Factory Tour: Honda Performance Development

HPD has opened its doors to share what's in it's toy box. Read more at: http://bit.ly/ncyMig

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• Honda Performance Development
• HPD
• race cars
• engine builders
• performance design
• Honda race technology

[disengagejam]

ask them where the hell is the S2000 or the NSX replacement ... all their cars now are bland POS

[cb7pwn]

engineer :"so heres the plan boys!!, we make a small displacement engine, give it decent horsepower, but no usable torque whatsoever, and we cram it in a shitty plastic ugly box and stick a Honda badge on it! got it!!?" .. Honda just doesnt make great cars anymore..

[vgsrule4ever]

So how do I get a tour?

[tbdaemon]

@Snookynibbles Part 2 - had Honda used any of the engine variants that they use in their race cars (like a turbo 6 or a flat-plane v8), ESPECIALLY in a rear-drive layout, that would garner the brand some serious attention. Just look at all the buzz the Toyota 86 made and before that!

[tbdaemon]

@Snookynibbles Never did I ever mention displacement. Also, though enthusiasts like a healthy dose of engineering wizardry in their vehicles, Honda continues to fail at delivering cars that stoke their passions. The S2000 is being canned, the NSX has been dead for years, the Civic Type R is dying slowly (and has never been sold state-side) just like the Civic Si and its Acura brand is largely uncompetitive.

[Snookynibbles]

@tbdaemon, turbos ostensibly are old-school, and never have been HONDA's vision...good thing. VTEC, VVI, and super high flow head designs for example, all demonstrate how HONDA became a trendsetter others now follow in pursuit of higher output per displacement. HONDA continues to lead the charge for the blend of performance with uncompromised reliability and economy, something certain other auto firms still view from afar. Big displacement motors are enjoying their last hoorah.

[Snookynibbles]

A-VTEC continues deployment in the J37 motors and ? exists in some of the newer 4 bangers...HONDA's not made a big marketing splash about this remarkable design.

Also, HPD is not about production vehicles (directly), but indirectly. HONDA's engineering intensive, racing tradition & R&D gets pushed down to the production level, but that's not HPD's primary focus...they develop & produce world-class race power plants that overtook the IRL competition and that quickly won across the ALMS.

[Ge0vone]

Give us A-vtec

[tbdaemon]

Turbo V6's and flat-plane V8's - NONE OF WHICH will ever make it into a production car!

[davidbspalding]

Enough of the "hey, we race, too" BS. Honda serves up grits and pablum to the US market, and sells better vehicles overseas. Or did. The new Euro Accord is a step back. C'mon, give us a worthy successor to the incredible DC5, perhaps the last best car Honda/Acura sold in the US.

[jvanegas14]

@cb7pwn and what sucks the most is that they've gone from spectacularly cheap, to pretty cheap, to so so, to pricey, to wayy too fucking overpriced.

[MrHeadshot1982]

honda all day. i love to have a day in that factory.