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TESTED: 2011 Mazda 2 and 2010 Honda Fit B-Spec Racecars

News & Updates - B-Spec.net - Testing the 2011 Mazda 2 and 2010 Honda Fit B-Spec Racecars (video on link)
and on a side note...
"In pure spec-sheet terms the Mazda 2 gives up 17 horsepower to the Fit, but the difference may be larger here because the Honda team removed their catalysts, while the Mazda folks went with a cat-back exhaust. Not only is the B-Spec Fit significantly louder, it’s faster down the long front straight when we stand on the gas."

"Underneath, both B-Spec racers ride on a Bilstein B14 PSS performance suspension kit that consists of monotube front struts and rear shocks with non-adjustable damping and matching springs that are height-adjustable."

* will be updating the site with latest B-Spec related news...*

looking forward to the updates, thanks for the link :D

Thanks for sharing, cool vid! Looking forward to updates as well.

Inside Line just got back a little bit of my respect.

this test/info update on the two cars has been yet the closest thing we get to take a peek of what's under the hood, sorta speak... more scratching is needed to get more info.

seeing that both cars has modified exhaust, there would be a good possibility that the b-spec rules would allow bolt-ons while keeping the internals stock or as stock as possible. if this should hold true, then a tune has to be done, correct?

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Originally Posted by ThEvil0nE (Post 981098)

I'm sure the engines are left untouched. As for bolt-ons like intake systems, I'm not sure. They probably have modified OEM air boxes.

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Originally Posted by JDMxGE8 (Post 981101)

I'm sure the engines are left untouched. As for bolt-ons like intake systems, I'm not sure. They probably have modified OEM air boxes.

Yes, the engine internals remain unaltered but the text in red do indicate that it is not "bone stock".

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Performance modifications are few and tightly constrained in order to keep costs down and real-world relevance high. That’s why the internals of the engine and transmission can’t be altered. There are no supercharger kits, no headers, no wild cams. Bottom line: The underhood area remains more or less showroom stock.

If the Fit has a cat-delete and the Mazda 2 has a modified axle-back, I'm pretty sure the intake isn't stock or left stock... but the question is, to what extent? And knowing how it has been discussed about the GE8's ECU characteristics of dialing down back to gas saving... it looks pointless to see these two cars with a modified exhaust. But with the little info we get, we can only speculate for now... LOL

^ that's a good point. I'm guessing they have some rules for re-flashing, although I'm pretty sure you have to have a piggyback to mod the fit ECU

this is what's on the the 3rd to last paragraph...

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Both sides think it’s better to run functional catalysts with cat-back exhausts, and things like ballast and car-specific ECU reflashes are being tossed around as possible ways to equalize cars with different horsepower levels.

like I said, any mod done to exhaust and or intake... a tune has to be in check.

Hmmm... looks like the ECU will soon be cracked and we'll all do the...http://www.motherboards.org/forums/i...smiles/wav.gif

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