Heavy Breathing - 2017+ Honda Civic Type R Performance Intake R&D, Part 3 - Production Sample and Test Results

Heavy Breathing - 2017+ Honda Civic Type R Performance Intake R&D, Part 3 - Production Sample and Test Results

At some point early on in our car obsessed years, we've all dropped in a cone filter, with a shiny tube, possibly with some flimsy heat shielding and called it an intake. We've also claimed we could feel the unharnessed power now bellowing out from under the hood. We've all been guilty of it. Really, it was just louder, and maybe with the right combination a few extra horses were added to the pack. Here at Mishimoto, we've moved way past that, as you can see from the amount of fabrication going into developing our initial intake prototype, not to mention the sheer amount of testing that has lead us to our first production sample.

Opinions of the latest generation CTR's styling can be quite polarizing. While the massive rear wing and aggressive looking body kit aren't for everyone, Honda has made sure that it's all installed in the name of aerodynamics.
Opinions of the latest generation CTR's styling can be quite polarizing. While the massive rear wing and aggressive looking body kit aren't for everyone, Honda has made sure that it's all installed in the name of aerodynamics.

Much like the FK8, function over form is the direction that we headed in with the development of this kit. Even though the CTR has some

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