Caestus
Senior Member
- First Name
- Jeremiah
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2019
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- Location
- Miami Florida
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- 19 Civic Type R
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Generically speaking, I agree with the absolutely not part.
However, there is one caveat which I'd imagine most people will rationalize with the "its not a straight line car" mindset. And that is, or was in my case, that when you get to 380tq, traction becomes a huge issue. 1-3rd are damn near useless where-as stock you have much more grip. The counter-argument are things like "Use Hondata's traction control" or "dampen tq in low gears" however to me, it diminishes the purpose of the upgrades to a degree. Both for straight-line and cornering. For example, you're taking a corner in second gear, the more power you have you either can't use it (because it's limited by torque management or traction control) or you will cause oversteer as the power breaks traction.
It's really unfortunate given how well the platform response to mods. It's this very reason I traded in and moved on to an RS3 even though I miss the connection between car and road the Type R provided.
If only the Type R was AWD and had a DCT automatic. One can dream...
This guy lol...
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