Type R Club of America

Hello Everyone, As a follow up to what Aquafina wrote, I left a message on www.ek9.org to ask the community for clarification. Fortunately, a very helpful person responded and agreed 100% with Aquafina. Please see below: https://www.ek9.org/index.php?threads/race-base-transmission.80816/ So that abo...

Hello Everyone,

This is not mine, but I noticed it yesterday when I was doing a search on something else. For those in Canada, there is a 2000 Civic Type Rx for sale in Calgary, Alberta:

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/cal ... 1653263460

Andrew

Hello Aquafina,

Makes sense to me. It was an actual race car. Thanks for the information.

Andrew

Hello Scott, I vividly remember the first time I drove the car. It had a bad battery and little to no gas. As I drove to the gas station I was wondering what the he$$ was that noise coming from the transmission. I had to go online to figure out what the whine was about because I had no in-person str...

Hello 330r, Well it was actually a good thing in some ways. Based on what the Japanese trained mechanic I found at a local Honda dealership had deduced based on the great compression and other things (the timing belt he replaced had no wear) the engine had been recently rebuilt. But whoever had race...

Hello 330R,

I believe I saw you a number of times in the comment section. I use the name CarsGo.

Hello Folks,

A first generation Civic Type R sold told on Bring a Trailer. I believe it was the first EK9 to be auctioned on that site. The comments were fun to read. It went for 36K American, which with fees would be 51K Canadian.

Minty

I could not state it better myself!!

Hello,

Steelies. I have though about replacing some of other parts (fibreglass bumper and hood, exhaust manifold, exhaust system, coilovers, etc) with factory but really like to keep them because they are part of its history when it was raced in Japan.

Andrew

Hello J,

I appreciate the support. I will just have to wait until a well (or at least somewhat) informed buyer comes along. I am still thinking about Bring a Trailer and changing the present rims to steelies.

Andrew