alollini

Thank you! Now i have the service manuals !! I will ask Honda to do the "idle learn" procedure.

alollini

I have started work on the home made CAI

there is a picture (plastic part paint in blue)

in my updated Gallery here :

http://gallery.me.com/lollini#100034

SykoBMW

Looking good man, the CR-Z is growing on me. I'll probably replace my Civic with one eventually.

alollini

video 3 updated !

alollini

i updated the video, with everyone, much better sound/pic synch better HD

alollini

Here is why each and every morning, whatever the mood is before, i then can go to work with a grind smile, those are things we cannot explain with words so, see the first 4 photos of this slideshow in order :

Let there be light

sayflip

i want a CRZ now haha

alollini

I have added the Spoon Carbon Bonnet, and removed the intake silencer.







the fitting is perfect.

pcguy760

I wish my Civic would get mpg like one of those - I only get about 10 mpg at most .................

alollini

i can have low mpg if i want, but i'll have to push it very hard

my worst mpg was on a track day i got 18.8 US mpg (12.5 L for 100 km)

on daily using sport mode 31.8 mpg (city)

highway at 84mph = 33.6 mpg

if speed is lower i can reach 40 mpg or more.
ideal speed for mpg record is 44mph in 6th gear (sleeping)

the best territory to have fun and a nice mpg is middle sized roads, with not much hill climb to do. On that kind of road it is almost impossible to have a bad mpg.

on www.team-CRZ.com I am the one with the worst figures, all of them acheive 47 US mpg, but they live in flat regions...

Chanhtastic

whats the offset on your wheels?

alollini

offset 40mm (this is close to perfect)

Oz : 7x17 ET 40
holes 5x114.3
tires conti 205/45 R17 my wheel + tire setup is 15,4 kg only.
Rays Nuts 23 gram

with this mount front is full, some margin for rear, but i prefer to have 4 identical wheels, and I absolutely don't want anything between the brake disc and wheel.

the result is light and clean, and it feels very good in hand, tight cornering, somtime one rear wheel up in the air, still the car feels very stable.

any other choice of wheel would lead to heavier setup, and loss of compfort or wet road performance.

stock optionnal 17 inches with tire are 19.2 kg
similar Oz wheel 18 inches + potenza are 17,8 kg


my tire pressure for daily city use is 2.2 bar
it feels better on track with 2.3 bar or 2.4 bar square.

pcguy760

LOL oh u dont wanna do that - anyway I forgot to tell you that you have one sweet ride Good work man!

Mdrolet77

you went trought heavy rain yet with that scoop? Is it sniffing a lot of water?

alollini

I don't know from which photo you saw the air vent (painted blue)
But with the last ring in contact with the mushroom shaped air filter I was loosing some torque, so I kept only the front section (trapezoidal).

Even in heavy rain the car never seemed to suck any water, even at high speed. The design from the front grille is clever.

With my scoop I manage to keep intake air temp cool from speed 20mph and up.

alollini

I updated my photo gallery with the Spoon Carbon Bonnet and friends meetings :

alollini

My wife made me a beautiful gift for Christmas... I tested it already, a gopro HD Hero2 cam
see Vid 4 below of my test (south of France)

6ixteenauto

nice car!!! I already book a cr-z.. maybe arrived in february 2012.. You will be my mentor!!

alollini

Just keep in mind this is not a car for power...
but it teach how to drive and made me discover other aspect of road pleasure (other than speed, i mean)

just look at those gorgeous roads and sceneries near where i live :

i'me made a new video on a beautiful road, Verdon canyon, with a friend from team-crz.com !

Verdon

was a great day !!

alollini

I had to move from mobile me to Dropbox
so the long video "Daluis! " refused by youtube is now downloadable on dropbox it is one of the greatest canyon road of the south of France! (see below, links in the signature)

We just had a great meeting over a week with a peak @ 19 CR-Z
i am working on making a new video, but this will take some time ...

we did a test drive with a Honda France representative : he sort of rally-pilot my car and his verdict was that all my mods went in the right direction in making the car stable agile light and with a better rev-happy engine, he especially underlined the gain in chassis, braking, and the fact that the engine was rev-happy even when climbing a hill with IMA depleted was barely felt.

GE8 intake manifold
testpipe
oil system work (mugen filter, 0w20 motul + RAN*UP)
Spoon front brake pads
OZ 17 inches wheels with 10 mm wider track.

carbon bonnet
2kg 12v Shorai power Li-Fe battery
removed rear seats and stuff

alollini

New Video !!
So-WAT 2012 is our big CR-Z meet of the year for Switzerland, Belgium and France.

1. The Trailer : So-WAT 2 The Trailer

2. The 14 mn Movie : So-WAT 2 The Movie

0Janet@bisimoto

Thank you for the updates! Great looking car...

alollini

also i saved 7kg + by replacing the heavy Pb battery (1940 technology)
by a Li-Fe Shorai Power battery (2000 technology)

the Pb 12v battery is fading very fast in CR-Z because it is not used right,
the CR-Z need a power suppy type batter and NOT a startup battery
those two are completely different king of battery.

ask a camping-car specialist if you can replace the engine battery with the solar power battery, both are 12V but NOOOO those are two different kind.

In the CR-Z it is tricky about that.

now with Li-Fe PO SO4 Shorai Power it is rock solid and can work even by -40°C to +160°C and neither melt nor explode if short circuit.

saved 7.5 KG & works better
* you can see it in my engine bay from 00:20 to 00:22 in the SoWAT 2 video below

ryczy

Frankly, great job.
Videos plusssss that great.
It really feels like a trailer of the best movie of the moment.

b-radzf1

What model battery did you get I want to do the same to mine