"Saracen" (manualdoucheelitist)
09/13/2013 at 03:42 • Filed to: Frankfurt
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"Saracen" (manualdoucheelitist)
09/13/2013 at 03:42 • Filed to: Frankfurt | 0
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2 liters, direct injection, and at least 276 horsepower.
offroadkarter
> Saracen
09/13/2013 at 03:54 |
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civic type R? so this is something that won't come to the US it sounds....
Mikeado
> Saracen
09/13/2013 at 05:48 |
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While it's a shame the manic high-revving days are over, it could turn out to be like the Civic BTCC, and there would be nothing wrong with that at all!
Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
> Saracen
09/13/2013 at 06:02 |
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That kind of power is kinda underwhelming, given its displacement . Turbocharged or naturally aspirated, I would expect Honda to impress with the new Type R.
276 horses from 2 liters is nothing special compared to Ford's 2 liter ecoboost (275 hp)
Now Peugeot, on the other hand, eekes 260 to 266 from 1,6 liters. And puts it into production cars too.
http://jalopnik.com/the-peugeot-30…
http://jalopnik.com/the-peugeot-rc…
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Saracen
> Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
09/13/2013 at 12:40 |
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Ford's 2 liter ecoboost develops 252 horsepower.
And tell me why exactly the specific output needs to be impressive? This is going to be a fairly inexpensive car.
So you'd buy the Peugeot just because it develops similar power from slightly lower displacement? What kind of logic is that? It might be a little more efficient, but it has %20 less displacement, and that means signficantly more turbo lag.
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Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
> Saracen
09/13/2013 at 13:10 |
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I was, at the time, thoroughly impressed with the Integra type R. 200 HP from 1.8 liters, naturally aspirated? Revving to nearly 10k rpm? Yes please! Civic type R? 200+ horsepower from 2 liters. (for later Models). In terms of specific horsepower in a production car, that was unheard of.
So what does that do tot ones expectation? When I see "Honda" together with "Type R" I am... well, I WAS, hoping for something impressive, engineering-wise.
Now, the car itself might still be great, who knows? But engine engineering wise, it isn't.