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| This track-focused, US-only S2k is the brainchild of the NSX’s creator |
The CR was never sold outside America, so us Brits had to hit Google to find out exactly what we were looking at. Simply put, it’s a track-oriented version of the S2000, created by Shigeru Uehara, a former Chief Engineer at Honda. Credentials? He’s the man behind the original S2000, NSX and Integra Type-R – so basically a living legend.
The CR was his retirement project. Created over his final year at Honda, he festooned the S2k with aerodynamic upgrades that reduced the car’s coefficient of lift by an incredible 70-80 per cent – no doubt largely due to that massive rear wing. He also reworked the springs and shocks, making the suspension much stiffer, and quickened the steering ratio for sharper inputs at high speed.
It’s also a lot lighter than the standard car, thanks to the fact it has no spare tyre, while air conditioning and a stereo were simply options. Weight was also reduced by the removal of the power-folding roof, replaced with additional chassis bracing and a removable hardtop.
It has the same 2.2-litre VTEC engine as the standard car, giving 234bhp. But the power-to-weight ratio is improved, and the car sticks to the road thanks to all that downforce, so track times will tumble.
It’s the lack of engine upgrades that make this fall short of a ‘Type-R’ version, but for serious S2000 fanboys, there can’t be many more sought after examples, especially given that only 699 CRs were built. Got a spare $33k?
Source;
http://www.carthrottle.com/this-is-the-s2000-cr-hondas-super-rare-track-special-s2k/
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