Calling OcUK car expert please help

ElRazur · 4 Nov 2006 at 19:21

I am looking at getting a Honda HR-V from japan but Im not sure if they JDM have CVT like the UK spec or they all come in two wheel drive.

I spoke to one of the car sellers but he dosent have a clue. Can anyone shed more light please. Thanks.

penski · 4 Nov 2006 at 19:54

ElRazur said:
I am looking at getting a Honda HR-V from japan but Im not sure if they JDM have CVT like the UK spec or they all come in two wheel drive.

I spoke to one of the car sellers but he dosent have a clue. Can anyone shed more light please. Thanks.

CVT stands for Constantly Variable Transmission...It's not relevant to how many driven wheels it has

Think of old Volvos and Dafs - two opposing cones linked by metal bands which slip to provide the optimum ratio for the engine speed and load...

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ElRazur · 4 Nov 2006 at 22:13

I can swear that the Honda CVT is linked to the 4 wheel drive - iirc the car uses two but applies the other two when losing traction....**goes to check**

ElRazur · 4 Nov 2006 at 22:19

My bad you are right. I guess my question now is if they come with four wheel drive system.

beast20vt · 5 Nov 2006 at 00:02

you mean if they come with a permenent 4wd system

its like nissan skyline,they arent 4wd they are rwd untill the sensors detect a loss of grip from the rear wheels.

Ev0 · 5 Nov 2006 at 00:06

Didn't Honda use a haldex system in some of it's motors? It was setup for FWD until they started losing traction then it shifts some power to the back?

silversurfer · 5 Nov 2006 at 00:52

^^ Yea thats right from what I remember. Pretty disappointing but probably fits the market perfectly

ElRazur · 5 Nov 2006 at 10:17

So anyone know yet? please...

Wayn0r · 5 Nov 2006 at 10:35

Ev0 said:
Didn't Honda use a haldex system in some of it's motors? It was setup for FWD until they started losing traction then it shifts some power to the back?

prelude wasnt it? 4 wheel steer aswell.

Ev0 · 5 Nov 2006 at 12:18

Prelude had 4WS but not a 4wd system.

I guess 4ws could be made by haldex as they are just a company, but there was never a 4wd type system on the prelude.

Most popular haldex is kind of the reverse of the Skyline GTRs, i.e. they are front wheel drive bias until they lose grip then some power is shifted to the back. I was reading an interesting discussion somewhere about the 4wd system in the S3, how that off the line it's beneifical but people seemed to think that in situations where 4wd would be helpful (hooning round bends or something) the system doesn't act well and juts keeps it fwd.

Saying that for around 600 you can chip the haldex system (sounds odd I know) to change the bias

Wayn0r · 5 Nov 2006 at 13:37

you can get a little box, hks etc do them that you can adjust it on the fly.

silversurfer · 5 Nov 2006 at 18:05

That sounds good

I thought it was a mechanical basis, oil heating up causes further friction, etc