i dont know anything about type r's but im just curious b/c i heard this. is it true that the b18c5 is hand built?

 

In Gran Turismo 3 it says that when you read about the Type R, not sure if the whole motor is hand built. The 97s (96-97 in Japan) were hand polished cylinder head ports (not sure if its just the intake side?).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Superhonda.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Currently, production line engines and engine parts are made by computer-guided NCR machines, and are of very high quality. However, Mr. Suga believes that in order to make a true race engine, some parts must be built/assembled by hand. In specific, the assembling of the engine, balancing parts, and porting and polishing need to be done by hand. Amazingly, all Type R engines are built this way.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Read here ------&gt;http://www.superhonda.com/tech....html

 

That article was taken from TOV, (Temple of Vtec). It's a Carboy article which is listed here on TOV:

http://www.vtec.net/articles/v...=3428

From what I remember, the 97's were done this way. But for later years there is a discrepancy as to just how much was still hand worked and assembled.

 

is the type-r the only japanese car to have hand assembled properties or are there others?

 

According to the CEO of Spoon Corp., the '96s had the hand port/polish, hand torque of rod bolts, etc. From '97 on, the heads were CNC machined. I was unclear about the continuation of hand tightening some of the bolts. This is from "Type R Legend" DVD by Best Motoring.

 

96 and 97 motors were built by hand