Buy now or wait for 2010 model?

weltall

correct me if im wrong but isnt there supposed to be at least 5 changes significant or not for a car to be considered the next model year

examples

02 civic si

03 changed the key, zero speed rev limiter, no more ac kicking on when defrost was used, fixed the steering rack creaking

04 5 lug, head lights, tail lights, side skirts , different wheel/tires size, under hood fender skirts , different grill mounting

05 , were the same except they shipped all of them with the HFP kit



as far as the 2010 changes are just speculation but mainly the oil cooler issue

instead of an air to oil cooler ill take a guess and say they will do something similar to what honda did with the type-s rsx, and add a water cooling of sorts

they took and added a sandwich plate on the oil filter that had coolant ports on it that ran to new coolant ports on the OEM water pump housing to cool the oil. It ran external to the engine and returned back into the block through the normal coolant lines.

im not saying they will take a note from honda, im saying that seeing this in person on my old car it seems the more economical way to do so instead of adding a whole new setup with new lines running here and there (full of oil mind you) it just modifys existing parts. Plus they only have to carry fittings instead of an all out air cooled system



(i apologize for my run on sentence its late, and i like to ramble)

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