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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise
I've given up hope that will ever happen.  Honda killed off their naturally aspirated K series because the higher performance versions (100+ hp/L) wouldn't meet global emissions/FE standards. Same for the F series. It's been a decade now and the new Civics that Honda dumped their resources into (including the Type-R) are turbocharged and FWD. Low-revving, downsized turbo engines are the way of the future.
Not to mention Honda doesn't seem to have any interest in developing another RWD chassis anyway.. |
That's not exactly true, a lot of the supercars still have high revving engines. The brand new Audi R8 V10 still goes past 8000rpm, and the top of the line Porsche motors are going past 9000rpm.
There is nothing inherently wrong with NA and high revs, you can make the emissions work. The K20A and K24A2 were designed in the early 2000s, which is what, 2 whole emissions regulation updates ago? There's no reason to try and make the cold start and catalyst warranty requirements work on such an old engine design, and customers are demanding more torque, which is why almost everyone is going turbo.
If it's any glimmer of hope, the K24W7 actually still revs past 7000rpm despite that being completely unnecessary.
Either way, I'm okay with any of the current 4 cylinder Honda engines being in a RWD car. They all have pretty respectable power output and efficiency, have higher-than-average rev limiters, and seem to share much of the bottom end with their predecessors, which could be safely overrevved quite a bit. I am not a fan of turbos, but that won't be a problem; I'll turn down the boost for better response, then modify the turbine so it makes hp at the top end. The S660 really got my hopes up because it is very out of character for Honda to make such a thing, so I am hoping they take the RMR mantle from Toyota and make something epic.
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Originally Posted by krayzie
BTW what sound deadening with the Boxster? That hardtop was fucking heavy tho!
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The Boxster is loud? LOL. Surely you kid. My MR2 Spyder (a very very loud car to begin with) has all the sound insulating cubby and soft top stowage parts gutted for a roll bar, so there is literally just the firewall between me and the engine, plus a few rather useless bits of cotton padding the PO taped on. Porsches have very minimal road (well, this is dependent on tire) and wind noise, at least when compared to cheap 25k cars. A surprising amount of engine noise makes it into the cabin, but that's the premium stereo system you're paying for right?