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its ment to be around 320bhp nowthink they are competing with the new merc a45 amg
Citation please my friend...?
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I've read that. I don't think it's in the press officially but R&D have talked to people in the plant and dealers etc.
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Fair enough. Lets hope it is true. The only downside is do you really want 320bhp+ horse power going through the front wheels...? Such as dislocating your arms unless you pull away in 2nd or 3rd.....
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yeh think theres a mag in the honda dealers with the new type r in and it states its going to be 320.Theres a boy on civinfo aswell that works for honda who also said it will be around 320.
It is alot of power for the fronts but lets hope honda work there magic and make a good car as am sure it will be.
That amount of power via just the front wheels is one of my concerns as well. But Honda seems confident that amount of power will be no problem (eg: minimise torque steer) with their fwd setup. It wouldn't be surprising since Focus RS managed with the RevoKnuckle design.
Anyway, I just hope they improve the suspension setup to make the ride more compliant on poorer road surfaces. The stock FN2 was very crashy.
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It is, it's a render. They've put the rear door handles on but not the door shut.
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I don't like 5 door cars really! Apart from the mugen RR. I do wonder why you'd create a hot hatch/sports car and fit five doors. Surely that reduces chassis stiffness, also looks less clean than a three door motor. I appreciate people want practicality, but realistically who the hell buys a sports car for practical reasons? They ep3 is three door and has plenty of room in the back/boot!
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I don't like 5 door cars really! Apart from the mugen RR. I do wonder why you'd create a hot hatch/sports car and fit five doors. Surely that reduces chassis stiffness, also looks less clean than a three door motor. I appreciate people want practicality, but realistically who the hell buys a sports car for practical reasons? They ep3 is three door and has plenty of room in the back/boot!
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That I like. The lights and spoiler combo thing is cool.
The four tailpipes just seems to be a current trend thing. I know the WRX has 4 and I remember seeing the next Golf R having 4 as well now.
Now it's just patiently waiting for the Geneva motor show to know how the car will look inside and out. I'm hoping it's the final design except for maybe 1 or 2 aero tweaks.
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It's tat. They're essentially fake exhausts. You'd probably be better off with one pipe than contrivedly splitting one turbo exhaust into at least two, potentially four pipes. I don't mind as an aftermarket thing - but as an oem design...
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My STi is 70mm or there abouts on the B-pipe then splits to two back boxes. Each back box has twin exit like the EP3 back box, that's it.
It's very much about getting two silencers on the last section of the exhaust and slowing the gases coming out to reduce the noise while minimizing restriction.
If you look at any of the single exit STi exhausts they are 5 and 6 inch exits and they're still noisy as.
Don't read any more into it, it's just about keeping the noise of the thing down.
In other news Pridham on FB has been saying the new power figures are tied to a higher rev limit. He tends to be told stuff like this from what I gather. The 7k rev counter was just on the development car and that was revving to 7.5k when Tarquini had it. So the rumour mill has the rev limit higher.
Hello 2 litre turbo charged screamer...
It's very much about getting two silencers on the last section of the exhaust and slowing the gases coming out to reduce the noise while minimizing restriction.
If you look at any of the single exit STi exhausts they are 5 and 6 inch exits and they're still noisy as.
Don't read any more into it, it's just about keeping the noise of the thing down.
In other news Pridham on FB has been saying the new power figures are tied to a higher rev limit. He tends to be told stuff like this from what I gather. The 7k rev counter was just on the development car and that was revving to 7.5k when Tarquini had it. So the rumour mill has the rev limit higher.
Hello 2 litre turbo charged screamer...
That render looks great! One can see how features of the Earth Dreams test mule have been adapted into more pleasing panels, such as the vented fron wings. They looked odd and out of proportion - but kind of cool - in the pics a few pages back, but clearly now, they were basic panels tested for functon before being adapted into something more eye-catching. Nice. Very nice. Rumours regarding the power-hike and iincreased limiter sound encouraging! Roll on March... quite excited for more information/pics of the car.