't note anything that drastic in your mod list. So, a 160 hp LX beating a 195 hp VTEC? Doubt it, unless the VTEC driver was pretty bad. You're lighter, but VTEC is something us lower revving cars cannot beat so easily. Even if both the LX and the Type R had the same power, you would most likely lose to the VTEC.
As for weight reduction, I have some findings too (they're definitely not conclusive, but this is a ballpark figure): based on some dynoing with and without weights added to my MP3, 50 lbs additional weight is like a 1.7 hp decrease in power at the wheels. 300 lbs works out to be somewhere in the range of 10.2 hp? Factor in driveline losses of 15% the lighter car 'behaves' like you have approx 12 hp more at the crank? So a 300 lb lighter car in a race has in effect 12 hp extra during acceleration. Remember, I'm not saying weight reduction INCREASES power, but its behaviour is LIKE an increase in power, calculated to the above amount in my experimenting.
You can all put it together yourself. Eliminating the weight difference by adding in the calculated weight vs. power difference: 130+30+12 = 172 and no VTEC. Versus 195 hp with VTEC? Hmmm
Of course the results aren't exact, there are tons of other conditions involved in a race, but you may start to get the picture now.
neat stuff 
