Caporegime
about 1200kg
Honda CR-Z HYBRID R
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Man of Honour
the Bisimoto guy is claiming his 500bhp version keeps the original mpg:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/honda-cr-z-finds-tuner-love-at-sema-show/?src=mv
regardless I like the way this is going - now all they need to do is take that silly electric motor off the engine and up the displacement a bit....
Soldato
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now all they need to do is take that silly electric motor off the engine and up the displacement a bit....
They are the best bits, i'd get used to it, this is the way Honda is going, hopefully
Looks even better without the spoiler
Soldato
i like the look of it.
Associate
Oh, thats a bit more than i thought.
56kg from the IMA system.
The roll centre of the car is actually 15mm lower than the Civic Type R aswell.
The roll centre of the car is actually 15mm lower than the Civic Type R aswell.
Soldato
Looks awesome, just needs a less fast and furious style spoiler.
Soldato
I can see IMA being on the next Type-R. When Honda started the IMA car they were made and sold at a loss I believe and they came with free servicing for so long due to the new nature of the equipment etc. They've obviously got it this far and it's working well. If they can give it some sex appeal like this I wouldn't turn my nose up at it in the next Type-R.
Caporegime
all show no go. it looks like a mini BTCC car and has pretty average power for a hot hatch these days.
Soldato
But power isn't everything, a lot reviewers seem to rave the fun factor of the car, which in my books is more important. If I read correctly this model has 200bhp? that is still plenty. The old mk2 crx had 160bhp and those flew pretty well, and were brilliant drivers car, granted they were probably lighter cars.
Only thing off putting I find is the lack of a proper high revving VTEC y0!
Only thing off putting I find is the lack of a proper high revving VTEC y0!
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Soldato
S1 Elise only has 118bhp in a ~670kg chassis and you can't really say they are slow with 5.7s to 60. EP3 Type-R is 1200kg with 197bhp and about a second slower to 60 than the Elise. This is not that far away is it? If the chassis is set up right, it would be bang on the money for a Type-R branded car IMO.
Caporegime
yea but it doesnt need to look like a t-rex on wheels though does it?
infact i dont even think the RR Civic has a spoiler quite like that? its total NFS all over.
infact i dont even think the RR Civic has a spoiler quite like that? its total NFS all over.
To be fair with so much power and roughly 10x the torque of average Type-R's the wing will have a big part to play.
Soldato
Have you seen the other stuff people show at SEMA? It's a tuner show so everything is a bit OTT.
Associate
There s agood chance there won't be another Civic Type R, Honda have stopped the S2000, and stopped the FD2, and the FN2 is being stopped here as well isn't it?
This looks nice, if they can strip some weight, maybe around 1050-1150kg it could be great.
This looks nice, if they can strip some weight, maybe around 1050-1150kg it could be great.
Caporegime