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Originally Posted by sav
BTW
Those RSi/RXi engines(black top) were notorious for running bearings, 3 friends who owned them all had failures so I wouldn't use that as a yard stick. Rather look at something like the Civic Vtec and S2000.
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Maybe they didn't check the oil as often as I used to...
My Blacktop never missed a beat and when I traded her at 254000km - motor never opened and I bought it with 130000km. As for the 6 speed gearbox - flimsy! S2000 motor is a stunning piece of engineering and I can happily say I've never heard a bad story about them - if I hadn't needed the extra seats I may have taken a used one... For tuning ability then the Civic Vtec motor is well documented for strength where as the blacktop is somewhat maxed out.