Dekado

Awesome build, man!
Where can we read about that small shiny lcd screen on your dashboard? )

HondaRaz

Just finished reading. I really should be getting back to my job. but I can't. wow.. Nice work!

E V Roller

Truly stunning! Wish i could do the same for my Civic wagon, but the sheer skill and tenacity you displayed to pull this off is beyond me (and space in my bay too! lol)

Amazing job man, keep 'er going!

Myxalplyx

PinkBatman,

Have you considered going into the business of making this build possible for others (after this first one has been completed)?

RC000E

Haven't posted on HT in a long while but, had to here. This is a nice swap and should make for a super daily. My friend, who now has 4 kids, runs a 99 4dr with basic mods (after a decade of swapped good stuff). He'd LOVE to do this, but his ***** wife would never have it. I may have to dig deep and build this for him.

502streets

Awesome work. Always wanted to do a V6 swap but always stuck to the 4's for ease.

94CivicSi

iTrader: (1)

I also saw this in the newsletter and had to check it out. Awesome work!

Teach me to weld like that!

crx-

Really cool build. Sub'd

vladd

Pretty sweet build .

Why do you build the tubular radiator support and bumper rebar? Motor wouldn't fit with the stock stuff?

PinkBatman

Thanks everyone. Glad this is getting out there, seems like it's a little hidden in the Fit section.

No track yet, seems like all the strips will be closed for the season before it is quite ready. Next year though!

I am using the Tunerview RD1 so I can keep a bit of a sleeper interior without gauges all over the place.

I have, it's not like most honda swaps though, more than just axles and mounts. Lots of little custom parts have to get made, and based on the number of k swapped Fits it seems to be really rare to trick these out.

Thanks. No idea how the motor fits in with the stock front, car was majorly smashed and I like the way my sedan was with the tube front, lots of room and tons of different ways to expand in the future.

PinkBatman

Back to the photos.

Got the locked seat belts back in order, still 2 more to go.



This thing got ***** yo



Broke a rear wheel stud somehow. Got some extended ARP studs, just have to pull the hub.



Wanted to get a really quite idle and Summit had a $25 rebate on Dynomax mufflers so I got a VT to try out. It has a little valve on a spring to open it up at high RPM, really simple. Only problem is that in the short body they only make the center exit so I cut off the corner to clear the suspension.





So I had to make this silly snake for the back, not much weirder than the stock system so it sort of fits in.





The completed exhaust minus the tip.



Needed something to hit that sneaky $100 free shipping on Summit so I got one of their vbands, it's just okay. The way the Vibrant ones lock together makes them really easy to use, big fan of those.

jdspeed99z

Sub'd Love this build!

Sasebonian

WOW! Awesome conversion, excellent work. BOOM! Boom...and all that!

0c00l

Please twin turbo this thing!

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

wow, even the muffler is customized!

Myxalplyx

We think alike. I was hoping for the Comptech supercharger that they already make for the engine. Gawd.....

blacksilo

wow this is fantastic... i absolutely love the fits, and with a V-6?!

jeffbeaver

Great build. Nice fab work, and vision for the completed project!

tony_2018

Doesn't look like there could be room for a twin turbo setup, single turbo or comptech is his only option.

claymore

Or a supercharger/turbo combo like VW.

tony_2018

Link

edit: found some, damn I didn't know some vw cars came with both, insane. i assume they were mostly turbo.

PinkBatman

Dang, been sleeping on updates! But here is some of the stuff from the last few weeks.

Here is another bay shot


Here is the dash before the cover was put on, still haven't gotten tunerview to talk to AEM


Temporary shifter solution, pretty funny, and really comfortable. Kind of want to keep the same **** position.


Another temp solution for holding the battery, the position is nice but the box is just tacked to the frame rail and looks pretty wonky.


Here is the crossover for the ECU connectors


For the chassis connections I pulled all the old ECU wiring back into the cab




And out of curiosity we wanted to see how 25s look, the answer is 'fantastic'


After all that she was ready to hit the open road for some SCCA.


It rained and snowed almost the whole time, I am thinking that the radiator is too big, the car had trouble getting up to temperature. When it was raining the heater air would barely even get warm, the gauges weren't hooked up, but the few times I check on the laptop the water was around 140f.

Stopped at Honda in Billings to try to get the radio code, the guy didn't seem to notice the new engine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Then some action




Firstly, the Fit is a nice car, love the room and the stock stereo, super comfortable, and the stock replacement headlights are amazing. At the same time the stock suspension is surprisingly stiff, going to coilovers won't change the ride very much. However at the track this thing was crazy tail happy, which I am going to blame on all the droop. The track had a large sweeper at the far end and the whole time the car wanted to step out, there was some water on the track and it was hella cold, but later in the day it was still amazingly loose. If there was more time I would have rigged up some limiting straps, but it was only a one day event. Car really needs my LSD tranny in it, scca with an open diff is a disaster.


Forgot to mention, car is about 3000lb and gets about 22mpg

db1st

this J build is awesome...keep up the great work!!!

E V Roller

Just gets more badass by the day, Lol at the dealership guy not noticing the J

Hope all goes well with the finishing touches

GrantMC2

It lives! Great stuff!

Vids are needed though