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A SPOONFUL OF HORSEPOWER; Japanese tuner goes upscale with a racing RL.(Spoon Sports Inc.)
Byline: DINO DALLE CARBONARE
In the world of Honda tuning, Spoon Sports has earned a reputation for making genuine improvements on the base product. Not an easy thing if you take into account Honda already builds its engines to high standards. Think of the B18 and K20 units that push out well in excess of 100 hp per liter. How can you possibly improve on this without compromising longevity and usability?
We've all heard stories of people bolting on pod filters and large bore exhausts to their Integras and S2000s in the pursuit of power gains and then achieving the exact opposite. You certainly cannot disrupt the fine-tuning and precise balance between intake and exhaust on high-compression naturally aspirated engines. And it's precisely this way of thinking that has pushed Spoon to further fine-tune these powerplants, rather than "disturb'' their natural balance.
We met with Tatsuru Ichishima, president of Spoon Sports, at a tuner track day at Fuji Speedway to chat more about his company and in particular its latest and strangest project, which debuted at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill in December.
Spoon has an S2000 hard-top racer that competes in Super Taikyu and provides valuable feedback that can then be applied to parts offered in the consumer market. But the latest project has little to do with the kind of cars Spoon customarily deals with. Forget low-slung lightweight racers, Spoon has taken it upon itself to transform Acura's flagship luxury sedan, the RL, into a stripped-out endurance racer.
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