01 — Engine detail
Enginedetail.
- Engine code
- F20C
- Manufacturer
- Honda
- Configuration
- Inline-4
- Displacement
- 1,997 cc
- Valvetrain
- DOHC 16-valve VTEC
- Aspiration
- Naturally aspirated
- Production
- 1999 – —
- Applications
- Honda S2000 (AP1, AP2 in some markets)
- 01
It was designed specifically for the Honda S2000 and shares some engineering with the Honda K engine.
Source: Honda F engine — Wikipedia (English) - 02
Its redline was 9,000 rpm, with VTEC engagement at 6,000 rpm.
Source: Honda F engine — Wikipedia (English) - 03
Its specific output of about 124 hp per litre was the highest of any mass-production naturally aspirated car until 2010.
Source: Honda S2000 — Wikipedia (English) - 04
Japanese-market output was 250 PS.
Source: ホンダ・S2000 — ウィキペディア日本語版
Technology — Variable valve timing
Two sets of cam lobes per cylinder: mild profiles for low-speed tractability, then a hydraulic pin locks the rockers onto a high-lift profile as revs rise.
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03 — Sources
- 01Honda F engine – WikipediaWikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
- 02Honda S2000 – WikipediaWikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
- 03ホンダ・S2000 – Wikipedia (ja)Wikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26