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I don't get doing a lot of modding to what you drive everyday. Buddy of mine has a nice 1st gen DSM, and he hits the local drag strip near him every weekend. During the week, it's his back and forth daily driver. He was musing out loud to me one day and wondered if pulling his entire AC system would more than a tenth off his quarter mile. I was stunned. I proceeded to run down to him how miserable he'd be in the frikken heat during the 99.8% of the rest of the time he drove the car, how expensive it would be to put back in, and how much resale value he'd lose if he just left it off. All for a tenth or two?!? He took what I said to heart and still has an AC.
In my case, I'm currently restoring and modding a old motorcycle. In my eyes, I can do whatever wierdness I want to this bike as it is not my daily driver by a long shot. It's currently a non-moving chunk of aluminum and steel in my garage. Thus, anything I do to it has no negative impact on my life.
As to the question of why do it in the first place? Well, I think it is best explained as not wanting what the factory tells you to want. Honda may make the Prelude, but it doesn't necessarily make YOUR Prelude. You have to do that.
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