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Old 2011-03-21, 05:28 PM   #22
cody
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Real Name: Cody
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Originally Posted by Kevin M View Post
Hahaha, no way. Cody is very, very diligent about maintenance, he studies potential mods very carefully and frankly, he's had good luck. Unless you can buy a car with a background as good as his, don't count on having a worry-free 2.0 liter. There's really no advantage to them other than a slight gas mileage advantage (and I mean slight, less than 10% at regular cruise in most cases).
I don't disagree with any of this, except that the 2.5L is much more prone to ringland (piston) failure due to knock. This means a really good conservative tune becomes even more important with a 2.5L than it is with the 2L.
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