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Traum · 10-17-2021, 01:17 PM

It's worth bearing in mind that the K20-powered 8th gen Civic Si didn't arrive until the 2nd half of 2005. By that time, I'm sure that Honda has already internally decided to phase out the RSX, so the period when the the K20 Civic Si and the RSX-S overlapped wasn't really that long. And on paper, the RSX-S was still something like 7 or 8hp more than the CSi.

But yeah, for the most part, the Integra had the far more powerful engine over their Civic cousins, which is why the car was much favoured over the Civic. With this 5th gen Integra, however, it doesn't seem like that'll happen. We are only expecting the Civic Si engine in the base Integra, and the CTR engine in the Integra Type S. IMO, Honda really needs to do more to differentiate the Integra from the Civic, and the most sensible route would be to add 1 or 2 electric motors to the rear wheels to make it an AWD mild hybrid.

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Traum RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paradise, BC Posts: 8,399 Thanked 8,166 Times in 3,398 Posts Failed 263 Times in 149 Posts	It's worth bearing in mind that the K20-powered 8th gen Civic Si didn't arrive until the 2nd half of 2005. By that time, I'm sure that Honda has already internally decided to phase out the RSX, so the period when the the K20 Civic Si and the RSX-S overlapped wasn't really that long. And on paper, the RSX-S was still something like 7 or 8hp more than the CSi. But yeah, for the most part, the Integra had the far more powerful engine over their Civic cousins, which is why the car was much favoured over the Civic. With this 5th gen Integra, however, it doesn't seem like that'll happen. We are only expecting the Civic Si engine in the base Integra, and the CTR engine in the Integra Type S. IMO, Honda really needs to do more to differentiate the Integra from the Civic, and the most sensible route would be to add 1 or 2 electric motors to the rear wheels to make it an AWD mild hybrid.