normally type R is tuned by the factory, port & polished head, bigger TB, wilder cam profile, better intake & exhuast manifold....

trust me, if u do it at a 3rd party performance tuning workshop, type-r specs should be nothing to them...heck, i dun think they'll even bother as they'll say that something like "taip-r no power one...leave it to us and i garantee lu 0-100kph ferrari also cannot beat u"...then they'll be pestering u to go turbo and trying to sell u tons of meters, custom ECUs, etc...

what i'm waiting for Honda Malaysia to do is.....bringing in the type-r parts themselves and retrofitting it to our current FDs at some special price. i'm sure it's possible as the engines are identical, except for the tranny....and i'll be the first in line.  but then again it'll not happen coz that would bring down the value of the type-r...and i dun think the parts are 100% "plug and play". plus who would wanna buy the extremely expensive type-r then when they could just get the 2.0s and "upgrade"?