bigjon1378

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stupid ******* spammer, someone grab the ban hammer!

Freemananana

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The grin I got from that Fit firing up was well worth the wait. I was smiling from ear to ear over YOUR project. This is a Fit! They shouldn't sound like that! haha. Good times.

Blue-Civic-Hybrid

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That is definitely the meanest sounding Fit I have ever heard!

hondamark35

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fantastic! well done!

burnoutboy

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****. Yes.


SOOO in for more. I WANT MOAR!!!



BTW spamming a thread of this caliber should be grounds for instaban.

tony_2018

Nice work. I feel your pain when it comes to electricals. Its a pain, I know what I need to do to diagnose, but its still a pain to hunt down ****.

claymore

Sounds great. Bet there were a lot of people thinking he will never pull it off. Kudos

tony_2018

His first post clearly show's he made better progress, Anybody with a brain can see that OP was dedicated to finishing the project. Peope can get sidetrack with there current job status and life involving family/crisis. But as i always state when someone wants to start a project with some insane *** goals, you'll need money and time.

claymore

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Freemananana

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5 months? Who calls that time!? haha. That's nothing. This was a speed build so far.

PinkBatman

Thanks everyone!

If I can keep up this pace she should be running 9s next spring

Tons of progress this weekend, got a bet going I will driving this car in the next 24 hours.

My second junkyard J came with these upper manifolds so I finally put them back to work.



This is the section that goes over the steering rack, way different than the Civics we usually do. Surprisingly tight.



First pass at the rear had the split way longer with the merge way back where the cat used to sit. This setup looks killer but is just impossible to get to fit.



Here is the whole y-pipe tacked together. You can see how much shorter is ended up being, merge right above the steering rack.







As I was fitting the merge to 2.5" my old man challenged me to a Welders Nationals. I think I had the better looking beads, but had a blow through, that's a big points deduct. Did a few minutes of port work to improve flow, didn't grab a photo, maybe tomorrow.



This is a mild steel joint that got some great color. The y-pipe is mild because I have a better plan coming up next year



The ol v6 car getting gutted, RIP Sedantha.



Hasport EG swap axles fitting pretty nice, noticed this axle bearing is out, not just a little bit, got a new one coming in the morning.



Abracadabra, the engine is gone again!



Little braided clutch line, Honda added a nice little hole in the shock mount so you can reach the fittings. Thanks guys.



Throttle cable mounted, had some trouble with the MIG.. again. But it is functional.



Don't think this was posted yet, here is the RSX pedal mount to the adapter plate.

Blue-Civic-Hybrid

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WOW, excellent progress and superb welding skills!

Freemananana

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9's? Is that a legit goal? I'd be most impressed if you can put down a 9 second pass next spring, that's only another 6 months!

The progress looks good. I'm super excited to see what 'better' plans entails.

PinkBatman

Nah I was just joshin. I definitely don't want to have to cage this car, and no e85 where we are, want to keep the old dog nice and streetable.

New plan should be going around the new year if everything goes well, it's all still up in the air.

RoadRaceH2B

Nicely done, the Fit is actually an incredibly well designed chassis. This will be an awesome car.

Freemananana

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Do you actually plan on running this at the drag strip? I've seen stock J32 swaps run 12's in the 1/4. I'd imagine the Fit would be quick!

RoadRaceH2B

A car like this would shine best in the bends. Take one look at the floor from underneath, you'll be impressed.

PinkBatman

Will hit the quarter at least once sometime, should be a head turner.

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First things first, I did not win the bet . Wanted the car running at 2am, ended up being some problems. Reinstalling the engine there was a bolt hole that was not quite lining up and needed a bit of reaming, then the rear mount moved off the tacks and shifted about 4mm. Almost no photos since I was up until 6pm the next day buttoning stuff up to get the car loaded.

Like I mentioned the front bearing was absolutely shot so that got replaced first thing.



The last half of the exhaust is just temporary, but hilarious. Super stoked that this came together to well since it was 3am and I was flying through the project. Thankfully I got help with the final TIG work that saved me about an hour of welding.



Got to Speedfactory around 7 this morning and tried to hook up the AEM to 2 different computers, one which had connected to the ECU before. For some reason the USB connection would not work and the serial line was fine. Once that was going Kevin and I checked through the sensors and everything looked good. Started up and set the timing, got all the cylinders firing and drained the tank to get some fresh 92 octane.



James jumped in and did a bunch of pulls getting it dialed in, tested a few manifolds and got some good data. Something I was amazed by is how much the motor picked up on to by opening the butterfly on the stock a2 intake. Didn't get a shot of that but it was around 20hp instantly and just a small loss on the bottom, pretty amazing.

This is one of the earlier runs spinning to 7k, doesn't show how chest wrenching the exhaust really is.


By the end of the day we hit 278whp | 263tq, fantastic numbers, much better than I could have hoped for!



This chart is my v6 sedan vs the Fit.



Only one thing left to do is break in the clutch.

Blue-Civic-Hybrid

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Its great to see that Fit running! Those are some excellent numbers with that V6! If only I knew how to weld and had talent!!

gnxpro24

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Awesome build. How did you pull that much power out of the J32a2?
I thought it was cool that you're making the exact same amount of power at the wheels as the new Accord v6 makes at the crank with the J35.

claymore

Real nice job. this thing is going to be the ultimate "Q" ship when it is done.

PinkBatman

These blocks can kick out a ton of power stock, great base.

Thanks man!

Thanks, I just learned that saying after starting this build, no one is going to know a thing.

tony_2018

a/c?? I still think you can get away with installing the p/s

PinkBatman

Now that the engine is good to go I can look into the EPS wiring to get it going.

tony_2018

Forget the drag strip, go autocrossing. suspension might be an issue so hopefully theres something out there that can accomodate the additional weight.

Is the p/s separate system or does the main ecu also control it?