About VSA: I've found it best to turn it off. I use left foot braking to trail brake, and from time to time the ECU seems to just cut out when VSA is on. I've dragged the brakes exiting a turn with the throttle on and it stumbles, like vapor lock or something. No Bueno.

My times are close to a second slower in D. The cars just sluggish, but in sport mode...wow. Revs stay up, and the car auto shifts at redline. It doesn't bounce on the limiter. It keeps pulling and the shift does not upset the car at all. You just have to keep hitting the left paddle in turns and stuff to keep the revs up. Once you get this worked out so its instinct you'll see what I mean. I am confident the CVT is faster than the manual in this car. Maybe any car.

 

There was a C7 Corvette running at the event, and its engine kept stumbling... We finally figured out is was likely stability control doing it.

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Oh, congrats too! Sounds like you had a lot of fun

 

How do you access your MPG information on the head unit?

 

Touch the Info button on the main screen.

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Stembridge,

Now that it's been a while and your suspension has settled, could you take a measurement for me when you have a moment? I'd like to know what the height is from the front lip and the ground now that you've lowered the fit. I've got an incline onto my driveway so I'm just trying to get a sanity check to make sure it'll clear once I do the mods.

Have you done any more autox with the new suspension yet?

Thanks in advance.

 

Here you go:



Looks like about 6.5" to the lowest part of the Mugen-style lip.

No more autox so far this summer; work has been munching every spare moment. There's an event in October that I have on my calendar - looking forward to that one.

Have you done any experimentation with how to launch the fastest? I was trying to "power brake" in S1, but it still seemed really sluggish out of the gate. I almost think it takes off quicker in normal D mode without trying to power brake.

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Thanks for taking the time to measure and to take a picture. It's very much appreciated.

I think you may have me confused with JHN. he seems to do autoxing. I just use mine for commuting so no power launches lol. Not sure if it's worthwhile in DC metro traffic lol.

I just want a little better handling and add to the looks a bit.

Thanks again!

 

LOL! You are of course correct. (c:

I've driven in DC, and have learned it's better to leave the car parked and walk or take the train.

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I do the brake torque thing. I hold the brake firmly, bring it up to about 2000 and let go of the brake. That's about all you can do.

 

Why CVTs Are Awesome Transmissions

Heh.

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hey stembridge, what happened to the video you had posted showing the tone of the Tanabe exhaust?

 

It's still there… I need to make another one, as the tone has gotten even better!

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i could have swore you had another clip showing the sound from the exterior as well.. maybe i'm mistaken. sounds good!

 

By popular request, here's a drive-by video sequence of my Jazz (nee Fit) with the Tanabe Medallion Touring exhaust.

Honda Fit Exhaust Sound Drive-by (low)

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NICE! The Tanabe sounds so much deeper with a nice tone in your video compared to the other two videos on YouTube

 

Had a blast today at the OctoberFAST event in Pekin, IL with my son (his first autox, my second). Video soon.



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How'd it feel with the new suspension? Did you win an award again? lol

 

As promised, here's the video: link

No trophy this time! We ran in the first heat and the track was pretty wet. One of my runs was in a steady rain (wipers on). The wet actually favored the lower HP cars (there were some impressive spin-outs!). The sun came out after lunch, so the average times went down a lot - I think only one or two cars in the first heat took home an award.

My son had an absolute blast (as you'll see in the vid)!

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Just had my VCT Actuator replaced under powertrain warranty at a bit over 50K miles. It took the dealer several attempts to replicate the rattle-on-start symptom. It's TSB 16-088 if you have the same issue.

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