The Honda Civic Type R family is growing bigger in the United States with the Civic Type R TC race car.
Engineered by Honda Performance Development (HPD) for SRO TC Americas and amateur Touring Car competition, the new model bridges the gap between the Civic Si TCA and Type R TCR in Honda’s turnkey Civic-based customer racing portfolio.
Targeting both professional racers and Type R enthusiasts who want to go from track time in a stock Type R to a fully built race car, the Civic Type R TC racer costs a hefty $89,900. You can’t just go to a dealership and buy one, though. The new race car is available exclusively through HPD for Honda Racing Line members with racing licenses.
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So what do you get for more than twice the cost of a base Civic Type R for the street? Stuff like a high-flow front grille, J’s Racing FRP vented hood, HPD/Pyrotect bolt-in FIA 16-gallon fuel cell, welded multi-point racing cage, and an OMP racing seat with 6-point harness.
That’s not all, obviously. The Civic Type R TC also features a six-speed manual transmission with high-strength 3rd and 4th gears, CSF-designed radiator and oil cooler, an HPD/Cusco limited slip differential, HPD Girodisk 2-piece front brake rotors and HPD brake inlet ducts, and HPD/Borla downpipe and turbo back exhaust.
The engine is the same U.S.-built 2.0-liter VTEC Turbo unit as in the road car but can be tuned to produce between 270 and 330 horsepower, depending on the series application. While developed and tested in-house by HPD engineers, the Civic Type R TC’s final assembly is done by Gradient Racing in Austin, Texas.