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Sankar · 21st June 2006, 16:14

Well, the Cedia does make 115BHP in detuned form we are getting here and 125 BHP in normal state of tune. So getting another 40BHP more won't be too difficult for the teams with all the money they put into developing. But the Evo engine is making 280+BHP, that's 120BHP more than the rally prepped Cedia engine, but of course it's turboed

RTech, there could be some similarity between the two engine, maybe some similarities in the block. I suspect there is because one is 1997cc and the other 1999cc. And it doesn't mean all parts could be interchangeable, some key components could infact. And maybe the block would be robust enough to handle the stress and strain if you soup it up, but pistons, rods, crank needs changing. And everything is in the (cyl) head. So when they say it's based on the same architecture it's a marketing gimmick and won't mean much to a regular customer.

Wagon R and Alto are based on the same platform, the CRV and the Civic are based on the same platform and they're different cars. It's not benefiting the user, the user can't make one to another (well it's not impossible but who'd want to), the real benefactor is the company they can reduce costs.

Just like that here it's easy for the company to cut costs by producing two different engines with the same architecture. Cedia engine is not even close to an Evo engine.

21st June 2006, 16:14	#9 (permalink)
Sankar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: TRV Posts: 2,331	Well, the Cedia does make 115BHP in detuned form we are getting here and 125 BHP in normal state of tune. So getting another 40BHP more won't be too difficult for the teams with all the money they put into developing. But the Evo engine is making 280+BHP, that's 120BHP more than the rally prepped Cedia engine, but of course it's turboed RTech, there could be some similarity between the two engine, maybe some similarities in the block. I suspect there is because one is 1997cc and the other 1999cc. And it doesn't mean all parts could be interchangeable, some key components could infact. And maybe the block would be robust enough to handle the stress and strain if you soup it up, but pistons, rods, crank needs changing. And everything is in the (cyl) head. So when they say it's based on the same architecture it's a marketing gimmick and won't mean much to a regular customer. Wagon R and Alto are based on the same platform, the CRV and the Civic are based on the same platform and they're different cars. It's not benefiting the user, the user can't make one to another (well it's not impossible but who'd want to), the real benefactor is the company they can reduce costs. Just like that here it's easy for the company to cut costs by producing two different engines with the same architecture. Cedia engine is not even close to an Evo engine.