Honda Civic Type-r: Features, Development And Achievements By Quality
Honda Civic Type-R: Features, Development and Achievements by Quality
Honda Civic Type-R is the highest performance version of Honda Civic. It is made by Honda motor company of Japan. It is light and its body is stiffened. It has specially turned engine its brake is also upgraded. A one make series of Honda Type R cars where privateers those can be purchase an off road type R and complete I a series championship is stepping stone for many aspiring racing drivers in Japan.
The Type R name was based on the 6th generation EK Civic. It was the 1st generation of Civic series. The contributing based model was JDM Civic 3. It was called 3 door hatchbacks called SIR. The code was EK4. The Integral Type R DC2, the civic Sirs transformation into a Type R was achieved by working on the base model. It is improving to Hondas Idea if a car capable of high performance on the circuit. The first civic to received this type was introduced in 1998. It was named as EK9. It shared many characteristics with Integral type R. DC2 is such as omission of sound deeding. It is also light weight. A hard ported B16B engine is front helical, limited slip differential. It has also close ratio gear box.
The second generation of the Civic R (EP3) is a unique 3 door hatchback to the UK market. It was introduced in 2001. Honda introduced this. It was manufactured in Swindon, England. This type was featured a 200PS. It has configured as the regular type treatment of seam welding. It has close ratio 6 speed transmission and up rated brakes. But it does not include some of the other higher features. These features like helical LSD and red Record race seats. These features were standard in previous generation.
Honda marketed a Japanese domestic market version of the EP3. It was exclusively manufactured in Swindon. It retained the highly renewed helical LSD similar to that of the EK9. Some other different are a more track oriented chassis settings as compared to the EDM. The EDM EP3 Civic Type R was much acclaimed by motoring journals around United Kingdom. It won hot hatch of the year awards more than once from Top Gear and what car. Civic R became popular alternative for mainstream drivers. Type R has a feature of dual zone climate control. It has rain sensing windscreen wipers. It also includes refrigerated glove box.