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Originally Posted by VTEC
I wonder if instead of more power we just needed some better sound. Everybody loved the K20 on the RSX Type S and the Civic SI even though it's the same horsepower as the FA20 and even less torque. But the sound it made at high RPM was so addictive that everybody was driving 10/10 all the time. In fact the K20 SI was more popular than the K24 SI even though the K24 is faster and had more torque. The K24 just didn't sound as good.
With the number of people complaining they got smoked by Minivans, they clearly are not driving it the redline. We even got one dude that got smoked by a Toyota Tercel
Anyway I plugged the sound tube on my car and got a N1 exhaust. And I love revving it out to 7400 RPM
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Another reason people loved the K20 was because of how well it responded to basic mods. The FA20 isn't far behind (especially on E85), but the K20 was amazing for modding.
I do agree with you on the sound aspect though. Our cars sound meh stock, so not much incentive to wind it out. Toyota/Subaru should have spent a little more time making it sound better.