Watch: Civic Type R’s ‘Ring lap record

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Mar 8, 2015 | 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Robevo RS

wrong wheel drive on tarmac? hm..

the fwd nissan nismo lm race car

Nissan 2015 LMP1: GT-R LM NISMO - #GTR #HeroComesHome - YouTube

This! This is one heck of an exception!

We know how Nissan R & D guys does their thing on the track. Its expectation is a bit high, so I hope it delivers.

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Originally Posted by Sil'vr-Boi6

Its faster than a R32 and Honda S2000 and the NSX. 7:50 is very impressive time.

Its important to NOTE: that this CIVIC TYPE R is a PRe production notice the roll bar and I think the body is slightly different however has the same aero as the production.

Agree but those are the old bad boys from the early 90s (except s2k). Even though they are "real" sportscars, they just used early 90s tire technology, suspension, even restricted on factory hp.

Yeah their time isn't official yet. No official sanctioning body to check time even their equipment used on the car.

Mar 8, 2015 | 07:48 AM

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I just can't get excited about wrong wheel drive cars that are not sold in the US.

Show me an S2000 replacement and maybe my pulse will raise.

from the rumors i've been reading, they will do a CTR, in sedan form, for the US. the hatch would be amazing to have. yay US for not getting the best stuff.

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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone

FWD cars are boring to drive. Mostly due the lack of the ability to induce oversteer with the throttle, and the inability to put down a decent amount of power..

not always true. my measly Integra Type R whooped all over a whole group of Lotus Elises. i beat many, many, many "faster" cars. i don't remember being bored, either.
at one point i had it up to 350whp. still not boring.

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only in America where people think FWD is no good...

I dont care the car is fwd or rwd or my favorite AWD. They all can be fast if they build right and balanced.

'Merica! LOL. i agree.

Mar 9, 2015 | 12:20 PM

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Yeah their time isn't official yet. No official sanctioning body to check time even their equipment used on the car.

For the record, there is no official sanctioning body for 'ring times...

Mar 9, 2015 | 12:42 PM

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Video with timer is as official as it gets.

Mar 11, 2015 | 01:35 PM

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Read that the car used had "some" weight reduction and (as you can see) was caged.

Some of that might explain the 25 seconds faster around the Ring than the stock Evo VIII when it first came out.

I think you may be under estimating how fast this thing actually is.
That ring time beats ALOT of high HP cars AWD and RWD.

Its not in the OEM's best interest to try and fluff numbers, they set out to make the fastest FWD production car, they too want to know what times it can actually achieve.
Because of safety hence the cage, they have to do 'weight reduction' to get the weight back down to its intended range... as well as other electronics they put in there for data collection.

Mar 11, 2015 | 02:17 PM

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Which would give it an unfair advantage on stiffness and being able to put the extra weight where they need. Not that it's any less impressive.

Mar 11, 2015 | 05:40 PM

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Which would give it an unfair advantage on stiffness and being able to put the extra weight where they need. Not that it's any less impressive.

No doubt that is true to some extent, it is there to help save a life.

It is true in general when testing, to test the vehicle to its mass production intent.
Testing a mule vehicle to your advantage is actually not an advantage at all, it gives you false results. If your intention is to lie to the world I guess more power to you, I highly doubt Honda moral is a company to try and do that (** cough GTR cough **).