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Old 01-20-2012, 06:14 PM
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Some serious Honda racing V-6 muscle seen at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, the new HI12RT IndyCar engine.
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Thats Pretty Claude!

Too bad they didnt do so hot with the nsx.
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Sick, Im hoping to see Honda come back to F1 as an engine supplier with a similar motor for the new rules in 2013.
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wish they would have atleast hung the exhaust manifolds on there and maybe a turbo.

cool shots, thanks!
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A few more pics of the new V6 engine, and of the Formula F(ord) Honda HPD L15A7, and the outgoing Honda IndyV8 engine.
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Mmm that V8. Art.

The V6 is interesting. Cant wait to see what comes of that. Wish more of this hit production models and they actually still made a fun (proper) car to put it in.
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Originally Posted by johnjw
wish they would have atleast hung the exhaust manifolds on there and maybe a turbo.

cool shots, thanks!
For the Honda V6, the turbochager is a single Borg Warner unit based on the EFR 9180, but with a custom compact center section and housings so that it can fit inside the bellhousing. I'm interested to see what the powertrain looks like assembled, weird imagining a turbocharger inside a bellhousing.

If the turbocharger is indeed in the bellhousing I'm also curious how well it will be cooled...
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but does it fit in a civic?
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Awww I miss the sound of a turbo charged Honda cart/champcar/indy car engine...

I wonder if the new V6 will sound like these old Turbo'd Honda's?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLT1U7WMDf4
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Ahhhhh JM thats the old Comptech Indy car with Parker Johnstone driving!
Circa 1995- 1996 with a Reynard Chassis

Them were the days when they turbo'd everything in CART
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