| Finally I got my chance to test drive the new Mugen | | | | came with feature lightweight carbon fiber shells. |
| RR! Super cool huh! Test drive Mugen RR was a | | | | Turn the key and push the red button, the motor |
| dream for every Honda fan especially those in the | | | | fired up! I drove the RR to Jawi for breakfast. On |
| mod business! | | | | the Jawi highway, I stepped hard, racing all the way |
| My friend called me on Friday morning saying "Bro, | | | | to Bukit Merah. All I could express was, excellent! |
| my RR landed in NAZA showroom! I am gonna | | | | The Mugen RR was really a street race car but the |
| picked it on Monday or Tuesday along with my | | | | steering a bit light, other than that, it is a race car |
| registration plate." I was surprised! I could not believe | | | | champion. The V-Tec screamed all the way up to |
| that he really bought the RM350,000 Mugen RR | | | | 9,200RPM. The engine was fully packed with torque! |
| which was about USD$102,000. | | | | Civic Type R suspension was already consider bumpy |
| The Honda Civic Mugen RR had a limited production | | | | to me for street use, but the Mugen RR is even |
| run of only three hundreds units worldwide and only | | | | stiffer! That was why the car ride amazingly stable, |
| in Milan Red color, same as my Euro R color. Mugen | | | | even at 235km/h speed (Apexi RSM installed). When |
| RR was powered by Honda well-known K20A motor, | | | | crusing around 230km/h, You would just felt like you |
| which also used in FD2R, DC5, EP3, CL7 and many | | | | were driving around 140km/h on a normal Civic. After |
| other models. K20A tuned by Mugen could output | | | | the exit of Bukit Merah toll, I u-turned and got back |
| 240HP which no other mod group could produce now. | | | | to the return route. Spun up the front wheel after |
| (Can .... JC Racing, Spoon, Toda, Comptect,... many of | | | | the smart-tag scanned, I speed up all the way till the |
| them can produces as well, but it will void the car | | | | 360 degree highway entrance service road and |
| warranty with the modifications... The Mugen RR is | | | | dropped gear from 4th to 3rd to 2nd, by heel toe |
| approved by Honda, all parts are authorized by | | | | way. Woh! I underestimated the potential of RR. I |
| Honda Japan as for street legal." | | | | could even go faster than what I was clocked-in |
| I woke up 7am and got myself ready for my friend | | | | now, the 4 tires were sticking on the road! Sweet! |
| arrival. About 15 mins later, I saw the blood-red car | | | | I did not know what would be the top speed of this |
| coming to my gate. Here it is, the Mugen RR is here! | | | | car because I got no chance to race due to heavy |
| I was so excited now to race on the highway. | | | | traffic on the Malaysia "Pariak" Highway. |
| I was walking around the car and checking the | | | | Anyway, I am very happy with the test drive on the |
| spoiler, bodykits, rims, tires, exhaust, for like | | | | highway. Thanks to Ryan! The RR was an |
| 20minutes. Then I opened up the driver side door, | | | | untouchable machine on the street. It could easily eat |
| slowly and carefully sit on the Recaro Racing-type | | | | any Bimmer 325i. |
| seat. The seat was also different from Type R, it | | | | |