Honda's best? 2008 Honda Civic Type R FD2R review

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Honda's best? 2008 Honda Civic Type R FD2R review

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And as one of Honda's best kept secrets, the 2008 Honda Civic Type R FD2R is one you should probably be putting in your garage - whilst you still can.
This Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) only Civic Type R was arguably the best of bunch. A bonafide showroom race car, the ‘FD2R’ generation Type R has a pretty amazing powertrain to back its excellent chassis tune.
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@aaronmoura1234 8 ай бұрын

I love how its ten years later almost more and this car is still a must want car in 2023-4 simply proves how perfect they made this car

@CultandClassic 8 ай бұрын

Yup. They nailed this one 😊

@DekiaryCarter 7 ай бұрын

Same here! I've been wanting this car since high school when it first came out lol

@aaronmoura1234 6 ай бұрын

@user-gz9tq9fo5b for you maybe lmfao go somewhere else bro this cars a must want in the honda community lmfoa

@aaronmoura1234 6 ай бұрын

@user-gz9tq9fo5b lemme guess you drive a “hellcat” lmfao

@lasithawijethilaka8336 6 ай бұрын

SO FAR THIS IS THE ONLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE FULL LENTH REVIEW ON CIVIC FD I FOUND ON KZfaq

@CultandClassic 6 ай бұрын

Nice - hopefully it gets a few more views

@archiei40x 4 ай бұрын

Found a few from US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada and even one in full English speaker from Japan. They are always a joy to watch so keep searching.

@jjmunz7718 5 ай бұрын

8th generation honda si are one of the best generations of the Hondas built 👍. A lot of potential and will become a classic car worth a lot of money some day very soon

@Adamo2JZ 3 ай бұрын

Thats why I bought one last year! Redline Orange Pearl 2010 Coupe!

@IBOO57 8 ай бұрын

I love these and I didn't even realise it until about 4 months ago when I drove the white one you had. I knew within the first 50 metres and 3 gear shifts that i was driving something special. The connection between the gearing and the engines revs is perfection. Nigel.

@CultandClassic 8 ай бұрын

You should come and take this one for a run…!

@kidcxspr-xw6kg 5 ай бұрын

love the vid man! here in the philippines we got a regular FD 2.0 with a K20A, obviously not the same Type R k20 but Im bout to pick one up real soon! Had one in the past with the 1.8 R18 in it and even that was a load of fun to drive, then had a Accord with a K20A but it felt like driving a boat so I wasnt to keen on it

@Edge5055 8 ай бұрын

I only issued are the A pillars. They can be a blind spot for me. Of course, my type R isn’t much of a type R anymore. It’s fully built with lightweight Brian Crower, internals and a 5.4 final drive. A lot of fun to drive.

@CultandClassic 8 ай бұрын

Sounds incredible. Yes I agree, the pillar situation for visibility isn’t the best.

@aaronmoura1234 8 ай бұрын

Beat r ever made baby. Forever waiting for my day to be able to get my hands on one

@jonmcclane7433 2 ай бұрын

I love my 8th Gen Civic Si. It’s the 2 door FG2, it’s only got 23k miles on it. It’s the Ultimate drivers car. With a Catback Exhaust, intake, and a Tune these cars become screamers.

@lzm82 3 ай бұрын

6:31 "First impressions, love the ergonomics.." Camera Man: "how am i gonna finish this take..."

@shaybull4538 8 ай бұрын

Another great review!

@CultandClassic 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Raccoon201 4 ай бұрын

Have you tuned the car? You can still extract performance from the K20A

@endlesstwisties 8 ай бұрын

According to Beat Motoring the only reviewers i really believed this is by far the best Type R ever made. People talking about turbo and power mods will never understand a Type R anyway.

@CultandClassic 8 ай бұрын

I’ve driven nearly-every type R - you are spot on…

@TassieLorenzo 2 ай бұрын

Yep! NA power mods are spectacularly cost ineffective, but I think they are much more interesting than turbo power mods. Given the FD2 already comes with nearly all the good stuff (officially 225bhp, actually 240bhp already?), I guess there is not that much to actually "power mod"? Throttle body from a J35, port the RRC to match, drop-in cams and 70mm exhaust (and tune) and call it a day maybe? That should be around 255-265bhp I guess (maybe more with the higher stock compression than other K20s), which is pretty spectacular for a mass production 2.0L engine? Are there are benefits to aftermarket headers on the FD2R? I guess it's like the S2000 and the stock headers are already extremely good, so an aftermarket header has to be very well designed to be an improvement and not make it worse than stock?

@davidotoole982 8 ай бұрын

Awesome review! 👌🏻

@CultandClassic 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MrJay24 16 күн бұрын

if you had to choose between this and a Fl5, what would you pick from a driving perspective in isolation.

@haz3004 Ай бұрын

Wasn't exclusive to Japan. Malaysia had them too.

@CultandClassic Ай бұрын

Delivered new, or parallel import new?

@haz3004 Ай бұрын

@@CultandClassic Officially launched by Honda Malaysia and sold new from 2007 - 2011

@CultandClassic 29 күн бұрын

@@haz3004 I will check verify and come back to you

@ToxCcc 6 ай бұрын

First time I've seen a red FD2 thats not a Mugen RR

@Deehawkeye77 2 ай бұрын

All Champ White FN2's came with LSD and they appeared late 2008. Then from April 2010 most model FN2's came with LSD standard so most 60 plates and all 11 plates. 🤓 Riveting i know 😂