Acura is headed to this 12 months’s Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb with a bevy of race automobiles. Most notable of all is a Pikes Peak-prepped Acura Integra — sure, Acura is already getting the Integra on the market for some racing.
Past the brand new hatchback making its motorsports debut, Acura can be bringing two TLX Kind S race automobiles and two NSX Kind S racers. For the icing on the cake, an NSX Kind S might be serving because the official tempo automotive for Pikes Peak this 12 months, too. This explicit operating of Pikes Peak is particular, for it’s the a hundredth operating of the occasion. The primary hill climb at Pikes Peak passed off all the best way again in 1916; the race went on hiatus through the world wars.
As for the automobiles themselves, Acura supplied the best element on the Integra. Modifications embrace upgraded brakes, new suspension, an HPD differential, wider (and lighter) 18-inch HRE wheels and 245-section-width Pirelli slick tires. The 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder and six-speed handbook transmission stay untouched, so it’ll be heading up the hill with the inventory 200 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque. Nevertheless, we’ll word the this Integra is sporting some extra-large exhaust suggestions out the rear, so Acura has clearly finished one thing with the exhaust.
The livery for the Integra is an homage to Acura’s first endeavor into motorsports the place the first-gen Integra competed in IMSA and gained the 1987 and 1988 championships. Pikes Peak rookie Paul Hubers will pilot the Integra up the hill for Acura.
As for the opposite automobiles, Acura says that each the NSXs and TLXs are absolutely prepped for Pikes Peak with loads of modifications, however doesn’t go into element about them. The NSX Kind S might be attempting to beat the earlier file set by an NSX within the hybrid gas class.
All of those Acuras, and the remainder of the sector, might be operating up the hill on June 26.
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