F20c vs. B18c and c5
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F20c vs. B18c and c5
Why does the S2000 motor ($4,000) sell for less than a ITR motor ($5,400)? Are they just trying to get rid of them because of placement in the engine bay making swaps much harder?
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Re: F20c vs. B18c and c5 (GreenR)
This is my theory:
Why is the F20C drivetrain less expensive than the B18C-R drivetrain? Because you can only use it in a St00k, so there is a relatively small market for it. (Of course, it is possible use it in other vehicles, but that requires extensive & expensive modification that not many people are willing/able to do - thus it's still a small market.) How many S2k owners are there out there? Only a handful. Even less are in the market for a new/spare engine - so they price it fairly low (compared to the actual wholesale cost of the engine) so they can sell 'em.
However the B18C-R can be used in any 4th-6th gen Civic and 2nd-3rd gen Integra easily (meaning without extensive modification required); this is a huge potential market for the engine, and guarantees good sales despite a jacked-up price. Not to mention, everybody wants one just because it's a "Type-R y0!"
Why is the F20C drivetrain less expensive than the B18C-R drivetrain? Because you can only use it in a St00k, so there is a relatively small market for it. (Of course, it is possible use it in other vehicles, but that requires extensive & expensive modification that not many people are willing/able to do - thus it's still a small market.) How many S2k owners are there out there? Only a handful. Even less are in the market for a new/spare engine - so they price it fairly low (compared to the actual wholesale cost of the engine) so they can sell 'em.
However the B18C-R can be used in any 4th-6th gen Civic and 2nd-3rd gen Integra easily (meaning without extensive modification required); this is a huge potential market for the engine, and guarantees good sales despite a jacked-up price. Not to mention, everybody wants one just because it's a "Type-R y0!"
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Re: F20c vs. B18c and c5 (GreenR)
Why does the S2000 motor ($4,000) sell for less than a ITR motor ($5,400)? Are they just trying to get rid of them because of placement in the engine bay making swaps much harder?
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Re: F20c vs. B18c and c5 (Targa250R)
This is my theory:
Why is the F20C drivetrain less expensive than the B18C-R drivetrain? Because you can only use it in a St00k, so there is a relatively small market for it. (Of course, it is possible use it in other vehicles, but that requires extensive & expensive modification that not many people are willing/able to do - thus it's still a small market.) How many S2k owners are there out there? Only a handful. Even less are in the market for a new/spare engine - so they price it fairly low (compared to the actual wholesale cost of the engine) so they can sell 'em.
However the B18C-R can be used in any 4th-6th gen Civic and 2nd-3rd gen Integra easily (meaning without extensive modification required); this is a huge potential market for the engine, and guarantees good sales despite a jacked-up price. Not to mention, everybody wants one just because it's a "Type-R y0!"
Why is the F20C drivetrain less expensive than the B18C-R drivetrain? Because you can only use it in a St00k, so there is a relatively small market for it. (Of course, it is possible use it in other vehicles, but that requires extensive & expensive modification that not many people are willing/able to do - thus it's still a small market.) How many S2k owners are there out there? Only a handful. Even less are in the market for a new/spare engine - so they price it fairly low (compared to the actual wholesale cost of the engine) so they can sell 'em.
However the B18C-R can be used in any 4th-6th gen Civic and 2nd-3rd gen Integra easily (meaning without extensive modification required); this is a huge potential market for the engine, and guarantees good sales despite a jacked-up price. Not to mention, everybody wants one just because it's a "Type-R y0!"
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Re: F20c vs. B18c and c5 (johnisenglish)
Yeap, and that's the same reason you can get an sr20det for right next to nothing compared to a B18C5. It pays to be diffrent
Then again, a Chevy small-block can be built up far cheaper and more easily than either of these engines.
Why is import tuning so damn expensive?!
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