INTEGRATYPER DC2 · NORTH AMERICA
ACURA / 1997–2001INDEPENDENT ENTHUSIAST ARCHIVE — VOL. 01

INTEGRATYPER

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Precision over excess.
Feeling over everything.

A tribute to the machine that made
front-wheel drive an obsession.

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FIG. 01 — DC2 / THREE-QUARTER STUDYHOVER OR TAP A NUMBER TO OPEN ITS VIEW
Three-quarter wireframe study of a US/Canadian-market Integra Type R from the front right, showing the four round headlights
Wireframe study of a US/Canadian-market Integra Type R from the front, doors open, showing the four round headlights
Wireframe study of a US/Canadian-market Integra Type R from the rear, showing the wing and Acura badging
Wireframe study of the left-hand-drive cabin: seats, shifter and dashboard
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ARTIST'S STUDY · NOT A SERVICE DRAWINGCHAMPIONSHIP WHITE / NH-0
01 / DISPLACEMENT1.8L

Naturally aspirated

02 / PEAK OUTPUT195HP

At 8,000 rpm · North America

03 / TRANSMISSION5MT

Close-ratio manual · helical LSD

04 / PHILOSOPHYPURE.

Driver. Machine. Connection.

01 / ENGINEERING

Every detail.
One purpose.

Less to get between you and the road.
More to make every corner matter.

S80 / GEARING

Five ratios, kept close.

Road speed at the 8,400 rpm redline in each gear, through a 4.400 final drive.

DC2 / FINISHES

Colours by year.

Championship WhiteBlack cabinUS 1997–98 · Canada 1997–2000
Championship WhiteRed cabinCanada 2001
Phoenix YellowBlack cabinUS 2000–01 · Canada 2000
Flamenco Black PearlBlack cabinUS 2000
Nighthawk Black PearlBlack cabinUS 2001

Each car carries its own numbered plaque.

02 / HERITAGE

A red badge.
An uncompromising idea.

1997

The formula crosses the Pacific.

Two years after its debut in Japan, the Type R reaches the United States and Canada — in Championship White, with a hand-finished B18C5.

1998

Bigger brakes, same white.

The second year in both countries, again in Championship White only. Thicker front and rear discs arrive, and each car's numbered plaque now carries a year prefix.

1999

A year away.

The United States goes without a Type R for 1999. In Canada, it stays on sale without interruption.

2000

The return, in colour.

Back in American showrooms, now in Phoenix Yellow and Flamenco Black Pearl, and delivered with air conditioning.

2001

The last of the DC2.

The final year: Nighthawk Black Pearl joins in the US, and Canada's white cars close the run with a red cabin.

03 / SPECIFICATION

The essentials.

DC2 Type R · North American reference
Specifications vary by year and market.

Engine
B18C5 · Inline four · DOHC VTEC
Displacement
1,797 cc
Maximum power
195 hp / 8,000 rpm
Maximum torque
130 lb-ft / 7,500 rpm
Transmission
S80 5-speed manual · helical LSD
Length × width × height
4,380 × 1,695 × 1,320 mm
Wheelbase
2,570 mm
Front / rear disc thickness
21 / 9 mm (1997) · 25 / 10 mm (1998–2001)
Kerb weight
2,600 lb (1997–98) · 2,639 lb (2000–01)
0–60 mph · quarter mile
6.2 s · 14.9 s
Top speed
145 mph