I agree it hasn't got lot of low end power, but think about it, does the DC2 has extreme midrange? Its just 10 lb -ft of torque more nothing exteme really....
And isn't it more or less the same cost to make "equivalent" power increase with the B18C to the B16B?? Where is your book?
So the 1.8 L is perfect?
My friends 96 DC2 has aftermarket air filter, header and exhaust only. We were going side by side until he shifted in the 3rd gear at 100 km/h where he disappeared
My mods then were air filter, header, exhaust and
15" Rays TE37s only. So, the experiment says that just a set of superlightened wheels balanced his torque advantage
From the 3rd gear, his displacement advantage started to work