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your right, I didn't mention tires, well, I wont be running a LRR tires because I like twisty roads, but I will be keeping them 205 or narrower, with a smooth cover, which I'm not sure how much it will help with full fender skirts.
As for the engine, the F20 has quite long rods, only one backwards honda engine had longer rods, the B16B civic type R, but we all know how short that top gear is (38.5 mph at 2000 RPM in 5th!) This 1.65 rod to stroke ratio is big for a Honda. Honda has had to compromise engine height with the people designing the front sheet metal, when released the 88 civic had the lowest FWD hood height.
With almost 12:1 compression, I think anything below 91 octane is out of the question, Sunoco around my area has 94 octane for a ridiculous 8 cents more than 93 octane, and without a cat (remember natural gas primary fuel) I could run turbo blue 104 octane readily available at some local gas stations. CNG has an equivlent anti knock rating of about 130.
P.S. I just spent almost half an hour trying to find your 3B2 con rod length, I finally gave up, how long is your "long stroke" fortwo rod? if you dont mind me asking.
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