Honda Civic Type-R to get 2.0 turbo engine (300bhp+)

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05XR8
The NEON SRT was good for 153mph or 157mph? That had about the same hp as the EP3 Type R 215-220hp.
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The SRTs were supposedly under-rated, and had more like 250 from the factory... thus producing more at the wheels than you'd expect from the power numbers.

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267 km/h (167 mph), though... that's insane. Aside from a dry lakebed or the autobahn, there are few places you will be able to legally reach that.
 
niky
267 km/h (167 mph), though... that's insane. Aside from a dry lakebed or the autobahn, there are few places you will be able to legally reach that.
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Hopefully they give it some serious aeros. I drove my EM1 at 130 and the ass end basically wasn't on the ground anymore.
 
7100rpm. The fuel cutoff was 7100rpm in my '04 EP3 Si. I only saw 125mph in it. Felt solid to me. I miss that car.
 
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05XR8
7100rpm. The fuel cutoff was 7100rpm in my '04 EP3 Si. I only saw 125mph in it. Felt solid to me. I miss that car.
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Were you going straight? That's the difference. They don't turn very well at that speed, even gradually.
 
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Ha. Definitely straight. No doubt, around high speed turns, those Michelins had low grip and were no good in rain and snow.
 
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From the info that I've gathered from my sources, there is a mild chance that we'll get the Type R for America since this is the first time that a Type-R has been unveiled world wide(Geneva March 2nd). All previous Type R's have always been region specific(EP3 Type R vs. our Si EP3, NSX Type R vs our targa top that was horribly overpriced, Euro FN2 vs Asian FD2).
 
We didn't get the FitVic hybrid chassis. That was Europe only.

That's why our Type-R's were FDs.
 
The FN2 was offered in Japan as the Type R EURO. A softer alternative for the FD2.

As for @GTboyz question, I don't know. Probably only minor differences for specific safety and registration requirements.
 
Dont tell me both cars shares the same chassis name but very different body style ? If i remember correctly, the one in euro was much smaller, that one is called FN2 ?

Wait... This is confusing, i got it mixed up. I thought FN2 was called FD2 lol
 
SagarisGTB
The FN2 was offered in Japan as the Type R EURO. A softer alternative for the FD2.

As for @GTboyz question, I don't know. Probably only minor differences for specific safety and registration requirements.
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GTboyz
Dont tell me both cars shares the same chassis name but very different body style ? If i remember correctly, the one in euro was much smaller, that one is called FN2 ?

Wait... This is confusing, i got it mixed up. I thought FN2 was called FD2 lol
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The cars used different chassis', different engines, different suspension systems(Torsion bar vs fully independent), and different gearboxes. About the same differences between our FA5 Civic Si and the FD2 Civic Type R. The K20A that we got over here in the states was an engine that was a one use only engine. Once something breaks, the whole entire engine has to be ditched. It's the reason why my friend immediately swapped his K20A out of his time attack FA5 after hitting the 270hp mark. Well would have swapped it... His K20A threw a rod into the oil pan during a tuning session early last year. Whole entire front end caught fire and after a years worth of work, a K24 was in. Making 340whp naturally aspirated. The FD2 around Willow in mild race form laid down a 1:48.016 while my friends fully built FA5 laid down a 01:55.602

My friends car after the rebuild https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8589/15733672107_19a4ece930_b.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/15918763052_03dd27afae_b.jpg

Aside from the EP3 Type R that Europe got, the rest of the world never really got a true Type R because they were always unveiled at region specific areas. This is the first time that Honda is unveiling a true Type-R to the whole entire world, sans the NSX-R that while was unveiled, no one outside of the car community knew what it was because of how region specific it was.
 
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LMSCorvetteGT2
The governor kicked in at 155 on the SRT.
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Didn't the Cobalt SS also have the same thing? It was marketed as a 155mph monster, but magazines(CarAndDriver specifically) only hit 142mph in the car in a 5 mile straight. Chevy said they tested the car on a 10 mile stretch which unless you have the Autobahn all to yourself for 10 miles, you are not hitting 155mph.
 
chengman
Didn't the Cobalt SS also have the same thing? It was marketed as a 155mph monster, but magazines(CarAndDriver specifically) only hit 142mph in the car in a 5 mile straight. Chevy said they tested the car on a 10 mile stretch which unless you have the Autobahn all to yourself for 10 miles, you are not hitting 155mph.
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I don't know, I only know so much about the SRT because my dad owned one for a few years before trading it in. He got his up to 150 on a stretch of road here in Arizona that @R1600Turbo would probably be familiar with, but anyways yeah 155 was the factory rating of the governor with the claim being the car could do 162. Also what @niky was saying is true my dad's car 05 has 260hp due to some stage one add ons as ordered
 
@SagarisGTB: Hunh. Didn't know they sold the FN in Japan. Knew they had them in Singapore as (expensive) imports from the UK, but the rest of Asia got the FD chassis, exclusively.

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@chengman: They haven't cracked the ECU issue, yet? That's a bummer.
 
niky
@SagarisGTB: Hunh. Didn't know they sold the FN in Japan. Knew they had them in Singapore as (expensive) imports from the UK, but the rest of Asia got the FD chassis, exclusively.

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@chengman: They haven't cracked the ECU issue, yet? That's a bummer.
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ECU issue? Too many posts, don't know which post you are talking about. Little help?
 
Ah alright i got it after googling :lol:

The FD2 is the bigger sedan and what i always see as the true type R. The FN2 is the compact sedan one right ?

Edit : okay guys my bad, one of the post said asian FD2. I saw it as FN2, my eyes are tricking me
 
chengman
ECU issue? Too many posts, don't know which post you are talking about. Little help?
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My bad... reading your post regarding the time attack car, at first glance it seemed you were talking about engine swap issues. Not bottom end issues. I've heard later K20s had an ECU lock-in? But then, from the sound of his build, he probably had a standalone box, already.
 
niky
My bad... reading your post regarding the time attack car, at first glance it seemed you were talking about engine swap issues. Not bottom end issues. I've heard later K20s had an ECU lock-in? But then, from the sound of his build, he probably had a standalone box, already.
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Nah, it was just that the K20A was a bad engine to work on. Tuning it is fun, but it was not as strong as the engine in the FD2 so 270hp was the most you could make before forced induction and even forced induction is useless because of how small the intake is. It's like the Honda Fit engine, when something goes wrong, ditch it. The engine is worth nothing at all. It also made no torque at all so the K24 was a godsend.
 
Since we're talking about K20s here, i wanna know something. I don't know anything about engines so i wanna know at least something. What do you think about K20A4 ?
 
The FN2. Plenty of these in Australia. As well as EP3 imports.
http://carsales.mobi/cars/results?q...Make=[Honda]&(Model=[Civic]&Badge=[Type R])))

FD2 is the Sedan. Australia only received the base models. They had the Japanese model front and rear fascias.
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GTboyz
Since we're talking about K20s here, i wanna know something. I don't know anything about engines so i wanna know at least something. What do you think about K20A4 ?
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It does the job of being an engine, but don't expect to track day bro or to see any swaps for it.
 
Why are you guys blabbering on about front-drive cars? Graduate to something manly.
 

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