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Hi everyone.Im Erik.

This seems like the best Honda related forum I've seen so far so I thought...why not join.

I reside in South Africa and the "in-thing" here are hot hatches.I already have most of my financing together and cant wait to take delivery of my...wait for it...hot hatch.As my budget only allows me to a certain limit,at this stage the new Honda Civic Type R Champoinship addition is the best buy as an allround package,which suites me just fine as Im very fond of their sports hatches.

Just one problem though...I live on the high reef (Johannesburg)which is 1600 metres above sea level or 1 mile as you may know it.So the air up here is much "thinner" which means the oxygen particles are spread futher apart as for example at the coast and due to that fact vehicles that are not forced inducted (non-turbo or supercharged) tend to lose power,10 to 14 percent loss in power (kw / hp)So this means the 200hp(not sure how much it produces in other countries) mark on the Honda just isnt enough to compare to turbo hatches where Im from which means...modding it.I like modding!

So the first words that pop into my head are Mugen and Spoon,unfortunately we have no service centres or outlets of the last two mentioned companies which means I have to import the parts and see if a Honda dealer here can fit it for me.Im not to worried about warranties voiding as I remember the old V-Tec engines being bullet proof.Any suggestions would be welcome to modding the Type R.

Regards.