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From: Bedford England
Originally posted by DanM
This is not really correct. What you mean is that is has very little LOW END torque. If you look at the torque curve up around 5-8k, there's way more up there than just about any other 2.0L engine. In general, your torque curve in that car is much healthier than most, though it is a bit shorter at the bottom end.
If you're a V8 guy, I think you might just have bought the wrong car.
Of COURSE the thing is biased toward the upper RPM band - it's supposed to be! That's the whole point of these cars, and is exactly why so many people like them! If you don't like or want to rev it that high, you should've bought a non-R version, or better yet, a V8. 
I own both, and I definitely appreciate a big torquey motor, but I also appreciate these too. You just have to remember what their design intent was.
This is not really correct. What you mean is that is has very little LOW END torque. If you look at the torque curve up around 5-8k, there's way more up there than just about any other 2.0L engine. In general, your torque curve in that car is much healthier than most, though it is a bit shorter at the bottom end.
If you're a V8 guy, I think you might just have bought the wrong car.
Of COURSE the thing is biased toward the upper RPM band - it's supposed to be! That's the whole point of these cars, and is exactly why so many people like them! If you don't like or want to rev it that high, you should've bought a non-R version, or better yet, a V8. I own both, and I definitely appreciate a big torquey motor, but I also appreciate these too. You just have to remember what their design intent was.
I have good days with it and bad, i love the handling, and some days, on a twisty road it is a lot of fun, but deep down i love the low end grunt of the V8's
Horses for courses.
I may well buy a civic of my own for winter though, the Type R went back to Honda today.