Test drive Honda HR-V 5 doors 2001-2006 SUV

Explosive mixture, turbo-honda hr-v

Honda is a legendary brand thanks to sports and technological achievements. Some of the engineering solutions were a breakthrough in the global automotive industry. And Honda cars themselves are also extraordinary. Recall NSX, Prelude, or, say, Accord, from whose two-liter carburetor engine 150 hp were removed in the mid-80s. Now the Honda has somewhat crowded - today's buyers prefer the practicality of charge and honed controllability. True, you can’t say this about HR-V. Still, an entertaining machine was created, first of all, by the calculation of active drivers. However, at some point, the Hondians, apparently, stepped on the throat of their own song. As a result, -1.6 liters, 125 hp, 'Variator'. It seems that this is why they undertook to adjust the character of HKS in the famous HKS tuning studio slightly.
In addition, the inscription LEV, saying that the engine is strangled by environmental norms and is unlikely to jump into cyberspace in less than 8 seconds, on the back door. So, probably, he would have passed by if it had not been possible to look under the hood. And there ... What is not there! It seems that here there is a real tuning, and not just stucco of loud stickers, which so often sin by the Japanese, stalls on external decorations. Need to figure it out.
Dangerous mix
Honda does not like a turbine. This is an axiom, which was violated only in the late 80s and early 90s, when a two-liter turbo engine was installed on the representative Legend (of course, there are still 660 cubic "lighters' with the console of Turbo, but we will not take them into calculation). And then the VCTS firmly settled on the production conveyor, perhaps the other systems that increase power that were forever displaced from it forever. However, Honda laws are violated by tuningers. In particular, for HKS, which for some reason loves such an unnatural combination - Honda and turbocharged. This is actually love, because, for example. In 1998, the company's engineers installed a turbine on a three -liter six -cylinder JZOA. And a year later, the same thing was done with completely, it would seem, for such a non-v-v. What for? Most likely, such a step was not the initiative of HKS. In my opinion, the owner, upset by the lack of strength, himself turned to the company in order to get a maximum from his D16A. Did I get it? Definitely. True, it is difficult to say what he is, this maximum.
Well, so as not to shake the air in vain, let's count. So, let's start small - with the release. He has this NR-V quite interesting. A direct flow with the inscription: 'Use only on racing tracks' is installed. Show off? It does not seem like a real way to increase power again. By the way, how much does a direct -flow issue give? On average, about 10-15 liters. With. Further, in the intake system, the car has a sports filter with low resistance and, accordingly, greater throughput. This adds about 5 hp. And finally, the turbocharged actually. It is difficult to say how much the last engine is fuel. I will only mention that his sensor located in the cabin is marked up to 2 atm.!, And this is by no means a little. For example, the standard 211-horsepower Impreza, as far as my memory does not change me, the pressure pressure is only 0.5-0.6 atm. So draw conclusions. And do not forget to add an intermediate air cooler, which is also some kind of 'equivalent in a “horse” equivalent. In general, a good charge. The minimum of horses is that 180-190. Serving a similar charge of an oil radiator and, most likely, another piston group that can digest frantic pressure.
If you continue to talk about the engine compartment, then purely cosmetic changes should be mentioned. For example, transparent caps at the battery terminals, the same cork of the oil neck, a funny whistle on the intercooler manifold. There are more practical things in the motor compartment. So, the gel battery has special conclusions for a separate connection of 'music'; Although what kind of music is there. In a good way to mel will, sitting in NR-V, is necessary from the sound of the engine. However, I won’t run forward. Better a few more words I will say about the existing differences from the standard. They are not great, but quite cardinal. So, in the suspension in a circle, a yellow single -pipe Bilstein, in arches casting with low -profile 'rubber' dimension 215/55 P16. And only the brakes, surprisingly, remained unchanged. Moreover, at the back is just drums. It seems that the Japanese did not have time to properly finish his car. However, he did not leave the salon without attention.
The engine grasps Hondovsky hard, and then the salon is filled with fractional rumbling of the direct -flow output. It seems that this sound fills you with everything, simply subordinates you. But this does not bother, on the contrary, it is pleasant to feel what sounds like that under the hood. Sports cut off drinks and makes the upcoming trip even more exciting. She, like music, gives a certain mood and gives rise to extremely positive emotions. That is why, by and large, all sorts of CD changers there are completely unnecessarily. Do not drown out the symphony of the direct -flow of a cacophony of the modern stage.
If you add gas, press the pedal very much, the orchestra of the gas distribution mechanism and the exhaust system will change the tone, as if begging to change the mode and stick the transmission. Indeed, it is time to enjoy HR-V, to see what it is capable of.
In a word, they didn’t give Gary properly, but already felt that there was a turbocharged Honda. And when we got out for the operational scope - what began here! A little where the movement slows down, HR -V becomes like a not too close -up -out mustang - jerks, shocks, unwillingness to roll at a calm speed. In general, the disposition is still unbridled. To put up with him, it is necessary to satisfy the needs of the car itself. They are. In general, they are elementary, but not everyone will cope with them. The main rule is more speed. Not in the sense of maximum speed, but in terms of dynamics. That is, if where there is free space where it meets on the road, HR-V needs to be put there. And then, under full gas in the next 'pocket', on the next and so on, until she freezes without movement, cooling at idle.
The brakes, as last time, showed their full professional suitability. Perhaps that is why they were left alone, disk mechanisms did not put behind. They grab it quite predictably, without forcing ABS to work ahead of time and showing a decent result.
So what in the end? As a result, I can responsibly say that such HR-V is much more consistent with its ideology. She does not deceive you with a purely hypothetical possibility of some off-road adventures, does not contribute to illusions about the smoothness of the course. It is honest with you - if the sound of the motor, then the real, combat. If acceleration, then also serious, adult. If controllability, then according to the laws of the almost ring genre. And all -wheel drive at such a car generally becomes a passenger. In addition, in this case, he performs another function - something should disperse the car at low starts. The front -wheel drive clearly does not cope with this. However, the triggering Dual Pump System does not interfere with the engine easily turning on dry and pure asphalt, including the rear wheels. The strength is an overabundance.
With all the positive qualities, this HR-V has a serious minus-in order to drive such a car, firstly, to have an appropriate state of mind (and, of course, forget about comfort as such). And secondly, to possess at least a minimum of the skills that are needed in order to cope with the turbine, and generally a frisky character. For those who believe that he has these qualities and who, of course, is in love with such units, we inform-HR-V was released in 1999, costs $ 14700 (HE-BO-BO-BO, so much in HKS, they probably ask only for installation of equipment).
Roman Mamontov
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