"apparently" there were only 200 Race bases made, but these are just lesser spec EK9s with windy windows for lightweightness, still come with AC and PS amongst other things
there were even Less N1s made but i don't think the EK9 was a limited run car itself
No there was a race base
and then there was an N1 which is even more so dedicated for track, im sure it comes caged with one seat from Honda not 100% sure but i think so
theres only 1 race ek9 from the factory..
That is the ''race base'' / N1 as said before fully stripped rear interior , no recaro (standard ek seats), no power anything including steering , clear rear windows , no aerial etc etc..
Only 200 of these were made but people try to pass off regular ek9s as N1's and were produced in september 1998.
Then you had a regular ek9 with power steering , full recaro etc etc
Then you had the RX edition (SEP 98 Onwards) with doo daas and bell whistles
I`ve seen some pictures of the race base models and all of them had rear seats. Dunx had one for sale here some time ago and i recall clearly rear seats and and interior.
nice write up, so basically if we did like get the p.steering off, change the window into manual instead of power window, and oso take out the AC and Stereo we get a race base model as well?
I assumed the race base was the one with no SRS, EW, ABS etc but a full interior and i think it must have came with optional tinted rear windows. The N1 is very rare having no interior no luxurys at all no tinted windows. The same track version of the dc5 didnt even have a lsd!
Dunx
Also, here is a race base i found in japan
CivicEK9.com - 1997-1998 EK9 Honda Civic Type R/EK9 Honda Civic Type R - Race Base
Full interior
I'll agree to disagree DUNSY if you will