CR-Z passing the GT500, 6.0 GTO, 335i on the track at Buttonwillow - Honda CRZ Forum: Honda CR-Z Hybrid Car Forums

icesourkiss · 11-19-2011, 10:01 AM

I have a CR-Z, and my BF, Sam has a Si. He loves driving his car, but he has so much fun tracking in mine. My car is totally stock, besides the wheels and tires. Check out how well the CR-Z did on the track.

Sam is passing the GT500, 6.0 GTO, 335i, and w/e the heck that was the CR-Z passed last.

CR-Z Canadian · 11-19-2011, 10:22 AM

Looks like fun!
I can't help thinking that the CR-Z passed all those cars because they ran out of gas, though. LOL
Good camera. Just like being there.
And as for that "thing" at 9:15, it looks like someone bred a Beetle with an Ariel Atom. Not pretty.

sleighman · 11-19-2011, 11:11 PM

Great Video, I am impressed.

studytuned · 11-20-2011, 02:05 AM

Awesome! That's really good time for being stock-ish. My best time when I still had my integra was 2:14 so 2:17 is great having about 50 HP less

TinTin · 11-20-2011, 09:23 AM

Saw this on the 8th. Didn't realize it was yours.

icesourkiss · 11-20-2011, 11:33 AM

I think we all got a little bent out of shape over there but we're all just impressed at how well the car performs when really driven. Haters aside. Sorry for reposting this. It'd be great if this inspires others to track. The car feels equally at home on the track as all the other "performance" cars and the hybrid stigma really needs to be dispelled. Kinda crazy because my BF thinks with just a couple of camber bolts and a different wheel/street tire set up could probably net something in the 2:15s. That'd be something!

Coldfuse · 11-20-2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by CR-Z Canadian

Looks like fun!
I can't help thinking that the CR-Z passed all those cars because they ran out of gas, though. LOL
Good camera. Just like being there.
And as for that "thing" at 9:15, it looks like someone bred a Beetle with an Ariel Atom. Not pretty.

Google image "legend track car" and its the first picture that i get. Its one of those.

IzzyCRZ · 11-22-2011, 05:54 PM

How did the battery charging cope? Was he in sport mode all the time?

DTLA · 11-23-2011, 01:04 AM

Battery charging is definitely an issue on this track. There are only 6 places I needed to lift here. Most of those I don't get the full regenerative braking effect because I'm spending time rev-match downshifting which means I'm not in gear the whole time. I was in "normal" mode. According to a member on here(muddy?) normal mode offers smoother throttle response than the on/off-ish response of Sport mode. This thoguht has been echoed by someone from HondaTuning as well. Kinda ironic but what can ya do?

IzzyCRZ · 11-23-2011, 03:37 AM

So was the battery pretty much depleted during and after
the runs?

11-19-2011, 10:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
CR-Z Canadian Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,333	Looks like fun! I can't help thinking that the CR-Z passed all those cars because they ran out of gas, though. LOL Good camera. Just like being there. And as for that "thing" at 9:15, it looks like someone bred a Beetle with an Ariel Atom. Not pretty. __________________ YES, it's fast. And NO, you can't drive it!

11-20-2011, 09:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
TinTin Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,369	Saw this on the 8th. Didn't realize it was yours. __________________

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11-19-2011, 11:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
sleighman Supporting Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: North Florida Posts: 986	Great Video, I am impressed.

11-22-2011, 05:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
IzzyCRZ Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 49	How did the battery charging cope? Was he in sport mode all the time?

11-23-2011, 01:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
DTLA Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 27	Battery charging is definitely an issue on this track. There are only 6 places I needed to lift here. Most of those I don't get the full regenerative braking effect because I'm spending time rev-match downshifting which means I'm not in gear the whole time. I was in "normal" mode. According to a member on here(muddy?) normal mode offers smoother throttle response than the on/off-ish response of Sport mode. This thoguht has been echoed by someone from HondaTuning as well. Kinda ironic but what can ya do?

11-23-2011, 03:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
IzzyCRZ Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 49	So was the battery pretty much depleted during and after the runs?