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Old Feb 21, 2002
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Compression Ratio
Is the only diff between the 160hp RSX and the 200hp RSX Type S the compression ratio?
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And Ignition Timing, and Air/fuel ratios, and different v-tec engagement timing. Different camshafts... there's more.. but I haven't looked up on it too much yet
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And how difficult would it be to make the changeover?
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whats the compression ratio on our cars?
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Depends what you have.... Si/EX is 9:9:1
LX and lower is 9:5:1
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LX/DX 9.5:1 EX 10:1

Swap not possible. for RSX ad civics
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So in about 4 years when there are hella 7th gen civics with K20a swaps, you are still going to say"not possible".
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