Interesting thought
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From: Culpeper Virginia
Originally Posted by deathsled,Sep 18 2009, 05:45 AM
well it would also make sense that the 2.2L makes more power than the 2.0L.
My 0.6 liter bike motor makes as much HP as my 1.5 liter civic motor.
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From: Northern NJ
Originally Posted by EssToOfouzEn,Sep 18 2009, 12:50 AM
My 06 is fasters than my boy's 00 his has 22k miles mine has 60k+! But ive beaten an 04-05 ap2 no problem at the track so i dont know what to tell u. it could differ from car to car too though.
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From: Tucson
I was at a dyno day and the stock AP1 and stock AP2 dynoed exactly the same peak HP. You might be able to make some argument about the power curve but the peak is identical which is the reason they are rated the same.
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From: La Habra
No, I don't think Honda intentionally made the S2k more powerful. The 2.2L engine has higher torque at lower RPM and allows easier low-RPM (city) driving than the AP1. The car's acceleration is area under the dyno curve between gear shifts. I don't believe that is substantantially improved in the AP2.
