He meant take more power... As in bolt ons. That all remains to be seen, there's a Thai cvt civic running around with 220 at the wheels and their cvt is still fine after 20k km. People have no faith in new tech. Case and point I build wind turbines, you'd think they spewed carcinogens straight down peoples throats.
Totally defeats the purpose right? Just give me a planetary auto at that point.
Mod = modifiy.
I believe the lexus ls600 hybrid got the highest hp number for a car that comes with CVT. it got 439. The gas version of that car still use a 8 speed AT.
Oh - "hold more power" = transfer more torque to wheels amd "mod" = change ECC config to increase BHP. Question: Why not just bye a vehicle with higher rated H
I think that torque capacity is typically the limiting factor for a CVT, not hp. Also the Toyota and Lexus hybrids don't use a pulley-and-cone transmission like most CVTs. They are planetary gearsets and are much stronger and simpler.
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I believe the reason for the fake/emulated shifting is so that the engine doesn't sound so monotone when accelerating. Some Honda engineer probably decided that it sounds better if the tone of the engine goes up and down every now and then instead of being stuck on the same note all the time.
Aka appeasing customers. What do the engineers give a shit what it sounds like? It's the end user satisfaction they are trying to "improve". A cvt is at its best, performance and fuel economy wise, when it acts like a cvt. I wouldn't loose my boost during the fake "shifts", my engine would sit exactly where it gets best power the entire time. Drone be damned.
