Quote Originally Posted by Mingy View Post
Off Topic: Is there a particular reason why honda engines always get detuned when they are sold here? can someone gimme a full recap?
I wonder if the "fuel quality" is the full story? when they brought in the DC5R they specified that it is to be run on 95 ron... why not 98? I think i heard someone say that at the time 98 wasn't as wide spread. but other manufacturers brought in cars that had 98ron min specified.

I would say that it's more about cost. The american 01-04 RSX ran the K20A2 so it was probably cheaper to get that engine for our market too. then america got the K20Z1 in the 05-06 RSX and we also got the same engine in our DC5S

As for FN2R, i'm guessing that's cos the market was going the way of hot hatches and honda wanted to jump on the ship.