Let's say they made 50 of them - and that seems like it may be on the high end - that's pretty small $. It's a really just a cost-center / marketing expense. I'd love to see the books on how HRC works and how everything ties together.
Cool info - $125k // sold out:
Digital Brochure:
https://hondaracing-us.honda.com/-/media/Integra-Type-S-DE5-brochure.ashx?la=en&hash=BE29005A81CFABAF8D8559B5D03D808B95FC61AD
Spec sheet...
Agree about modifying - my ITS seems really well tuned as is. Everything is seemingly balanced. They could have forced more HP or whatever else but the offset would be the harmony you feel when driving the car as it was designed (plus my wife says I can't screw up another car)