XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Honda CRV III 2007-2012

The CRV III carries its mass high and soft from the factory, with a nose-heavy bias from the transverse 2.4 and a ride height built for ground clearance rather than a clean launch. On a drag strip that combination works against you: the body pitches, the driven tyres unload, and the first sixty feet vanish in wheelspin. XYZ Racing’s Drag Racing coilover for the Honda CRV III 2007-2012 exists to control that weight transfer rather than fight it.

This is a 0-400 metre setup, configured to manage how load moves between the front and rear axles at the instant you launch. By loading the driven wheels harder and keeping the chassis settled through the run, it turns the CRV III’s high-riding bulk into forward drive instead of squat and slip.

What this coilover does for your 2007-2012 Honda CRV III

Drop the ride height and the CRV III’s centre of gravity comes down with it, which steadies the platform the moment you leave the line. The damping is set to plant the driven tyres under load, cutting the idle wheelspin that bleeds off a front- or four-wheel-drive launch. The body squats in a controlled way rather than pitching, so power reaches the tarmac earlier in the run. Through the traps that same settling keeps the CRV III stable at speed, where a soft standard SUV setup would float and wander.

About the Drag Racing coilover

XYZ Racing builds the Drag Racing series specifically for 0-400 metre work across front-, rear- and four-wheel-drive platforms, and the CRV III kit follows that brief. The core idea is managed weight transfer: the coilover is tuned to shift load between the front and rear axles during the launch and the run, forcing the driven tyres into greater compression and a bigger contact patch. That extra loading is what reduces the wheel’s idle time, the slip phase where the revs climb but the car does not, and gets drive to the ground sooner. Height adjustment lets you set a launch-friendly rake, while the damping holds the body stable as speed builds toward the end of the strip. It is a focused straight-line tool, not a general fast-road or circuit setup.

Fitment for the Honda CRV III (2007-2012)

This kit is built for the third-generation Honda CRV III, covering the 2007 to 2012 model years. Fitment follows the CRV III chassis as supplied. Confirm your drivetrain, front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive, against your build before configuring, since launch behaviour and traction demands differ between the two.

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Set your ride height, pick your drivetrain spec and build your CRV III drag setup using the configurator below.