See waht had happened wuz.....

 

Bought one yesterday....SIKE!

Would love to see this installed on a USDM GE from a FF member. Then and only then, would I be inclined to actually buy one

 

from what i gather, they aren't "in stock" yet. i've now been waiting 2 days for a quote on shipping.........

 

are you actually going to get it? wouldn't shipping to Canada be even more complicated than within the US?

 

Damn, You actually serious about getting it? It's sitting in the back of my head to keep the fit and do something for power, but that idea is waging war with "get a faster stock car"... Decisions decisions.

 

So I just read through the entire install book Here looks relatively simple to install until it gets to the piggyback install and retuning the ECU. That's where it looks like a pain in the ass but still relatively easy if you can work your way around some basic crimpers and a soldering iron.

Idk. I think I may jump on it over the summer. I don't have the money anymore after about 1.2k going to school stuff..

 

It's funny. It follows the "kit" and "bolt on" vibe that's all over the FI threads as it relates to vendor comments/feedback. I had a voicemail message from Rick Rimmer at Boostec on Tuesday. What that tells me is that Sprintex & Boostec are feeling out the demand. Sure, Sprintex has experience with the kit's (minus the EGR issue) they've sold in China, but we are a little bit different type of consumer. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Until I see Internet, magazine, trade rag ADVERTISEMENTS with pricing and "in stock" notes, pics of a USDM GE8 Fit with a full installation, I believe that the vendors are just fishing. They can do the kit, but they want the money up front before they move forward in the US, that's my opinion. Prove me wrong.

On the other question, even if I was inclined to pursue the kit purchase, unfortunately I have the worst kind of excuse... my wife and I retained attorneys 2 weeks ago, and I don't think this would be a good time to drop $2500 to tinker around with my Fit. Shit happens and priorities change.

 

I plan on buying . I emailed Boostec asked about who to pay , how long was the adjustment to the S/C was going to take, delivery time and which shipping company they going to use

 

what do you mean "adjustment"? installation? tuning? or driver's adjustment (getting used to) to modified engine?

 

waiting on a shipping quote...boostec has great customer service

 

are you going to get it?

 

Why do I want just the manifold and s/c all of a sudden? I hear that voice again whispering in my ear "do it for the shiggles". I mean I already have a tuning and fuel solut.... what the hell am I thinking, this is absurd. I'm not going to see the same gains as before and I still have a t28 sitting in my attic. I will just bide my time.

 

First Turbo'd and SC Fit period.. do it. You know you want to. Your current L15 is literally sitting there screaming "BLOW MY BRAINS OUT!!"

 

I'm going to get it if they would ever answer.

 

i'm having the same issue. i emailed rick 3 times now....no reply with shipping quotes. unreal.

 

I guess some people in this economy are just making too much money. If they dont get back to me soon, my money will be going to a company that wants it and my other money pit car

 

Scroll back through this thread and re-read some of my posts. They are filled with hidden (and obvious) messages about why you don't have said product in-route with a tracking number in hand.

I worked at Ford for a while, and dealt with a variety of automotive mfg's, both domestic and foreign. I am not the least bit surprised by what you're experiencing. The $2500 isn't their "price point" - it's their wrapped cost of manufacturing and profit. They are not doing low-rate or short run production on this until they can predict volume. They don't have the funds to produce 100 of them only to have them sit on a shelf taking a loss hoping for a consumer to take them off their hands. They are most likely going to make them a couple at a time initially, as if they were prototype units/kits.

99% of American Fit owners buy them for practicality and functionality, because their "other" vehicle is the gas guzzler, or performance car. Those of us that frequent this forum are truly a minority, and cannot sustain a product line for these small companies. The Fit was never designed to compete with other supercharged or turbocharged production vehicles like the Mini Cooper-S or the S/C'd Toyota and Scion products. It is what it is. You can thank Honda for that - which is quickly becoming the Oldsmobile of Asian auto manufacturers. Honda has become painfully conservation and boring, solely focus on MPG's. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

You'd be surprised and embarrassed if you drove a Mini Cooper-S and were to pull up beside a Fit with a KWSC high boost kit at a signal light and tried to take it on .... 10PSI of boost and a good exhaust system turns a Fit into a completely different driving experience... Stock Civic SIs are no problem either...My son has a TSX and readily admits that he doesn't want to suffer the humiliation of being trounced by a Fit being driven by an old man.

 

...Winning...

 

Have to agree...as much as I love the late 90s early 2000s Honda, I had to move on. I bought a real car and am selling my Fit. I never thought I'd buy domestic but hawt dayum Ford is killing it:






You can supercharge your Fit for 3-5000K and still have a 13 second car in the 1/4 mile. The supercharger is good for what, 160-180 whp? I think a k swap is an overall better decision...with a K24 you'll get 230+ whp with just bolt ons for close to the same price. Hasport has confirmed that their CRZ mounts will work for the GE.