Maybe the rumored 1.6L turbo will find its way into stock production CR-Z??
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced its intent to provide technical support to Team Mugen, operated by M-TEC Co., Ltd., for its competition with the MUGEN CR-Z GT in the GT300 class of SUPER GT Series. Honda will supply a 2.8-liter V6 twin-turbo engine and the racing hybrid system developed exclusively for this Team Mugen racing machine and will start actual test runs.
That is definitely a sports hybrid! Personally, for the production version, I would prefer an 8k RPM 2.8L combined with the racing hybrid system! Actually, that could also work for the NSX 2.0!
P54 wrote: Maybe the rumored 1.6L turbo will find its way into stock production CR-Z??
I would prefer it be a NA 1.6L high at least 7k revving stock production. If they decide to put turbo, that's fine with me too, if only to make some people happy and write some nice reviews or something.
I'm with you on this one. Interestingly, Australian Wheels Magazine's tester who has one on long term test says that the electric assist from the IMA motor gives "his" CR-Z a "turbo like" off the mark feel, which he finds ideal in his inner city commute.
I can see a bigger electric motor, better battery and improved regeneration, along with an Earth Dreams petrol motor would go a long way to giving this car performance worthy of an R badge, without a turbo motor. Lord knows it's dynamics are already there - but that is lost in the brouhaha about it's lack of straight line grunt!
The K24 would have been a logical choice for the CR-Z now that I consider the flappy-paddle auto version. Stripping the hybrid parts shaves 160 pounds, so it makes me wonder what mpg a factory tuned K24 would have gotten.
I thought the 6 speed transmission was essentially the same as the 06 Si has...wonder why they swapped in the 06 Si version?
DCR wrote: The K24 would have been a logical choice for the CR-Z now that I consider the flappy-paddle auto version. Stripping the hybrid parts shaves 160 pounds, so it makes me wonder what mpg a factory tuned K24 would have gotten.
I thought the 6 speed transmission was essentially the same as the 06 Si has...wonder why they swapped in the 06 Si version?
Right now, the Civic Si sedan has a curb weight of 2895-2917lb.
The Civic hybrid sedan is between 2853 - 2875. Despite having the extra weight of the hybrid powertrain, the hybrid sedan is still somewhat lighter than the Si sedan. If a CR-Z Si exists (ie. one with K24 + 6MT with no hybrid), I would imagine the same trend would also be observed. The CR-Z is around 2700lb now. Swapping out the hybrid with K24+6MT might actually add 50lb or so. Theoretically then, a CR-Z si might be around 2750lb, which is roughly 150lb lighter than a Civic Si.
The Civic Si is rated at EPA 25/31mpg. With a 150lb weight reduction, the CR-Z with K24 + 6MT might achieve 26/32mpg. Obviously, if it's K24 + AT instead, then the car will be heavier, which might hurt mpg somewhat. Assuming it stays the same, at 26/32mpg, that's still some way below 35/39mpg of a regular CR-Z. A K24+ CVT CR-Z might achieve something like 29/35mpg?
I'm with you on this one. Interestingly, Australian Wheels Magazine's tester who has one on long term test says that the electric assist from the IMA motor gives "his" CR-Z a "turbo like" off the mark feel, which he finds ideal in his inner city commute.
I can see a bigger electric motor, better battery and improved regeneration, along with an Earth Dreams petrol motor would go a long way to giving this car performance worthy of an R badge, without a turbo motor. Lord knows it's dynamics are already there - but that is lost in the brouhaha about it's lack of straight line grunt!
With the caveat that like most moderns, you can't see out of it so it can't go fast, that is basically true.
It's a really good sort of 'entry-level' sporty car for someone who's never experienced an old-skool Civic or whatever.
Assuming the problem isn't the chassis tuning falls all apart, where's the 'super' version?
I want mine with a 1.8L Boosted motor, either supercharged or turbo will work... and at least 7.3krpm making around 200-235HP. Also they can afford to make the car slightly bigger to fit some useable rear seats to put a couple of girls back there. On the road the CR-Z does look absolutely tiny.
garoto628 wrote: (K20 w ~200hp @8k or K24 with ~230hp @8k) + (6MT/LSD) = I'm sold
Seriously.... a CR-Z would do really truly just fine with an R20/MT6. If they could tweak 160 bhp out of that, it'd be a very fine ride and get very good mileage. It'd be FAST too.
OTOH, they could just make a short stroke K18, tune it to 180bhp, MT6, LSD, put in a redline higher than Heaven and still get great mileage. Oh, it would be REALLY FAST too.
musicmanvin wrote: I want mine with a 1.8L Boosted motor, either supercharged or turbo will work... and at least 7.3krpm making around 200-235HP. Also they can afford to make the car slightly bigger to fit some useable rear seats to put a couple of girls back there. On the road the CR-Z does look absolutely tiny.
musicmanvin wrote: I want mine with a 1.8L Boosted motor, either supercharged or turbo will work... and at least 7.3krpm making around 200-235HP. Also they can afford to make the car slightly bigger to fit some useable rear seats to put a couple of girls back there. On the road the CR-Z does look absolutely tiny.
As big of Honda fan I am, I called this CR-Z lookalike the ultimate hypocrisy from Honda to date.
Everything inside and out has no relevance to the CR-Z name whatsoever. Different suspension, engine, layout and everything in between. Sure Toyota fielded the Prius lookalike race car, but it was more of a statement. The Prius is already king of MPG, what achievement the CR-Z had? A middling performance hybrid in a class of its own.
I don't want the CR-Z to be killed, more than that, I want Honda to repent and spice up the car, if not by adding more power at least keep it around for second generation and go real with it.
I'd bet the same applies to HSV-010 GT, more or less.
Dren wrote: So it's not really a CRZ, it's just a race car with a body on it. Still cool though. The diffuser looks to be blown a bit by the exhaust.
Midi_Amp wrote: As big of Honda fan I am, I called this CR-Z lookalike the ultimate hypocrisy from Honda to date.
Everything inside and out has no relevance to the CR-Z name whatsoever. Different suspension, engine, layout and everything in between. Sure Toyota fielded the Prius lookalike race car, but it was more of a statement. The Prius is already king of MPG, what achievement the CR-Z had? A middling performance hybrid in a class of its own.
I don't want the CR-Z to be killed, more than that, I want Honda to repent and spice up the car, if not by adding more power at least keep it around for second generation and go real with it.
The HSV-010 was a stillbirth, but for all its intent and purpose, it's supposed to be a pedigree sports car in the form of ASCC or NSX (*shudder*). Even if HSV is a dream project, it has no real life association like the ARX race cars, so for me the car is safe from critique. For the CR-Z however, it's based from a production car and uses a body shell of said car, the connection is there, but the fact that the CR-Z is just... Okay... And the race version is every Honda fan wet dream came true, it is just insulting.
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