[TouchMyHonda]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

I think 190-200whp is doable on this engine with a budget, around 15k at the most if you do the work yourself. I think the limit to this engine would be 280hp.

But then again this engine in particular has a bit of mystery to it, I don't know any other 2.0 4 cylinder n/a than can scavenge peak TQ at low RPM...which leads me to believe that intake acoustic tuning makes much more drastic changes to the efficiency of the output.

I also don't know any 2.0 4 cylinders n/a that make 200hp or more without aggressive cam profiling like vtek or some serious blueprinting.

if you compare all the engines together in the same class. including the R500 duratec engine, and the K20Z ariel atom mugen. The FA20 with only 200hp is pretty impressive for being an average production engine

This.