<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2015-honda-performance-development-arx-04b/"><img alt="HPD ARX-04b" data-caption="The HPD ARX-04b will debut in 2015. The coupe design will be eligible for IMSA, WEC, ELMS and Asian Le Mans Series competition." data-credit="Wieck" data-mep="211336" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/e1e6b083a1657b7b08be87d47be6df40/200020134/arx04b.jpg" /></a><br />
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Make no mistake about it: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> is big in racing. It was the first Japanese automaker to enter <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f1/">Formula One</a>, remains the most successful and is set to return as an engine supplier next season. It's powered more <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/indy/">IndyCar</a> race winners and champions than any other manufacturer, hands down. Honda has won races and titles in <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/super+gt/">Super GT</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/wtcc/">WTCC</a>, even motorcycle racing. Just about everything this side of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nascar/">NASCAR</a>, really. And that includes endurance sports car racing.<br />
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In fact <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hpd/">Honda Performance Development</a> prototypes claimed over 70 victories and numerous titles in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/alms/">American Le Mans Series</a>, and took the first <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/lmp2/">LMP2</a> title in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fia+wec/">FIA World Endurance Championship</a>. And with sportscar racing in the US now grouped together into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/united+sportscar+championship/">United SportsCar Championship</a>, Honda is back with a new chassis design.<br />
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Called the ARX-04b, it's Honda's first closed-cockpit LMP2. Like previous LMP2 and IndyCar projects, it's a joint development between HPD and Wirth Research, and packs Honda's HR28TT engine - a 2.8-liter twin-turbo V6 based on (and using many of the same components as) the J35 engine you'd find in a contemporary <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/">Acura</a>. Designed to exceed the latest safety regulations, the ARX-04b features low-drag bodywork, quick-change front and rear panels, the same locking fuel filler system that Honda pioneered for Indy, top-exit exhaust to meet noise regulations, a 75-liter fuel tank and a gearbox that can easily be optimized for individual circuits.<br />
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Honda will sell the new ARX-04b to privateer teams to field in series like the United SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and the World Endurance Championship, starting next season.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/11/honda-hpd-arx-04b-lmp2-coupe-official/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Honda Performance Development reveals new ARX-04b LMP2 coupe</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/11/honda-hpd-arx-04b-lmp2-coupe-official/">Honda Performance Development reveals new ARX-04b LMP2 coupe</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/11/honda-hpd-arx-04b-lmp2-coupe-official/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20866596/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/11/honda-hpd-arx-04b-lmp2-coupe-official/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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