http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/toc/0408ht_toc

Does anyone have this issue?
I would really like to read about the 5Zigen Fit but I can't get a hold of the magazine here in Sweden. So if anyone could scan the article for me or just tell me what it says I would be happy.

The R is in the garage for the winter and I'm thinking about another daily driver than the ED7 I just bought.

/Tom
tizzom@passagen.se




Modified by SWEDISH ITR at 6:09 PM 12/7/2004

 

link did not work for me.

 

Sorry, link is fixed now..

/Tom

 

So does anyone have a copy of that mag?

I would also love to get a hold of Hyper Rev #80 (Fit), but I guess I have to order that directly from Japan.

/Tom

 

I have it somewhere around here.

 

I think I have it at home somewhere..... I'll look after work tonight.

 

Great! Looking forward to it.

Thanks
/Tom

 

FYI, Spoon Fit did not make it the whole way at NASA's 25hr Thunderhill enduro race. It's hub broke at the 23 hr while running at 7th place.

 

Too bad.

It's also too bad that we don't get the 1500cc vtec version (L15 engine) here in Europe, only the 1340cc DSi unit with 83hp (L13). Very good mileage though. Maybe a possible mini-me swap with the vtec head from the L15 in the future?

/Tom

 

I think November or December issue had a nice article about a Mugen Fit, that you might want to read.

Fit is named Jazz in Sweden also i suppose?
(Honda had to change the Fit name into Jazz because "fitte" is a norwegian/swedish word for *****.)

 

Was that the Dynamite Fit? with the K20? In that case i'm not interested since it's way over my league moneywise (if they ever would produce on to sell to the public)... If it's a more 'standard' Mugen Fit, then I would be interested in seeing that article as well. Maybe that issue is still in the stores here in Sweden, gotta check that later today.

/Tom

 

when did Fit's come out? i've only just started seeing them around.

 

In Japan:
June 2001 for the 1.3 and September 2002 for the 1.5

In Europe (renamed Jazz):
late 2001/early 2002

US:
2007?

/Tom

 

I looked for it a bit last night... couldn't find it.

I'll keep looking and hopefully it'll turn up!

 

Ok, great.

Thanks for the effort!

/Tom

 

I have that magazine actually, somewhere. But if I find it you can have it if you want it.

 

i haven't gotten mine yet...i think my mailman stole it cause i usually get it the 2nd or 3rd of the month

 

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I would really like to read about the 5Zigen Fit but I can't get a hold of the magazine here in Sweden. So if anyone could scan the article for me or just tell me what it says I would be happy.

The R is in the garage for the winter and I'm thinking about another daily driver than the ED7 I just bought.

/Tom
tizzom@passagen.se
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I have the mag somewhere at home. The 5zigen Fit was a automatic and it is used to showcase their intake manifold, wheels aero I guess.

Basically you aren't missing much.

 

i got it...ill mail it to you if you pay for shipping....i thought it was a weak issue

 

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I found my copy and will scan it when I get back to work this coming week.

It is a weak issue.....

 

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It is a weak issue..... </TD></TR></TABLE>
i concur

 

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That's funny. :lol: It's the same when Nissan had the 300zx out in the US often called "Turbo Z" which sounded like "I wanna see your pu$$y" in Korean.

I believe the Fit was in one of the Best Motoring Videos. The head guy at spoon said the Fit had a very good chassis for track racing and showed that the under carriage was heavily reinforced to provide stiff rigidity. His theory is that a lot of JDM race cars prefer to have a very stiff underside while having a looser top side if that makes any sense.

 

You guys are weak-sauce
Here you go...would be a sick car if it was manual

 

Here is Spoon's entry for the people that missed it: http://hondatuningmagazine.com...onfit/

 

I've seen a LHD Fit running around Torrance the last couple years, so hopefully it'll be available here too!

y shi - who'd get one for work