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More Details Released: the 2015 Honda Civic Type R

Three months ago Honda has announced the latest Civic Type R with a 310hp turbocharged engine, which you can see in our previous report. Today Honda released more interesting technical details about this hot hatch.

2015 Honda Civic Type R

While you can see the extensive details in the press release at the end of this article, we summarized the key points for you.

Engine

– Surprisingly, the turbocharger on this 2.0L VTEC 4-cylinder engine is only a mono scroll type, not the twin-scroll that can be found on many other engines. Not sure how Honda can minimize the turbo lag issue
– Cast aluminum pistons, aluminum VTEC rocker arms and forged conrods
– Compression ratio: 9.8

Drivetrain

– Front wheels...

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