Quote Originally Posted by Hullabaloo View Post
As much as I'd also love to see it get here to our shores, I still have doubts. I can't see them having two civic type r's here...

I think the biggest mistake they (Honda Australia) could make is to bring a downgraded (no brembros, etc) and detuned one here. If they brought a downgraded one then they might as well not bring one at all.

If the only difference was a slightly detuned engine (eg 154kw vs 166(?)kw jap spec) then I think it might do ok.
Well, Spoon already has an ECU mod for the FD2R, so if it was detuned, it would be easy to get it back to needing 100RON.

Not sure about the Brembos, I hope that it does come here (who can resist 4-pots). But it is a longshot considering how Honda Australia likes to snip features out to either reduce the price or make more profit (happened with the Accord Euro and Legend).