Fit can handle, but slow
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Fit can handle, but slow
You Tube has a video of a Fit leading a lap at VIR's grand course at "Fit leading a lap ..." showing the Fit can handle even if not so fast.
The Fit lead because the yellow flags are out on all corners so passing not allowed.
That Fit wasn't so slow after all with a lap average of 66 mph, not bad at all for the grand course. And afterward the cars that passed certainly should have with over 100 hp advatage.
Be prepared, the video is 4 minutes long.
The Fit lead because the yellow flags are out on all corners so passing not allowed.
That Fit wasn't so slow after all with a lap average of 66 mph, not bad at all for the grand course. And afterward the cars that passed certainly should have with over 100 hp advatage.
Be prepared, the video is 4 minutes long.
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Pretty much the story of my life 
I posted FTD at the first day of race school; it was a short and tight course with a chicago box that I could fly through
I had about 1/2 or 1/3 or even 1/4 of the power of other cars that were there.
I posted FTD at the first day of race school; it was a short and tight course with a chicago box that I could fly through
I had about 1/2 or 1/3 or even 1/4 of the power of other cars that were there.
No video embedding? Tsk tsk, fitfreak.net! Here's a link to the vid:
YouTube - Honda Fit, leading a lap at VIR GC
YouTube - Honda Fit, leading a lap at VIR GC
The little tiny OHC Crosleys of the early 50s were slow too, but won their class in SCCA races all the time. They were said to look like they were out for a Sunday drive when on the track..... The displacement was well below 1000 CCs..... I recently read of one that is still winning its class in vintage races.
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The little tiny OHC Crosleys of the early 50s were slow too, but won their class in SCCA races all the time. They were said to look like they were out for a Sunday drive when on the track..... The displacement was well below 1000 CCs..... I recently read of one that is still winning its class in vintage races.
I actually raced one of the Crosley. Slow is too fast a word for them but because they were pretty close to the ground they were fun to drive.
Oh, and the Crosley was the only car in its class which pretty well guaranteed their winning. And the Fit will outcorner a Crosley even if the Fit is fitted with 145 section tires. There's a guy here who has several of them.
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No video embedding? Tsk tsk, fitfreak.net! Here's a link to the vid:
YouTube - Honda Fit, leading a lap at VIR GC
YouTube - Honda Fit, leading a lap at VIR GC
Thanks. Whats video embedding?
I only saw one Crosley on he street back in 1963. It was a station wagon, driven by a 13 year old paper boy that used it on his route on Sunday mornings..... With thirteen year old's in it , it had to wind all the way out before the next gear to continue accelerating..... It always sounded like it was going fast..... I am wondering if you may be the oldest guy on here.
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I only saw one Crosley on he street back in 1963. It was a station wagon, driven by a 13 year old paper boy that used it on his route on Sunday mornings..... With thirteen year old's in it , it had to wind all the way out before the next gear to continue accelerating..... It always sounded like it was going fast..... I am wondering if you may be the oldest guy on here.
remember, old age and experience outguns youth and enthusiasm.
It's a feature of this forum software that allows YouTube (and other? not sure) videos to appear right in the body of the post. It works just like embedding pictures or links; you click the appropriate icon, paste an ugly looking string into the box, and presto. The STi forum I'm on has it enabled.
I think that's one of the cool things about this little car. It attracts people across all kinds of boundaries; age, gender, nationality. Oh -- and you have me beat by about 15 years.
Speaking of Crosleys, apparently the car's engine greatly outlived the car itself. According to Wikipedia:
I think that's one of the cool things about this little car. It attracts people across all kinds of boundaries; age, gender, nationality. Oh -- and you have me beat by about 15 years.
Speaking of Crosleys, apparently the car's engine greatly outlived the car itself. According to Wikipedia:
The CIBA (Crosley Cast Iron Block Assembly) was a more traditional and more reliable engine utilizing a cast-iron block. When Crosley Motors, Inc. was sold, the engine was renamed "AeroJet" and production continued. Production of the AeroJet ended in 1955 and the engine rights were sold to Fageol and later to a series of different companies ending in 1972 with the Fisher Pierce Bearcat 55. Maritime modifications mostly included increasing displacement and converting the engine to run with a vertical axis.
In Europe the Crosley CIBA would be used to great advantage in 750cc sports car class, eventually maturing to a double overhead camshaft (DOHC) design used in the Bandi 750 [2] as well as Nardi and Siata customs.
In Europe the Crosley CIBA would be used to great advantage in 750cc sports car class, eventually maturing to a double overhead camshaft (DOHC) design used in the Bandi 750 [2] as well as Nardi and Siata customs.
I am glad that you seasoned automobile enthusiast are posting here.... I feel that to many people posting don't understand the workings of machines, take other peoples post out of context or don't read any of the preceding post and then compare apples to oranges, and in a very immature manner complete with insulting attacks and name calling..... Moderators on other web sites delete post and place rule breakers on probation for disruption and derailment of threads..... I am here to learn and share and sure get tired of being attacked by people. I'll bet that I have grand kids as old as some of them.
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