What did you do to the GD Fit today?
Any big plans? Monster power L15 hahaha.
He lists and shows quite a few tricks, and in the end had alot of power, great gasmileage, and actually had problems getting the motor to warmup up properly because it was so efficient.
Take it all in, it will take several hours of your time to read it entirely
D15B2 All-Motor build - onecamonly.com
I learned alot from this user. Even his basic tricks helped to much.
A good start is to review this engine build of a honda D series motor.
He lists and shows quite a few tricks, and in the end had alot of power, great gasmileage, and actually had problems getting the motor to warmup up properly because it was so efficient.
Take it all in, it will take several hours of your time to read it entirely
D15B2 All-Motor build - onecamonly.com
I learned alot from this user. Even his basic tricks helped to much.
He lists and shows quite a few tricks, and in the end had alot of power, great gasmileage, and actually had problems getting the motor to warmup up properly because it was so efficient.
Take it all in, it will take several hours of your time to read it entirely
D15B2 All-Motor build - onecamonly.com
I learned alot from this user. Even his basic tricks helped to much.
I would love to see a fully built all motor L15!
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Well, my addition for today isn't so much what I did to my Fit today, but what someone else did to my little Ngoc Tran. I was driving in the carpool lane and a car in the lane to the right of me and slightly in front of me kicked something up that was coming right for me. At 80mph/129kph I couldn't stop or swerve in time. So I just cringed. Whatever it was hit my hood and bounced off. It was black and about the size of a really big fist, so I prayed it was just a chunk of rubber from something. I drove home and backed into the garage and went inside my house having totally forgotten what had happened. I went out into the garage later on an unrelated matter and I remembered to check the hood. And then I saw it. Two huge gouges that not only dented the hood but scraped off the paint too.
So now I have two options: 1. Find out what my deductible is and go through insurance and have a body shop fix the dents and repaint (in the process hopefully painting over the last 8 years of rock chips), or 2. Finally bite the bullet and just buy a carbon fiber hood like I have been wanting to do for years.
If I buy the carbon fiber hood I'll also have to get the hatch as well. I just think that the hood alone looks kinda weird when the hatch is the stock metal. And I'd have to deal with fitment issues because even though carbon fiber stuff is expensive, it doesn't guarantee that it will fit correctly.
So now I have two options: 1. Find out what my deductible is and go through insurance and have a body shop fix the dents and repaint (in the process hopefully painting over the last 8 years of rock chips), or 2. Finally bite the bullet and just buy a carbon fiber hood like I have been wanting to do for years.
If I buy the carbon fiber hood I'll also have to get the hatch as well. I just think that the hood alone looks kinda weird when the hatch is the stock metal. And I'd have to deal with fitment issues because even though carbon fiber stuff is expensive, it doesn't guarantee that it will fit correctly.
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Posts: 823
From: Arizona
On a happier note I recently bought the Spoon convex mirror and Spoon Duracon shift knob which are already installed. I also bought Mugen window visors but have yet to install those. Now I gotta update this thread: https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20649
Well, my addition for today isn't so much what I did to my Fit today, but what someone else did to my little Ngoc Tran. I was driving in the carpool lane and a car in the lane to the right of me and slightly in front of me kicked something up that was coming right for me. At 80mph/129kph I couldn't stop or swerve in time. So I just cringed. Whatever it was hit my hood and bounced off. It was black and about the size of a really big fist, so I prayed it was just a chunk of rubber from something. I drove home and backed into the garage and went inside my house having totally forgotten what had happened. I went out into the garage later on an unrelated matter and I remembered to check the hood. And then I saw it. Two huge gouges that not only dented the hood but scraped off the paint too.
So now I have two options: 1. Find out what my deductible is and go through insurance and have a body shop fix the dents and repaint (in the process hopefully painting over the last 8 years of rock chips), or 2. Finally bite the bullet and just buy a carbon fiber hood like I have been wanting to do for years.
If I buy the carbon fiber hood I'll also have to get the hatch as well. I just think that the hood alone looks kinda weird when the hatch is the stock metal. And I'd have to deal with fitment issues because even though carbon fiber stuff is expensive, it doesn't guarantee that it will fit correctly.
So now I have two options: 1. Find out what my deductible is and go through insurance and have a body shop fix the dents and repaint (in the process hopefully painting over the last 8 years of rock chips), or 2. Finally bite the bullet and just buy a carbon fiber hood like I have been wanting to do for years.
If I buy the carbon fiber hood I'll also have to get the hatch as well. I just think that the hood alone looks kinda weird when the hatch is the stock metal. And I'd have to deal with fitment issues because even though carbon fiber stuff is expensive, it doesn't guarantee that it will fit correctly.
Save yourself some money and grab a spare hood and vinyl wrap it in carbon fiber. You can buy sheets for under $150 and you can apply them yourself with a heatgun, plastic squeegee, and a mild solution of baby shampoo and distilled water.
The hardest part about this process is making sure the hood/hatch are perfectly clean and free of any and all debris
Well, my addition for today isn't so much what I did to my Fit today, but what someone else did to my little Ngoc Tran. I was driving in the carpool lane and a car in the lane to the right of me and slightly in front of me kicked something up that was coming right for me. At 80mph/129kph I couldn't stop or swerve in time. So I just cringed. Whatever it was hit my hood and bounced off. It was black and about the size of a really big fist, so I prayed it was just a chunk of rubber from something. I drove home and backed into the garage and went inside my house having totally forgotten what had happened. I went out into the garage later on an unrelated matter and I remembered to check the hood. And then I saw it. Two huge gouges that not only dented the hood but scraped off the paint too.
So now I have two options: 1. Find out what my deductible is and go through insurance and have a body shop fix the dents and repaint (in the process hopefully painting over the last 8 years of rock chips), or 2. Finally bite the bullet and just buy a carbon fiber hood like I have been wanting to do for years.
If I buy the carbon fiber hood I'll also have to get the hatch as well. I just think that the hood alone looks kinda weird when the hatch is the stock metal. And I'd have to deal with fitment issues because even though carbon fiber stuff is expensive, it doesn't guarantee that it will fit correctly.
So now I have two options: 1. Find out what my deductible is and go through insurance and have a body shop fix the dents and repaint (in the process hopefully painting over the last 8 years of rock chips), or 2. Finally bite the bullet and just buy a carbon fiber hood like I have been wanting to do for years.
If I buy the carbon fiber hood I'll also have to get the hatch as well. I just think that the hood alone looks kinda weird when the hatch is the stock metal. And I'd have to deal with fitment issues because even though carbon fiber stuff is expensive, it doesn't guarantee that it will fit correctly.
CF hoods are always an option plus you'll save some weight.
Hopefully your work will encourage me to do something to my L15! I'd love to know what your plans are with the motor!
Found out I got a short somewhere and am popping fuse #3 ig meter. So now I know why I lost power steering. Now I just need to find the short. If anyone knows where I could get wire diagrams that would be a big help
edit: posted from phone
edit: posted from phone
Last edited by MNfit; Aug 16, 2014 at 03:14 AM.
Not sure it will help in your case, but when I was popping a fuse and losing the steering, cluster and charging, took me FOREVER to figure out that it was my secondary O2! It had stretched and rubbed through and would ground out. Since it's heated, it's wired into the ignition circuit and would pop on startup.