Supercharged Acura Integra Type R - One Take

The Acura Integra Type R was, essentially, a road legal race car. With a seam welded chassis at its core, its value is skyrocketing among collectors. This is a minty fresh example that had a Jackson Racing Supercharger installed when new, making an impressive 280 Wheel Horsepower.

Check out this beast Integra on WheelWell!

[Nycmade_]

The fact that a old head is the owner of this is sick lol

[adamszuszkiewicz]

You don't see a lot of old guys that drive these kinda cars, it's nice to see

[nrdbear]

I'd have never expected an old guy to drive a car like this. They're usually into luxury cars and $40, 000+ sports cars.

[ethangee]

You see guys, not all Honda's are ricers. Ones like these that are done properly are super clean and make decent power. Such a nice car and the owner is sound af!

[yitznewton]

"There's no LS1 going in this" 👍

[MontageRock]

I can't believe how rare these are in America. You can get a low k's version in New Zealand for less than 6 grand

[doctorferdinand]

in all your honda videos you shift RIGHT as you're about to get into the power band

[naimplate]

Nice car, mine was a 2001 Nighthawk Black Pearl number 703. Pristine condition, sold it with a mere 4, 000 miles on the odometer to buy a 2003 S2000. I left mine 100% stock and watched two guys practically have a fist fight over the car in my driveway as the car wound up in a bidding war. I sent both guys packing and neither got the car. Two months later I sold it to a gentleman from Erie PA. He was buying it for his son who of course came with him. He assured me his son would drive it safely. I spent several hours with him showing him on-line videos and newspaper articles about people getting killed behind the wheel because they did not understand the driving dynamics of this particular car and how it acted more like a rear wheel drive car then a front drive one under hard braking. The Type R was designed to do this in order to quickly pivot the rear end increasing speed through the corners. Mr. Taylor was the consummate gentleman and very determined to make the purchase. After hours of suggesting to him that it was not the right car for a kid in his teens he won me over. I told him that I never wanted to hear from him if his son got into a bad accident or worse as I tried everything to talk him out of making the purchase. I took the kid aside and explained to him that he needed to respect both his dad and the car both for different reasons of course. One week later, they showed up and took the car home. The son had a buddy with him who frankly looked like a real trouble maker. I took both of them aside and explained one more time that no car is a toy but that this one especially needed to be respected. I also told the son that as a father myself of four that it would kill his dad if anything ever happened to him behind the wheel. Soon after they left and headed home; his dad in one car and he and his buddy in the ITR. A few hours later I received a text message with a picture of the speedo which I still have. It read 120mph essentially telling me to shove my concerns up my A$$! A few months later I ran the VIN # as I do with all cars from time to time that I have sold to see if the mileage was being kept low to maintain collector car status or if the car was really being driven which of course would kill its value. Unfortunately the report came up as follows: Serious accident / salvage / possible I never again did hear from this young man’s father. I can only hope that the possible fatality portion of the report was standard issue but I looked no further. These were great cars but were designed for the track or for people that really know how to drive.
Thanks for a fun look back………..

[iAreSoro]

A little different than the usual honda guys you see on youtube LOL

[bennybronx]

This guy is my idol! He has all types of Honda’s, usually his gen doesn’t want to hear about anything but American muscle!

[oCHUCKoNORRISo]

These New Jersey one takes are churning out gems! Thanks Matt

[TypeVertigo]

I can't believe the car's supercharged judging from the sound. What a sweet exhaust note. I mean all this as a compliment.

Great job on the car, Ed. May it serve you well for many many more miles. Cheers!

[Dann]

Once again. Matt has convinced me to keep my DC5 Type-S and save up for a supercharger.

[archibaldvonfookface]

Take note 16 year old boys who want to rice out their Hondas, a stock Honda is much more rare, valuable, and beautiful than whatever you do to it. Especially if it's an Intergra, Prelude, Del Sol, S2000, Civic, etc.

[diegerr]

278 whp and he says it's never been on a dyno? was it a virtual dyno number?

[gdmcgill]

I've never driven a Type R, but I can honestly say that the most fun I've ever had in a car was in a late 90s GSR. It was lowered, had a full exhaust, super heavy clutch, and short shifter. Revving the B18 out all the way was so exhilarating!

[sarahdell]

I haven't seen a clean one like this, in 10 years. Kudos.

[traxnada]

I guess I'm getting older, but these fast, high/fast revving FWD cars tend to attract me more and more... They are easy to drive (just be careful with lift off oversteer) and imply that you can push it most of the time without risking much and they do make great daylies. Simple FWD with an awesome chassis...
I'm starting to look for a 1.9L Peugeot 205 GTI which I'll definitly enjoy. I'd keep the unicorn factory turbo SA22C of course, but that would be a nice addition....

[SnakePliskin]

RIP my speakers. The drone from that exhaust... Nice car though. I love Integras

[wackypker]

"Everywhere I go, I just want to cain it" This is exactly my scenario. I've owned a UK spec Integra Type R DC2 in championship white for 15 months now and I can't express how nice it is to drive on and off track. It's just so hard not to put your foot down and enjoy it. I've had to get back in my 1998 civic EK3 over the winter to restrain myself :(