The story of Myles Kerr’s 1994 Acura Integra GS-R starts out like so many other project cars: it was purchased bone stock, had a few mods added, and spiraled out of control from there. Kerr’s Acura is more than just a Saturday night cruiser, it’s the fastest front-wheel drive (FWD) car in the world that’s capable of putting supercars in their place on the street or track. For 2018, Kerr wants to take on the fastest street cars at TX2K18 and show just how fast his hot rod really is.

Kerr’s journey with his Acura began back in 2006 when he purchased it as a 100 percent stock car that put down 145 horsepower on the dyno. Soon, Kerr was adding parts to the car and things escalated quickly from there.

“I really never expected the car to be at this level. When I first put a turbo kit on this car, I only wanted 280 horsepower to the tires. That lasted about three months, then I wanted more and more horsepower. Along the way, I found the limits of things like engines, transmissions, axles, and differentials. You name it, I found a way to break it in the driveline of the car. It wasn’t until my first half- mile event and then TX2K event that I really decided to take the car to a higher level,” Kerr says.

Under the hood of the Integra is a potent Honda-based engine that was assembled at English Racing. The stock crank rotates a set of custom Carrillo XD connecting rods and Wiseco pistons. 4Piston Racing provided the Front Runner CNC ported head, GSC Power-Division added their custom “Gringo Sticks” cams, along with their titanium retainers and dual valve springs are matched to a set of Ferrea valves.

Boost for the car comes from an Extreme Turbo System fabricated turbo kit that has the turbo facing forward with a full-size intercooler. A Precision Turbo 72mm snail cranks out the 48 pounds of boost, while Tial wastegates keep it in check. This brutally simple setup allowed Kerr’s car to make over 1,100 horsepower and 630-foot-pounds of torque that propel the car to over 200 mph in the standing half-mile.

Last year in the roll race portion of TX2K, Kerr ripped off an impressive 186.46 mph run in just 1,500 feet. That’s extraordinary no matter how you look at it considering his car is FWD, and usually, there are only AWD cars hitting that mark. In 2018 Kerr wants to again be a part of the top 48 cars and try to win the Super Sport class where he made it to the semi-finals last year. With the ability to go 190 mph he will be a contender in this class once again.

For Kerr, coming to TX2K18 is all about the great experiences it provides for both fans and racers.

“I personally love the TX2K events because it always brings good racing. The amount of people we see and meet there yearly are always so passionate about racing and cars in general. It’s the Super Bowl of roll racing and unlike other events out there, they do not discriminate what cars can enter to race. My car is allowed to race against Twin turbo Lambos and GTRs, while at similar events they do not allow me to race. It’s always a welcoming place and the start of our racing year,” Kerr says.

You can see Kerr take on the supercars of TX2K18 at Royal Purple Raceway March 15-18. All of the racing action will be broadcast live RIGHT HERE on SpeedVideo.com thanks to presenting sponsor WELD Racing, Driven Racing Oil, and Ferrea Racing Components.