The new rally-prepared Honda Civic Type R R3 from JAS Motorsport is now ready for order and delivery. The rally car complies with FIA rally regulations for the 2.0 litre two-wheel drive class of cars, and it’s front wheel drive engine and gearbox is developed by JAS Motorsports in collaboration with Mugen.
The Honda Civic Type R R3 is based on the European Civic FN chassis. It has a TIG welded roll cage in Chrome-Molybdenum steel. The interior has plenty of carbon fiber all around, and the seats are SPARCO PRO WRC Racing seats made of fiberglass. These have SPARCO 6-point, 3″ seat belts designed for HANS use. The dash display has been replaced by a custom digital display with light blue backlighting.
The Mugen 2.0 litre engine makes 260 horsepower at 8,300rpm and features Pro Competition camshafts, upgraded pistons, a lightweight 4kg flywheel, competition exhaust pipe and cat converter, upgraded engine mountings, an oil cooler, an upgraded oil circuit, removed balance shafts, oil baffling in sump, a competition air filter, a carbon fiber air filter box and customised engine mapping. There is also an option for heavy duty forged racing pistons. The transmission is a 6-speed custom made sequential gearbox with an LSD and a twin disc ALCON clutch assembly. The car’s fuel tank has been upgraded to a 80 litre tank, as compared to the original 50 litre size.
The controversial torsion beam rear suspension setup still remains, but the car now has Eibach racing springs and Extremetech Racing shock absorbers which are three-way adjustable. All suspension rubber joints have been replaced by ball joints. The torsion beam has also been upgraded and has a stiffer anti-rollbar. The Type R R3 uses Brembo Racing 4-pot calipers for the 328x32mm front discs, and the rear discs are 278×6.5mm in size. All discs are mounted on floating disc-bells.
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Damn… all the goodies on the car. :O Another potential winner in the WRC ??
Another contender? The C4s and Focus are still unbeatable. Perhaps this car is targeted to the privateers. 2 litre on 2 wheels? I thought only the Super 1600 runs on 2WD. But then, it’s 1.6 litre. Which group will it fit? Group N?
The good thing is, we get a more variety of cars. Citroen, Ford, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Suzuki. And now, Honda? Cheers.
What happen to the Skodas anyway?
It’s sad to see Skoda’s futile attempt in the WRC. Perhaps the could revive Audi’s past WRC glory with an A4 or an A3, but i guess the VW board is content with Audi’s successful involvement in Le Mans and DTM.
Hondas have never been serious contenders in rally competitions, but i remember seeing some EK hatches in local rally races in Australia. It’ll be fun to watch Honda in WRC, especially when they have come so far in terms of their racing pedigree. I think the Group N entry would suit this Civic.
Good… good… now Honda also wanna fight in rally, so Subaru time to get up!!!
260 HP for N/A 2.0 litre?..wow..
i think subaru oso start smart by introducing their new hatchback version of impreza… looks like rally cars are getting hatchbacked and short wheel base! ermm… wheres the lancer?
how come Civic Euro is a torsion beam setup rear suspension?
wow…honda also got R3 ar? copy from proton ma.
Don’t think so… Also don’t think its that fast
Is it Tengku Djan anywhere in this Honda?R3….
That R3 is meant to be its racing class in 2008. The is a new class to replace group N and group A. it is called FIA Group R. So R3 is a racing class for cars with engine capacity of 1601cc up to 2000cc. No relations with proton R3
i want this car!!!!!
260hp out of an N/A engine is nothing new for race cars.
btcc cars in the 90’s were putting out 300hp out of their 2.0 cars. even the proton waja btcc car puts out almost 300hp from its 2.0 engine derived from the renault 1.8 in the waja.
Group R3 does not replace grp N(production car class + Super 2000 cars) and A(World Rally Cars).
Group R3 cars are only eligible to run together with the Super 1600 cars in the world rally championships under the “junior rally championships”
can fight ?
look like a real babe wor