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put it this way,i dont know the price of these engines but they have NEVER had a vtech engine failure ;)

 

That's a very artistic bending of the truth- they've never had a Vtec mechanism fail. I'm sure the guy who did a 'port and polish' with builders sand while the S2k was still running killed his engine...

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That's a very artistic bending of the truth- they've never had a Vtec mechanism fail. I'm sure the guy who did a 'port and polish' with builders sand while the S2k was still running killed his engine...

 

I was just writing the same thing....

 

However they have never had an engine fail because of the Vtec system or had a Vtec mechanism fail.

 

I used to own a civic Type R and used to belong to the Type R forum i remember (2 years back now) that the engine to buy new is like £6k or something. 2nd hand i would expect to pay between £1500-2000

 

Go to http://civictype-r.co.uk/phpbb2/index.php

if you want to find out properly

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That's a very artistic bending of the truth- they've never had a Vtec mechanism fail. I'm sure the guy who did a 'port and polish' with builders sand while the S2k was still running killed his engine...

 

but that wouldnt of been Hondas fault,.

obviously an engines gonna fail if someone messes with it enough :)

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havent the s2000's got a problem with some of their engines. i heard a rumour about them.

 

really...that would be a shame cause its a brilliant engine.....for track.

 

no low down torque so youre always revving the damn thing which gets tiring after a little while.

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i had two ctr's one of which was tuned to 326.6 bhp, the engine can be brought from around £2500-3000 with ecu loom and gearbox in uk i could sorce you one if you like, i did for someone else before, as for a jdm version which unlike the uk spec has a lsd you'll be looking at a fair bit more and in my opinion not worth it, go for a uk k20 and buy a quaife atb lsd like i did just under £1000 but well worth it and good for 800bhp gearbox in the ctr is very good also soem say 600bhpish engine needs inturnal work after 350bhp really, the jdm engine also has slightly lairer cams too.

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Cheers Getrag & Dee- I'll pass on your posts to my mate who'se after the engine.

 

Re the S2k's lack of torque- I can't think of many 2.0NA's that have higher torque- 153lbs/ft vs a clio 182's 148lbs/ft- and the clio is never criticised for it's torque.

 

which is the reason why the yanks released the 2.2 version of the engine.

 

my prelude used to push a honda massive 170lbs/ft :D

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Re the S2k's lack of torque- I can't think of many 2.0NA's that have higher torque- 153lbs/ft vs a clio 182's 148lbs/ft- and the clio is never criticised for it's torque.

 

Difference is the Clio probably has more useable torque than the S as the S only really generates a lot when its in vtec zone... and when its out it is gutless.

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