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CVT (Civic Hybrid)

CVT (Civic Hybrid)

CVT (Civic Hybrid)

(OP)
Hi
Is there some way to re-program the TCU of 2006 Civic Hybrid. It is very bad in brusque accelerations. Thanks and sorry my English

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

I'm sure there.  How many spare transmissions have you got?

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

(OP)
none until now

Have You a solution?

Thanks

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

In what way is it "bad"??

Regardless, changing the programming of that particular transmission isn't high on the priority list of most (any?) aftermarket tuners.

Sell the car and buy a VW diesel without the hybrid nonsense ... that'll fix it.

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

What Mike was saying is that the current calibration will include work-arounds for particular problems that were found during the development of the gearbox, and the vehicle. If you change the strategy then you will need to relearn all the things the Honda engineers already have learned, thus you will need to break as many (or more) units  as they did.

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RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

(OP)
I only want a way of the variation of cvt to be faster in brusque accelerations… He has or not way to make it?

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

Okay, so when you stamp on the accelerator, the issue is that it takes longer than you feel it should to change to a lower ratio? Is that an accurate description?

That could probably be changed by reprogramming the transmission, but as far as I know, there is nothing available to do that. Keep in mind that there is a limit to how quickly the transmission itself can change ratios.

The Civic hybrid is an economy car. It is programmed to be stingy with fuel, probably at some cost of responsiveness and driveability. If you want a better blend of performance and economy, I still stand by what I said before: sell the car and buy a VW TDI diesel.

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

(OP)
Ok, does not have way to make it…, but you agree that if the ratio varied fast more, resulted in lesser acceleration and more speed, then better consumption. Correct? Thanks

RE: CVT (Civic Hybrid)

Civic is a IMA parallel hybrid, what limits the accel I believe is mainly coming from the E-motor/Generator and the engine capacities. Depending on what performance that you are referring to, i.e There might be possible to booth the 0-60 performance with WOT on the ICE with the IMA full capacity assist. (Not sure if this is already implemented in one of the mode...)

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