"44": My planned Honda Fit track car
Hi all. I'm not going to bore you all and get straight to the point.
Background: We're building a track car based on a second generation Honda Fit. The purpose of the car is to teach our clients how to properly use a manual transmission on the track. We have an automatic E36 M3 track car that our customers use to learn how to form/follow a racing line and to learn the fundamentals of driving RWD on a track. The Fit will be our second car that we use to then teach the customers how to properly drive a stick and also teach them the fundamentals of FWD on the track. Needs and Wants: What we NEED is a reliable and economic car that will have relatively cheap consumables and modifications that will allow the driver to feel comfortable and confident behind the wheel. What we WANT is for the car to be a little pocket rocket that would put the Spoon Fit to shame Build List: This is a very basic list of the modifications that will be done to the car. Except for some Integra Type R's and S2K's, our shop is inexperienced with Hondas. Hence why I'm seeing what you guys think about the build or recommend! With our estimations and research, the car could make up to 200hp with a wet weight of < 1900 lbs! Engine
Thank you. EDIT: 8/29/18 - We're deciding against the Sprintex Supercharger. After speaking to some owners and reading reviews online the kit is not suitable for the track. We'll start off with a stock motor with some basic bolt-on modifications and upgraded cooling but we're pushing the power modifications further down the line... K20 swap anyone? |
subscribed. interesting to see how this one ends up
and, welcome! |
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The build looks great and please keep us updated if it happens.
That being said, it would be a whole lot easier to just go buy a Civic Si. It already does half of your wish list and has 1000x more aftermarket support. |
There are several folks in the fit Community who regularly track things including fits of all generations. If you are looking for reliability, stay far far away from the Sprintex supercharger kit especially in a track environment. I know someone sent you a direct message above, but if you'd reach out to myself I should be able to get you in touch with our Facebook group 4 tracked Honda fits and we can set you up to do exactly what you're looking for.
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I should also mention that you'll want to research availability. It's amazing how many things are no longer available for GD and GE Fits. I'm not sure you can even get the T1R conversion anymore and I'm not aware of ANY upgraded transmission parts.
If your heart is set on a Fit (and I can certainly understand that), it would be easiest to k swap it and use the Si transmission. The swap isn't too bad if it's just a track car. Don't have to worry about A/C, factory gauges, etc. |
Originally Posted by evilchargerfan
(Post 1410468)
subscribed. interesting to see how this one ends up
and, welcome! |
Originally Posted by GAFIT
(Post 1410842)
The build looks great and please keep us updated if it happens.
That being said, it would be a whole lot easier to just go buy a Civic Si. It already does half of your wish list and has 1000x more aftermarket support. |
Originally Posted by TPColgett
(Post 1410843)
There are several folks in the fit Community who regularly track things including fits of all generations. If you are looking for reliability, stay far far away from the Sprintex supercharger kit especially in a track environment. I know someone sent you a direct message above, but if you'd reach out to myself I should be able to get you in touch with our Facebook group 4 tracked Honda fits and we can set you up to do exactly what you're looking for.
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Originally Posted by soof
(Post 1410370)
Needs and Wants: What we NEED is a reliable and economic car that will have relatively cheap consumables and modifications that will allow the driver to feel comfortable and confident behind the wheel. What we WANT is for the car to be a little pocket rocket that would put the Spoon Fit to shame
Build List: This is a very basic list of the modifications that will be done to the car. Except for some Integra Type R's and S2K's, our shop is inexperienced with Hondas. Hence why I'm seeing what you guys think about the build or recommend! With our estimations and research, the car could make up to 200hp with a wet weight of < 1900 lbs! IMO, the car is perfect for what you NEED; cheap, reliable, fun, parts-a-plenty, great learning platform for beginners. But for what you WANT, not so sure about that. |
Originally Posted by hotkey
(Post 1411190)
IIRC, someone from Indonesia was able to get ~200bhp. But his motor melted within a year or so.
IMO, the car is perfect for what you NEED; cheap, reliable, fun, parts-a-plenty, great learning platform for beginners. But for what you WANT, not so sure about that. |
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