Honda Civic
Ferio Vi-RS is a four-door sedan made by the car manufacturer Honda
from the latter part of 1998 to 2000. It is considered a "sporty"
version of the Honda Civic Ferio Vi, which was in manufacture from 1995
to the year 2000. It contains lot of special features to differentiate
from other Civic Ferios. RS suffix is considered to mean "Road Sailing".[1] It was only available as a JDM[2] (Japanese Domestic Model)and belongs to the 6th generation of Civic.
Vi-RS has a D15B 3-stage VTEC engine [3] coupled with either 5-speed manual transmission or a Continuously variable transmission(CVT) called Honda Multimatic usually abbreviated as MMT[4]
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Front view of the Vi-RS - Note the RS emblem in the front mesh grille
Engine:
Civic Vi-RS has a D15B 3-stage VTEC engine with a displacement of 1.5l.
The three stages are 12-valve mode, normal 16-valve mode, and finally
the wild-cam mode. The wild-cam mode is said to have longer and higher
camshaft lift. This 3-stage can be identified by seeing two solenoid
valves near the engine block, which look like two silver capacitors.
Multimatic transmission:
Multimatic is a type of automatic transmission which does not have fixed
gear shift ratios. Instead, it offers stepless-shifting by way of a
variable diameter drive pulleys. In the Civic Vi-RS, there will be two
toggle switches mounted on the right hand side of the steering wheel.
One is labelled as "S1-S2", and other is "D". S2 is a more aggressive
than S1, which means it has a higher gear ratio to achieve higher range
of RPM quickly in order to activate the Wild-cam (3rd stage) mode. Each
S1, S2, and D have their individual air-fuel-mapping in the engine
control unit (ECU) with different behavior in acceleration.
Suspension and body:
Civic Vi-RS has
double wishbone suspension
which is said to offer better handling with stiffer suspension. For the
body rigidity, it is fitted with front sway bar and a rear anti-roll
bar, which links each of the front and rear suspension assemblies
together. In addition, it contains front and rear under spoiler, and the
regular spoiler installed in the factory itself.
Brakes and wheels:
All four wheels of the Civic Vi-RS are disc-type whereas regular cars
come with the disc in front wheels and drum-type brakes in the rear. The
wheels are 7-spoke 15' alloys, whereas the factory tire size is 195/55
R15 84V.
Interior:
The central console and the power window switches are made of
carbon-fibre type finish. The seats are dual toned (blue and black)with
cupped-like sporty looks.It has a map-reading lights in addition to the
roof light.
