---
title: "2022 Honda Civic Gains an Impressive 34 HP From a Simple ECU Tune"
description: "Not to mention another 50 pound-feet of torque."
date: "2021-07-26"
modified: "2021-07-26"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/41686/2022-honda-civic-gains-an-impressive-34-hp-from-a-simple-ecu-tune"
categories:
  - "Honda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Civic"
  - "compact"
  - "honda"
  - "sedan"
---

# 2022 Honda Civic Gains an Impressive 34 HP From a Simple ECU Tune

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The [Honda Civic](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41200/2022-honda-civic-hatchback-the-better-civic-grows-up-but-keeps-the-manual>) has always been a tuner's darling and it looks like the brand new 11th-gen car is no exception. Even though it's been exactly five minutes since the 2022 Civic came out, people are already tinkering and extracting quite a bit more power from the car's stock 1.5-liter turbo engine. Brought to our attention via [*Carscoops*](<https://www.carscoops.com/2021/07/hondata-extracted-an-extra-34-hp-from-the-new-honda-civic-with-an-ecu-reflash/>), Honda ECU tuner Hondata recently tested a reflash of the new Civic's digital brain, uncovering an extra 34 horsepower and 50 pound-feet of torque.

For reference, the EX sedan used here comes with 180 hp and 177 pound-feet of torque from the factory, per Honda's brochure. When Hondata put the untuned car on the dyno, it showed 162.46 hp and 163.63 pound-feet at the axle—not abnormal after accounting for drivetrain loss.

![message-editor%2F1627327690383-352022hondacivicsedantouring-source.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1627327690383-352022hondacivicsedantouring-source.jpg>)
**Honda**

Post-FlashPro, however, Hondata put [the king of compacts](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/41063/2022-honda-civic-review-the-king-of-compacts-reaffirms-its-reign>) back on the dyno and found it laying down 196.78 hp and 213.65 pound-feet. Those are deltas of more than 34 hp and 50 pound-feet of torque. Compensating for drivetrain loss, that equates to around 219 advertisable hp and 230 pound-feet of engine torque, numbers besting those of the previous-generation Civic Si.

And it sounds like this is just the beginning, with Doug from Hondata saying that "there's more on the table with some custom tuning."

![message-editor%2F1627327743809-702022hondacivicsedantouring-source.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1627327743809-702022hondacivicsedantouring-source.jpg>)
**Honda**

Granted, one shouldn't be too surprised by all of this given that Hondata has done similar things to the previous, 10th-gen Civic, and the fact that this new car uses carryover engines, albeit slightly improved. Stock versus stock, the 2022 Civic's 1.5-liter makes six hp and 15 pound-feet more than the outgoing model.

So, it looks like Civic owners hoping to get more out of their new Honda shouldn't have too hard of a time doing so, [Californians notwithstanding](<https://www.thedrive.com/cars-101/41603/california-ecu-tune-flash-faq>).

https://youtube.com/embed/L0gw-lsY0Bg

*Got a tip or question for the author about the new Civic? You can reach them here: chris.tsui@thedrive.com*

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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