HI,

The B16 seems able to take about 350bhp through its transmission without too much problems, can the same be said for the manual box on the CR-V ?
What about the 4wd system on the CR-V ? Does anyone know what the limits are on that?
I know there was a lad in Canada that put a B18 turbo in a crx and converted it to 4WD, that's got to have a fair bit of power...

 

The CRV is available with a manual transmission. It doesn't handle much more than 200 crank HP as I've heard.

 

well look at the rear axles of a crv. you can see them from standing behind the car. They are about the size of my finger. So lets do a little math shall we.

CRV horsepower at crank = 160 hp
Manual drivetrain losses 25% down to 120hp at the wheels
sense the crv is a 90/10 diff the power going to the rear axles is 12 hp

I dunno but 12 hp looks like a lot going through an axle the size of my pinky finger. Look at Go carts some of them are 9 horse and have beefier axles.