Civic Type R Ask the Experts forum

[aaronng]

Damn, this is sad:

18. Wazza asks:
In your opinion, does the exclusion of an LSD and inclusion of torsion beam rear suspension remove this car from the Type R heritage?

Mark Higgins answers:
Absolutely not! The Civic type R handles beautifully. And the VSA more then makes up for the LSD.

[T-onedc2]

yeh I saw that, some of the responses are interesting.

[aaronng]

- What were the main points of consideration when adopting a torsion beam rear suspension setup? Is this just a case of trying to make the best of what you've got to work with?

You'll have to ask Honda UK that instead. The Civic hatch was designed with a torsion beam to maximise boot space in the base model. Since the Type R is a souped up version of that Civic, it gets a torsion beam as well.

[aaronng]

Anyway, this answers your question partially:

23. T-mobile asks:
Why was rear suspension kept as torsion bar rather than IRS?

Peter McDowell answers:
Rear torsion bar was kept because it's simple, strong and effective. Honda could have developed IRS however it would have added dramatically to the cost without a dramatic improvement.

[aaronng]

19" rims question:

29. mb1120 asks:
Why does Honda Aus stop 19" Wheels ? when the type R GT in UK is released with them as optional ?

Matthew Nichol answers:
Australian Design Regulations require us to certify even wheels that are optional. In order for us to take a bigger accessory wheel we would have to certify both the 18" and 19" wheels. This was not feasible for this market unfortunately.

[itr025]

It is full of sh!t. They try to claim the car has no torque steer so doesn't need LSD. And also that it has VSA so doesn't need a LSD... FFS

[Wazza]

My first question of the night involved the ''third gear problem''

20 minutes later no answer...

[aaronng]

Brembos:

39. aaron33 asks:
With the previous generations of Type Rs, everyone was always asking, where are the Brembo brake calipers? How is the stopping power of the new Type R and are the brake pads more aggressive than the previous Australian Integra Type R?
Peter McDowell answers:
The stopping power is very strong with a firm race weighted pedal. Brembos were not available for this car, even so we did not feel that they would be necessary.

[itr025]

They only choose to answer useless/convenient questons.

Like the Brembo one you quoted. "we did not feel that they would be necessary"... no sh!t when are they ever NECESSARY? Besides like they ever had a say in the matter.

[T-onedc2]

HAHA!


58. 1kmodem asks:
There was a clip on Topgear I think it was where Tiff Needles was in a CTR and took on a CBR1000RR on the track, he made it look pretty fast. Do you really think a CTR can overtake a Fireblade on a track? like Tiff does
Mark Higgins answers:
Both are wonderful Honda products and overly a lap both the car and the bike will have advantages and disadvantages over each other.

[aaronng]

It is full of sh!t. They try to claim the car has no torque steer so doesn't need LSD. And also that it has VSA so doesn't need a LSD... FFS

If the Euro doesn't torque steer with VSA off, then the CTR won't as well, assuming that the CTR's suspension is well sorted.

[T-onedc2]

Interesting:

64. truman asks:
Does the vehicle come with Front strut brace as standard?
Peter McDowell answers:
Nope, no strut brace, the body shell is stiff enough not to really need one.