http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/f...-civic-si.html

Pretty awesome.

 

great article

 

Read it again just for kicks!

My friend actually owns this car now. Minty stock.

 

Deuce!!

 

very nice !!!! quick question if the car has been sitting inside how come rear exhuast looks all rusted?

 

Read it again.

 

There are some incorrect facts and Z1 tires vs SP Sport tires isnt exactly fair, but a good read non the less.

 

Good article but, at 3 years old, it's only recent compared to when the ITR was manufactured...

 

Three years isn't recent, you had my hopes up for a new article worshiping the ITR!

 

LOL. My bad. Somebody posted this on FB and I thought it was new. Im getting old....

 

Oh my...don't start this again. 195/55/15 tires on the ITR with 15x6" wheels. The sticky OEM RE010 is no longer made, so a suitable hi-po tire was substituted. Are the 8th gen Si owners really afraid of such narrow rubber on a narrow wheel? lol.

Regardless, the ITR is obviously vastly superior in handling tests.

 

I feel like the Civic Si's get less sporty every year..

edit:

What's up with the ITR bumper? I thought this only have ~5k miles

 

The 06-11 Si is definitely the best performing Si. However, the EM1 was the last "real" Si. Even the EM1 was a bit bulky....but that was definitely the most monumental, impactful Si. The 88-91 Si is a very close 2nd place.

Also.....this test is comparing an Si to a Type R. WTF did people think was going to happen? Predictable. This surprised people that the ITR was faster? Why? What was amazing to me is how far the Si has come in terms of performance. An Si being that close to a type R model is pretty amazing. I don't care if it's newer. The Si is very much a "meet in the middle" car. Si's were meant to be peppy and sporty...not fast and planted.

Point is that we're not really comparing apples to apples here. The FD2 CTR would wipe the floor with the DC2-R. It would absolutely crush it. Destroy it, infact. Unlike the article suggests, Honda had progressed at the time this piece was written...just not quite as much in the US compact market. Although they've taken quite a few steps backwards now.....

 

this

 

That's just soot. Can be easily washed away.

 

what a great read. Enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for posting

 

Awesome read, love the looks of the old integras but i like the 2001 as well wanna do one up as soon as i can!

 

If this ITR came from a Honda training center, then the scuffed area around the tailpipe could have been caused from the tubing that is hooked up to the tailpipe to vent out the exhaust while the car is running.

 

As stated before, the ITR came stock with high performance summer tires. They might've even been termed extreme performance; can't remember right now. They were Bridgestone Potenza RE010s, which were also used on the NSX. The RE010s were no longer available at the time of this article. Running Star Specs on the ITR isn't like replacing the standard Si's Michelin Pilot HX MXM4s with Star Specs.

 

The car is still in mint condition.

 

You nailed it exactly! And it's the only sign of wear on the entire car.

 

No rust, just a bad lighting. Here's a more recent picture showing the scratches from the exhaust hookup while used in the Honda training center for ~10yrs.

 

what an eyesore, haha jk. This is probably as close to a new showroom R you'll get.

 

That may not be a recent article but this one is

http://www.carthrottle.com/would-you...oad-like-this/

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