RE: Honda Accord Type R: Catch It While You Can

[ShuthanVtec]

s m said:

Anyone find the turning circle cumbersome on these out of interest?

Yep, suppose its due to the quick/short steering rack. Can't do a full circle on an average road without a 3 point turn lol but its not a big deal to be honest.

Edited by ShuthanVtec on Monday 27th February 07:49

[s m]

ALawson said:

s m said:

Anyone find the turning circle cumbersome on these out of interest?

Not really, never any issues in 180k miles of driving.

Cheers - just wondered really as a few people had mentioned the Primera GT as having a large turning circle even though it's slightly tighter than the Accord. To be honest both are pretty much what you'd expect for this size fwd saloon wit big tyres.
Alfa 156 V6 is bigger than both

[M-SportMatt]

s m said:

Standard one tested




140 on the bowl

Bet the speedo was showing considerably more though

140 seems about right for a car of that power and weight

140 I can believe, i've had several 200bhpish smallish cars that would do circa 140

But 159 nope, thats another kettle of fish. There is a big difference in power needed to get that extra 19mph and it seems it isn't geared for it either.

Edited by M-SportMatt on Monday 27th February 11:10

[toyracer69]

thepeoplespal said:

Top lurking toyracer69, must be a good car to get you to unveil yourself again 1300 days after your 1st post. ;-)

Says the man that worked out how many days since I last posted! lol

Anyway they can do better than 140+ as the rev limit is 7800, so so long as they have enough power to pull it to the limiter then 155-160 is possible. Mine use to run out of puff at the limiter at 145MPH but that was due to the final drive I've got fitted. Now that the engine has been rebuilt and then mapped on an AEM ECU the limiter is much higher....

Also since they are the last of the hand built Type-R engines, the power can vary quite a bit. Some good, some not so much.