if you had 15k and a fit to spend it on what would you do to it. all ideas welcome. this isnt just a dream, its real and is going to be built by some on the best honda tech in florida. i work there and was just wondering what you all crazy FIT people would do to it. i really dont keep up with the fit and preformance. any ideas. will post pictures when it starts to happen. thanks

 

get a mugen catalog

 

Do some long term investing and consider yourself set for life. Take the money you WOULD have spent every week on gas and use THAT for more savings.

You could turbocharge the fit but it would defeat the purpose of a fit. Bolt ons add power (and the T1R intake made more power than i've seen from an intake on an NA small displacement engine) but it's not like it's going to go breaking into the 12's like that...

Really all i'd do is buy some lightweight 15's or 16's, do an HID retrofit, maybe the intake, upgrade speakers, drop it maybe an inch or so, put on some better brake pads, and call it a day. What else can you really expect out of it?

 

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Really all i'd do is buy some lightweight 15's or 16's, do an HID retrofit, maybe the intake, upgrade speakers, drop it maybe an inch or so, put on some better brake pads, and call it a day. What else can you really expect out of it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

EY MAN u read my mind! that is exactly what im doing 2 my fit!! HID's already done, speakers already done, 16's and the drop coming soon. Brake pads....at the next change. Oh and the T1R intake is soooo sexy im def. gonna spend the extra $$ to get dat.

 

GO VIP

 

Take your $15k + trade your Fit and get a better performing car. I love the Fit, but I would never modify it to that extent. Maybe just basic mods like brakes, suspension, wheels/tires. It's not the lightest car to modify either.

 

Modify a fast car to make it go faster but don't modify a slow car to make it a little better than slow.

IMO, it just doens't make sense to throw money at a car designed for sensibility, economy, and utility. Run the Fit into the ground and at the end of 7 years or more look back at all the money you've saved. There's way more to life than spending hard earned dollars on intakes or headlights.

Remember, money spent on super-dupering the Fit is opportunity lost to use that money and make it work for you.

If you guys want to tweak cars then buy a fun car like a used 3 series Bimmer for the price of a new Fit. It would probably be easier to find than a new Fit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Fitfokker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Modify a fast car to make it go faster but don't modify a slow car to make it a little better than slow.

IMO, it just doens't make sense to throw money at a car designed for sensibility, economy, and utility. Run the Fit into the ground and at the end of 7 years or more look back at all the money you've saved. There's way more to life than spending hard earned dollars on intakes or headlights.

Remember, money spent on super-dupering the Fit is opportunity lost to use that money and make it work for you.

If you guys want to tweak cars then buy a fun car like a used 3 series Bimmer for the price of a new Fit. It would probably be easier to find than a new Fit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You realize what you just wrote pertains to more than half the people on this site? If everybody had that way of thinking there would be no modified Civics running around here. Unless you dealing with a hybrid any honda is game for being made faster.

 

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Still, Civics are able to swap. Right now (it will improve later), there arent any easy swaps into a Fit. With EG and EK civics, they were sold elsewhere with B series engines and the swaps were relatively easy to make. That's the big difference, if it wasnt so cookie cutter with the early civics this wouldnt have happened.

 

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No one ever sooped up a Yugo did they? I'm not saying a Fit is a Yugo but the Civic is in a different class.

 

K20A LSD 6-spd

 

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Been through this a few times. Not really feasible (HASport says tranny is too big). Not offered on overseas models. Costs more than 10 grand to put in even if you'd try, totally custom.

 

I would buy a 92-93 hatch, swap a JDM ITR motor in it, Konis + GCs, cage, and make it a full time autox/track car. Then I would drive the Fit, bone stock, back and forth to work.

 

I am thinking about a 5mt Fit just because I want a new car and I am tired of always having to fix mine. I do not think I would mod it because modding a car with 109 hp seems mildly silly to me.

 

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You realize what you just wrote pertains to more than half the people on this site? If everybody had that way of thinking there would be no modified Civics running around here. Unless you dealing with a hybrid any honda is game for being made faster. </TD></TR></TABLE>

No, the big difference was what I just wrote responding to the above poster. Read what he wrote. He wrote IMO, it just doens't make sense to throw money at a car designed for sensibility, economy, and utility. That description describes MOST Hondas. I understand that it's new and swaps are not common yet. But his assessment is basically saying don't modify any Civics which was made for sensibility, economy and utility. Last time I checked Civics wasn't made to be modified as in any car. So saying it's stupid to modify a Fit it's just like saying it's stupid to modify a Civic. See where I'm going?

How is it seen stupid to modify a 109hp car when people modify 70hp cars? Even though you swap out a CX motor for a B or a better D you are still in essence modifying a 70hp car.

 

ok peole yorue not getting my point, its not my money its my dealerships. they are willing to fork out the money. i would never touch this car if it was up to me for preformance. but its not my money and we are doing this to premote my dealership

 

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how do you figure back in the day when i started the only way to do a swap was to weld in mounts now there are bolt in kits and hasport is already working on a kit for the fit for the k20 so how is a civic when they came out any different then a fit also we sleeve fit blocks and skunk2 has made over 200 hsp on a stock block and are now building the sleeved block we did for them and will make much more power the fit is a grate car we have one and will be posting pics soon

 

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what about all the dx and hx civics out there are they silly to

 

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How is it seen stupid to modify a 109hp car when people modify 70hp cars? Even though you swap out a CX motor for a B or a better D you are still in essence modifying a 70hp car.</TD></TR></TABLE>
90% of the people who modify Fits will most likely have a car with 109hp when they are done. I have seen quite a few modified Fits floating around the boards, and they still have 109 hp. Only one I have seen with the K motor is the Mugen Fit. I am sure this will change with time, but I don't think the majority of people modifying Fits are going to be doing engine swaps.

Loads of people have snapped up xB's and mod them like crazy, yet they are still powered by an Echo motor. What's the point

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by icedemon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No, the big difference was what I just wrote responding to the above poster. Read what he wrote. He wrote IMO, it just doens't make sense to throw money at a car designed for sensibility, economy, and utility. That description describes MOST Hondas. I understand that it's new and swaps are not common yet. But his assessment is basically saying don't modify any Civics which was made for sensibility, economy and utility. Last time I checked Civics wasn't made to be modified as in any car. So saying it's stupid to modify a Fit it's just like saying it's stupid to modify a Civic. See where I'm going?

How is it seen stupid to modify a 109hp car when people modify 70hp cars? Even though you swap out a CX motor for a B or a better D you are still in essence modifying a 70hp car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

special K and add lightness, carbon fiber etc.

 

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Do a total JDM body part swap like AJ racing did, add some Japanese lip kits to it, slam it and throw on some 17" volks or Mugens. Then put a big *** system in it. Thats pretty much a guaranteed dealership masturbation device.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sandiegan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">90% of the people who modify Fits will most likely have a car with 109hp when they are done. I have seen quite a few modified Fits floating around the boards, and they still have 109 hp. Only one I have seen with the K motor is the Mugen Fit. I am sure this will change with time, but I don't think the majority of people modifying Fits are going to be doing engine swaps.

Loads of people have snapped up xB's and mod them like crazy, yet they are still powered by an Echo motor. What's the point </TD></TR></TABLE>

well i think you should do your homework because that's what they said about civics when people first started modding them they never thought we would get as far as we did so don't knock the new car out just because there is not that Meany making power yet and maybe you right at first i don't think people will be doing engine swaps on a new car but lets see what happens in years to come

 

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90% of the people who modify Fits will most likely have a car with 109hp when they are done. I have seen quite a few modified Fits floating around the boards, and they still have 109 hp. Only one I have seen with the K motor is the Mugen Fit. I am sure this will change with time, but I don't think the majority of people modifying Fits are going to be doing engine swaps.

Loads of people have snapped up xB's and mod them like crazy, yet they are still powered by an Echo motor. What's the point </TD></TR></TABLE>

The point is people is going to mod whether it's a 109hp car or a 1000hp car. I just think calling it stupid is kind of contradicting the purpose of this whole website. Yeah it'a brand new Fit and most of these guys probably never bought a brand new Honda from a dealership with a warranty and maybe they don't want to lose it. But all I'm saying if it was so stupid to do then Mugen wouldn't have kept the same motor and threw a SC on it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by icedemon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The point is people is going to mod whether it's a 109hp car or a 1000hp car. I just think calling it stupid is kind of contradicting the purpose of this whole website. Yeah it'a brand new Fit and most of these guys probably never bought a brand new Honda from a dealership with a warranty and maybe they don't want to lose it. But all I'm saying if it was so stupid to do then Mugen wouldn't have kept the same motor and threw a SC on it. </TD></TR></TABLE>