Honda Civic Mugen RR

[Motor]

CHECK IT OUT: http://www.mugen-power.com/street/RR/

:burnout: :chuckles:

[Beast]

no.

[LightningRod]

:hit:

Only because it probably gets better gas mileage than the G.

[Motor]

no.

You must.

[marc]

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6211424/japan/mugen-ized-honda-civic-type-r-coming-to-japanese-market/

Turns out rumors can be true, after all. Japanese Honda tuning giant Mugen will be releasing its version of the Honda Civic Type R to its home market in a limited-production run of just 300 cars.

Dubbed the Honda Civic Mugen RR, this front-engine, front-drive sedan will gain 15 more horses over the standard Type R for a total of 240 and will lose 22 pounds, bringing its weight down to 2733 pounds, according to Mugen. The power gains stem from a freer-flowing dual-exhaust setup, a ram-air intake system, and a revised camshaft profile. Mugen also has retuned the suspension; the brakes have been upgraded with a firmer hydraulic line, sport pads, and slotted rotors; and new wheels have been fitted with super-sticky Bridgestone Potenza RE070 RR tires.

On the aesthetics front, a fairly subtle body kit has been fitted along with two Mugen-branded Recaro sport seats that are two-position height adjustable (high and low -- perfect for getting that bit of extra helmet clearance at the track). Interior gauges also display the Mugen logo.

So what's the cost for what could be the best front-drive econo-racer in Japan? Mugen will be looking for 4,777,500 yen, which equates to around $38,821 at the current conversion rates. What price exclusivity?

[Gas-n-Grease]

wow, nearly $40k for a Civic.... I'll pass

[marc]

wow, nearly $40k for a Civic.... I'll pass


you don't live in Japan, so you never had the option to stay or pass

[GTsRasta]

A NA 13 second K20 powered, comfortable sedan that gets 30+ mpg is still appealing, but I dunno bout that price...I'd just import the unique stuff for dat tyte JDM look.

[marc]

A NA 13 second K20 powered, comfortable sedan that gets 30+ mpg is still appealing, but I dunno bout that price...I'd just import the unique stuff for dat tyte JDM look.


just buy a new SI for $20,000 and slap some cams on there - people are making over 230 to the wheels (that's like 270 crank on a 2700 lb car) with hondata, cams, intake/exhaust/header

hell, the car is already running a 13.9 consistently with just intake/exhaust/race header - that's about 200-210 at the wheels

gets crazier with hondata

its a fast little *******

[Motor]

First Drive: 2008 Honda Civic Mugen RR
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=131768
[QUOTE]Honda's Own Skyline GT-R

First Impressions:
Fantastic performance on the track. But we'd rather drive home in a regular Type R.

* 2.0-liter K20A inline-4
* 237 hp; 160 lb-ft of torque
* Six-speed manual transmission
* 1:00.6 at Tsukuba Circuit

The Mugen Way
Mugen, of course, is the Japanese word for "Unlimited," and it began when Hirotoshi Honda built a racing car in his father's workshop back in 1965 while he was still a student at Nihon University. And, yes, his father was Soichiro Honda, the patriarch of Honda. Mugen has specialized in high-performance and motorsports with Honda products since it was formally established, although the company was restructured in late 2003 under the ownership of M-TEC.

Mugen is well known for offering tuning and styling parts for Hondas, but everything on the RR is unique and will not be on sale separately. Take a chunk out of one of the forged-aluminum 18-inch wheels and you'll have to prove that you own an RR to get another. The same goes for the carbon-fiber front airdam and rear aero diffuser, the aluminum vented hood and the adjustable carbon-fiber rear wing.

Despite these lightweight pieces, the RR is only 22 pounds lighter than the Honda Civic Type R upon which it is based, even with the lightweight carbon-fiber Recaro racing seats inside the cabin.

You won't find a substantial power uplift either. In prototype form, the RR was said to have a 256-horsepower, 2.2-liter version of the Honda K20A engine, but the production version sticks with the standard displacement of 1,998cc. Mind you, the 237 hp it does produce is more power than the stock 222-hp Type R unit. The improvements come from a ram-air intake, a larger cold air box, new intake and exhaust camshafts, stiffer valve springs, a 4-2-1 exhaust manifold, a low-restriction catalyst and dual exhaust.

Track Record
Now, we're big fans of the Honda Civic Type R, even though its appearance in Japan as a four-door sedan instead of a three-door coupe caused something of a scandal (Honda U.K. even built its own Type R coupe in response).

The Type R's grooved, street-legal slicks, limited-slip differential and a K20A with a 9,000-rpm redline make it pretty impressive. The Mugen RR sets out to be even more focused, but we can't help but cynically imagine that this will be like the difference between a four-blade and a five-blade disposable razor, i.e. largely imaginary. After all, the Civic Type R's own K20A spins out 225 hp at 8,000 rpm and 158 pound-feet of torque at 6,100 rpm.

Nevertheless, the Mugen RR is 2 seconds quicker than the Type R around the Tsukuba Circuit, the 1.3-mile road course that Japanese car manufacturers regard as an important standard of speed just like the N