Bought a HR-V today....

[FFH]

and from reading around seems like it was a good decision. We actually got it for peanuts too!

So anyway the one thing that I have noticed is it may be a little under powered, although we didn't notice this in the test drive. But even still I am one to like to get the most performance I can from a motor without killing the economy and damaging it.

Lessons in the past would suggest that if I help it to breath a bit better than this usually helps with a minor power increase but puts a bit more torque to those wheels and maintains the economy. Is this the same with the HR-V's?

We already have a bloody beautiful HSV Clubsport that looks after the thrill factor for us, so we don't want to go slapping turbo's and stuff on it. But I would like to know what mods other owners have done that will help put a little more poke in the HR-V. It will be our daily driver into the City and back (about 45mins each way in peaktime) so our HSV can become the weekend car that we wanted it for, besides running a 5.7ltr V8 is expensive around town!

Cheers. :D

[mrtn]

welcome!

i am pretty sure it's a good decision. actually my HR-V is the first car for me to have been kept for over 3 years. it's now 5 years old and i still want to keep it. i enjoy every day driving it :)

is it a regular or V-TEC model? M/T or auto? no point in powering up the latter, the tranny won't hold up. post some pics please.

[sleeksilver]

Welcome to the site :)

Always nice to have another HR-V member!

[goraiko]

A drop in K&N won't do any harm. If it's an auto (cvt) you probably won't want to change the exhaust as it'll sound pretty horrible, due to the fairly constant level of revs.

Other than that enjoy it.

[Team GOOOSH]

It wont compare to your Clubsport:lol: , but if its manual, and regularily runs on premium, then you should have some fun. Mine only after 100,000Kms has only just "opened up". The engine is now performing like it han never before. It loves reving (without rattle) all the way to 7K, and keeping it in the right gear makes a big difference.

[FFH]

Thanks everyone for your welcome.

It's a Manual transmission, 1999 model so I am not sure if it's Vtec or not, I would suspect not. It only has 42k on the clock, and from what research I have done, to pay less than 10k for it is an absolute bargain! :mrgreen: A genuine 1 owner with full service history. She was a nurse and never used it apparently.

So my thoughts to get a little more poke out of this thing is to stick a nice flowing zorst, rig a cold air intake. Also change the Throttle body to the civic one just to get a better flow happening. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Because we have got the car so cheap we can afford to spend a little on it without loosing focus of what it was bought for, cheap and economical commuter. :D

Cheers.

[Team GOOOSH]

You wont find any off the shelf extractors for the HRV (if you want them). But i have civic genie extractors with modified end for the cat (your muffler shop can do this mod easy).

Honestly, dont think your going to gain significant horsepower, but you will gain some noise.

But you need to run 95 octane minimum.

[FFH]

You wont find any off the shelf extractors for the HRV (if you want them). But i have civic genie extractors with modified end for the cat (your muffler shop can do this mod easy).

Honestly, dont think your going to gain significant horsepower, but you will gain some noise.

But you need to run 95 octane minimum.

Thanks for the advise, I realise there won't be much to gain power wise, but power doesn't get a car moving, Torque does and thats where I am looking to get a little more punch. Most extractors will give you an increase in Torque, as will CAI and larger intake manifolds.

From what I understand these things come standard with 137nm of Torque, I would be looking to get that up to about 200nm which should be acheivable with minor mods. It seems that not too many people have gone down this road before or am I mistaken?

[Team GOOOSH]

Thanks for the advise, I realise there won't be much to gain power wise, but power doesn't get a car moving, Torque does and thats where I am looking to get a little more punch. Most extractors will give you an increase in Torque, as will CAI and larger intake manifolds.

From what I understand these things come standard with 137nm of Torque, I would be looking to get that up to about 200nm which should be acheivable with minor mods. It seems that not too many people have gone down this road before or am I mistaken?


I have extractors and sports exhaust. I did have a K&N intake, but removed that (and returned to normal) becuase the homemade pod broke. Mine has some extra grunt, but i think its to do with my camshaft timing. Factory timing is set to 12 degrees (with acceptable tolerance of 10-14 degrees). Mine is set at 14 degrees. I also increases the pressure on the fuel regulator.

[FFH]

I have extractors and sports exhaust. I did have a K&N intake, but removed that (and returned to normal) becuase the homemade pod broke. Mine has some extra grunt, but i think its to do with my camshaft timing. Factory timing is set to 12 degrees (with acceptable tolerance of 10-14 degrees). Mine is set at 14 degrees. I also increases the pressure on the fuel regulator.


How did this effect your economy? Did the K&N Filter improve perdormance on it's own?

Cheers.

[mrtn]

Did the K&N Filter improve perdormance on it's own?

it's a placebo product, just a gadget of an accessory. there is no actual performance gain no matter what the package says. a clean OEM paper filter allows enough air to pass through it.

[Team GOOOSH]

How did this effect your economy? Did the K&N Filter improve perdormance on it's own?

Cheers.


NO. A filter on its own will only have a negligeble effect.

Its the exhaust mods that make more difference. Dont waste money on a filter.

[FFH]

NO. A filter on its own will only have a negligeble effect.

Its the exhaust mods that make more difference. Dont waste money on a filter.

What about the timing advance, has that had an effect on your economy? I guess the point I am trying to get at here is with intake mods and an exhaust system, would there be much more of a gain with advancing the timing?

[Team GOOOSH]

What about the timing advance, has that had an effect on your economy? I guess the point I am trying to get at here is with intake mods and an exhaust system, would there be much more of a gain with advancing the timing?

It realy comes down to your driving style/ how much you drive/ where you drive. e.g i drive about 450-600km per week:shock: , and 90% is all freeway, so in my manual HRV i get 620km's per tank as an average.When i go on holidays i have achived over 750kms on one tank. But i do drive very agressive and yet very economicaly. Funny enough, when i was driving only city (no freeways) i still got the same economy.

As for timing advance, i only advanced the timing, because i knew how to monitor detonation (pinging).

As an Aussie HRV owner you need to be aware of something very important. HRV sold around the world were specified for 95 octane fuel. In Oz, your handbook says 92, dont believe this. The car will not run right on 92. Currently i only use Shell V-Power (98 or Mobile Synergy8000. Also, us ozzy owners need to monitor the oil. I use a synthetic 10w-30 Mobile 1. Its an amazing difference.

[joymachiner]

Hi GOOOSH,

Are you really performing between 450 and 600 km with a tank? I have a 2005 HR-V with manual gear (1.6 V-TEC 4WD, last exemplars sold in Germany) and normally drive in city doing not more than 400 (excluding reserve tank). Driving in motorway at 120/130 km/h (between 4000 and 5000 rpm) the V increases its mileage, but not doing more tha 500 km, still excluding reserve tank.

[mrtn]

i get 500 km before the reserve lights up. 610 is the average max i gotten out of it.

[FFH]

eeepppp, I miss calculated. Don't mind me.

[Team GOOOSH]

Hi GOOOSH,

Are you really performing between 450 and 600 km with a tank? I have a 2005 HR-V with manual gear (1.6 V-TEC 4WD, last exemplars sold in Germany) and normally drive in city doing not more than 400 (excluding reserve tank). Driving in motorway at 120/130 km/h (between 4000 and 5000 rpm) the V increases its mileage, but not doing more tha 500 km, still excluding reserve tank.

Yes, very comfortably. But mine is not V-Tec.

Generally for me i only start looking to fill up after 550km. My weekly fill is about 590km, and i always have a litre or two still in the tank.

[goraiko]

I think the VTEC was slightly less economical, especially when used in VTEC alot.