Cars are often refered to in the feminine tense, but I'm not sure you can really call the new Honda Civic Type R FD2 Sports Saloon a she! So for our purposes we'll call it the DC5's new baby brother!
Designed to be the ultimate Type R in Japan, the Japanese Domestic Market (
JDM) Honda Civic FD2
supersedes the
Integra DC5 Type R Coupe as Honda's Flagship performance road racer.
With factory modifications to the 2.0 V-
Tec K20A engine, including: 'Drive by Wire', re-surfacing head ports as well as tuning inlet and exhaust ports the output is now up to 225
bhp with 215
Nm of torque at a lazy for a V-
Tec 6100 rpm.
The real trick though is in the handling, much improved by utilising the light weight saloon
body shell's rigidity and then hanging exclusive to FD2 Type R suspension and specially tuned ABS /
EBD system. One over the UK Type R, the rear suspension is now upgraded to a Double Wishbone configuration.
Power is
transferred via a six speed close ratio gearbox, with short shift throw, through the now ubiquitous to
JDM Type R Limited Slip Differential.
There's more information about the specification
here and I'll update as more technical information comes into our domain.
Labels: Civic Type R, FD2, JDM, K20A