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I copied and pasted this from civinfo from tdi himself,just to add his take on it.
""We have made a radiator that fits under the crash bar with the pump under the battery.
Charge coolers are generally a lot more efficient than intercoolers plus you don't have all the boost pipes to fill which...
From what i can read the standard motor does 350-370bhp on the standard motor.Then forged internals are added and it gives just under 500.Thats pretty good for a 2.0 civic.Its also charge cooled which they say is better.
Here you go chip i may have mis quoted something im not sure.Have a read if you can.
http://www.civinfo.com/forum/torque-developments-international-north-south/66641-tdi-north-fn2-turbo-kit-full-video-p1.html
I agree but i would turbo it.TDI north do a kit for it that you could probably fit yourself.
From what i can read they make sure it can take 500bhp then de-tune it to around 400bhp.Now that would be nippy.
I will also say its quicker too.I owned a VR6 highline and that was rr'd to 197bhp and that used to pull away from my mate in his 182.,i had a blast in that with an R32 and it pulled on me a bit.
Im sure its just the potential speed down to gearing and power etc.Will have to be massively re-engineered to acheive it i think.
They have taken a lotus and shoved loads of stuff on it.
I maybe wrong,1st bottle of wine is nearly finished.