2JZ S2000 – Supra Powered S2000 Does Wheelie w/ Video

During the TX2K12 drag race event in Texas last weekend, the crowd got to see a Supra Powered S2000 with a 2JZ engine, running up against a good old Supra. What the crowd didn't expect however, was this S2000 was a bit too powerful for its own good, and ended up doing a huge wheelie down the track, eventually losing out to the "true" Supra.

The S2000 is built by Raw Performance, and was racing head to head against the Supra from Majestic Motorsports.

While we do love the idea of a 2JZ S2000, we would have liked to see a true heads up race with the Supra vs the S2000 with a built VTEC 2.2L motor.

Honda Civic NGTC – British Touring Car Championship Racer

Wow, this car looks like it means all business! The Honda Civic NGTC (Next Generation Touring Car) is Honda's answer to the British Touring Car Championship and based on the European 5 door hatch. We don't know too many details about this car because Honda is being hush hush, but the car looks awesome.

With a custom wide body kit, and side exhaust, this car is all business. Last year Honda debuted a Honda S2000 that did very well, and they hope to match their success with this new Civic.

2012 Honda Civic Hatchback Race Car

The 2012 Honda Civic Hatchback is going to give it's owners a joyous time carving out roads in Europe, but unfortunately not in the United States. Maybe one day we'll get one here, but for now the 2012 Civic Hatch will be Euro only, and is going to compete in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship or BTCC. The 2012 Civic Hatchback is going to be prepared by the Team Dynamics crew, which has a long standing relationship with Honda Motor Company.

To get the race season underway with a bang, Honda released a series of 4 videos called "What Drives a Racing Team". You can see the first series above.

2012 Honda Civic Si 9th Gen

For the 2012 Honda Civic Si, bigger is always better. With a new larger 2.4L engine now cranking out 201 horsepower and 170 ft/lbs of torque, it's got more power and performance over the 2011 K20Z3 engine that it replaces. 22% more torque! Still mated to a 6 speed transmissions with limited slip, we're excited over the new 2.4L engine. It's a much better base for modifying, and we can't wait to see some fully built all motor, supercharged and turbo Civics!

Since the engine is now 2.4L, we are not sure if some of the 2.0L parts will fit, such as headers, exhausts, or radiators. However, knowing Honda, many of the parts will interchange. We won't be surprised if people with a 2006-2011 Civic Si would do a 2012 engine swap. We'll report back on this when we find out the strengths and weaknesses of the 2.4L, and if it happened to carry over from the TSX.

For 2012, the Honda Civic Si will have a new 5 inch LCD "Intelligent" Multi-Informaiton Display (i-MID) with various information being displayed here from the car's computer. You get such information as the radio station, the time, temperature, and various other things that don't really fit anywhere else when you have navigation.

The 2012 Honda Civic Si also has a brand new steering wheel that is thicker and much nicer than the old one.

The 2012 Honda Civic Si also has a little meter that gives you information as to when you hit VTEC, almost like a boost gauge for VTEC. Pretty nifty.