I think your expectations of the mods you are doing are too high. Essentially, when it comes to power, all you have done is intake and exhaust, granted hondata is a mod, but it isnt giving you any extra power, just allowing you an extra 900 rpms before you gotta shift. Think about it, you're comparing a 160 hp engine with a few mods to a 200 hp engine, and expecting them to be equal. If it were that easy, then everyone would just save the extra money on the RSX-S and go with a base model RSX and buy I/E. You're paying for what you get. For the price, I strongly believe that the EP3 is a well built, well balanced car, including the engine. So to answer your question, I like our engine, its what I expected. Don't expect a few little mods to push your car over the edge and create some speed demon that tears up the road. It's just a civic, you knew that when you bought it.
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