I've nothing against Ariel doing whatever they like, so if this comes out a bit "anti-ariel" it's not intended as such.Peter255 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:31 pmI'll be peeved if a LOT of new components are need for more power due to the Atom packaging. It depends on the "headroom" with the Atom install. Hopefully the inlet, intercooler, exhaust etc is up to the task of a remap to 350 at least. The civic apparently is, fingers crossed.
350 is a nice number. I'll be happy with that!
The 400R can have new i/c, larger turbo, injectors, different inlet, different zorst etc etc.
While I agree with what you're saying, I'm not sure how this can work with creating a hierarchy. You can't really charge say 50K for a car, and then not expect almost everyone to tick the extra £1000 for the extra 40-50bhp. It was a different can of beans when adding 7K. You then had model differentiation, and adding the extra hardware helped with the price difference.
If I had to guess, and this is a guess only. There will only be two real models, when it comes to power. The new Atom 4 and the 3.5R replacement, lets call it a 400R.
I can't really see Ariel creating an extra step for almost no extra cost, and I hope they haven't either snookered themselves on the hardware, nor are going to charge many thousands for a remap.
I could be wrong on all counts