I have always loved the sound of those engines. And no, it doesnt sound like a Civic at all.
....although I have heard this one Civic that runs around Columbus that actually sounds a lot like a WRX....
*waits for verse to make some stupid comment about not knowing anything about the car, and how lovemy86 searched for hachi roku*
Edit: I am just curious. As a Corolla enthusiast who seems to be true to the N/A potential of the original engine, what do you think about some of the engine swaps that people do? For example, the F20C's (like this from BMHV - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2515773052631380413&q= , the SR20's, ect ect.