To avoid disappointment and frustration, you should really have done more of your own research instead of looking to be spoon fed.. including a couple calls to the manufacturer or their vendors.

This is not like installing a new set of wheels or a muffler.

 

Well I contacted the clerk's office and all I need is a license with my sisters address and they said I could bring in my Verizon bill that is sent to her address and I will be able to register the Fit there (No emissions!!) I surprised it wasn't much more involved than that. Looks like I will now be able to do whatever the heck I want without having to worry about emissions.

 

There is no state inspection here in Tampa FL yet. So the state doesn't sniff your tail pipe. But I would retain at least one CAT or install a higher flow CAT on my car. IMO the smell from a CATless car is horrible. I hate driving behind a CATless car.

My Honda FIT can now almost keep up with my wife's 09 stock automatic MX-5 Miata. This is with 30 bags of pine nugget mulch in the back of the Fit. That was one big anticipated expectation from the Sprintex Supercharger.

 

I am still not 100% sure how all of our exhaust goes together. I would like to buy something that is completely bolt on though rather than having to have a shop do welding on it.

 

Check out the exhaust section in the forums! It will definitely help. I added a couple bolt-on's and I'm completely satisfied with my decisions due to the forum.

 

i pulled the parts diagram from Honda that shows our exhaust pieces and it makes much more sense now. Looks like for a full exhaust from the head back I will need something like the t1r power header (downpipe), the cat delete pipe, the b pipe or mid section, as well as the axle back and that should cover everything.

 

Back to the fuel pump upgrade topic. how will I regulate the higher flow? When I put in a higher volume pump with that not send more gas to my injectors than is necessary? and since we don't have a way to tune and adjust our stock injectors will this not cause issues?

Whether or not I replace the pump or do a voltage booster for my current pump, it seems like I might have an issue.

 

I have a silly rhetorical AEM F/IC 6 question. Is it better to return the car back to stock without the supercharger to collect sensor data via F/IC 6 logging before writing a MAF clamp map? The collected data set from a stock configuration provides a base reference.

 

The way we have the electronics installed, there should be no need for a MAP clamp. The factory MAP sensor never sees boost being on the inlet side of the blower, behind the TB.

The AEM can also compensate for altitude and has a built-in MAP sensor. It should be good to go right out of the box. I have to stay working with the SMT, though. I got our harness redone but created a vacuum leak in the process of bolting everything back together.

Being my first time working on a Fit, I have to admit it's pretty easy to work on other than the low height. It's a little weird sitting in Seiza to work on the thing. Having the blower on there already is indeed baptism by fire. Good times, though. It's a likeable car. Plenty of headroom, too.

 

Does Sprintex have a copy of the oem map if we decided in the future to return the car back to stock? Does anyone have a copy of the oem tune?

 

Take out the SMT unit and reconnect your wiring as it was stock.

We set up that SMT map to go onto a stock vehicle with the blower. It's a separate box entirely. The factory ECU should never know it's there.

You could technically leave it installed and zero out all of the maps. It would then run "like stock". The signals would go through the ECU but nothing would happen to them. That probably sounds really confusing, though.

 

I am 6 feet tall. Bending over working on the Honda Fit isn't much fun. I have put the car on ramps or safety stands to make it easier on my back.

 

Thanks Gary! Just wanted to know that.

 

I believe stock final drive is 4.29. How tall would you go?

MF-TRS-02L44A Honda FIT GE8 4.47 Final Drive
MF-TRS-02L46A Honda FIT GE8 4.687 Final Drive
MF-TRS-02L49A Honda FIT GE8 4.928 Final Drive

 

ge8 is 4.625 factory

http://automobiles.honda.com/fit/specifications.aspx

 

4.29 is for the JDM 5MT model. The 6MT model came with the North American 4.62 final and the 5th gear as its 6th, with a much tighter 3-4-5. I notice it when on circuits with 6MT Fits how they can inch away from me in some sections.

I'm using the MFactory 4.68 in my GE8, better acceleration for sure compared with the stock 4.29, but with a loss of about 15~20km/h on the top end. Gear limited to just 204km/h now. For the North American model, I would easily go with the 4.92 from MFactory, just because of 5th there. 1st, 4th and 5th are different between the JDM 5MT and North American GE8s.

 

Do they make LSD diffs for the autos?

 

You will need somewhere to get real manifold pressure to use the AEM fic6. Not particularly challenging but a consideration. Could probably just tee off the reference for the 'blow off valve.

 

Wow!!! I am a bit shock $$$

 

There's a fitting on the manifold and hose included in our kit. The SMT reads the boost from the 3bar GM sensor, but the factory ECU doesn't.