What a blast right now at Mihama Circuit. Another mini circuit, 1km in length. It's a downpour right now which is making it even more fun on course as my rear tires are pretty much finished. I know people might be upset at no pics, but I pretty much dislike taking pics even though I brought my camera.

I took 2 pics with my phone as the air intake guide this dude made himself was pretty slick. Trying to post them to my Photobucket, but it is not starting up for whatever reason.

 

 

that is EXACTLY what i've been trying to do on my fit... EXACTLY...

any more info... can i buy it? can he make me one? etc...

sick...

 

Yep, as soon as I saw those pics I said "Damn it that's my idea!!!!" lol

We need to get these pics up in the Fit Tricks section of the forum and get some more ideas and opinions. I wonder if he's throwing CELs.

 

PS. 38 Fits and 18 CR-Zs on a 1km track is my idea of heaven.... God I wish we had these kind of tracks in the U.S.....

 

Tauwolf ... AGREED !!

 

You could do the same with the usdm (somewhat). that orange hose might be a tricky find

 

^ orange hose (basic brake duct) would be the easy part...

 

Well it is that time of the year again and a CR-Z owner's club is hosting another CR-Z/Fit session back over at Mihama on the 20th. It's Golden Week right now so I am unable to mail in my entry form and transfer money at the bank. First thing Monday I will be doing so. Will be the first track I can compare my times on with the major differences in the tranny. Though if it is dry, quite hard to compare. Been raining like the Amazon here for the past couple weeks, so it might just continue for the next 2 weeks.

My A050s are pretty beat up, I'm sure I can get another session out of them, but have been thinking about picking up a new set, 215/50 front and 195/55 rear and then putting the current beat 205/50s on the MF10Ls. That will give me a more happy tail, which would be welcomed on the tight circuit.

 

x 3...


Have fun & take some vids...

 

i got all giddy about that air scoop again...

 

Yeah, that air scoop's a great design!
I want it also.

 

I'm sure the owner will be there once again. I will try to talk him into fabbing some of them up, but if he agrees, no idea what he may charge and I definitely don't want to be stuck with these things out of pocket. hahaha

 

Maybe you can answer this question I've been meaning to ask. I've been wondering why I see so many stock intakes with panel filter, and other setups that mimic the stock design on Japanese Fits? Are there restrictions against this modification, or noise level issues perhaps? I can see good reason for keeping it, since the Fit doesn't flow that much air, but it still seems oddly out of proportion of sites like Carview, where you have people investing heavily into mods on the rest of the car, but almost always have a stock airbox with panel filter.

 

I have no real reason as to why. Even J's intake uses part of the stock system and adds their upper piece in and uses a panel filter. They are definitely less prone to heatsoak, the stock box that is and intakes on a Fit are not really giving much more power and even if they show an increase on a dyno, in daily driving they just might actually be losing power or having the ECU retard timing due to the heat issues. If I could run ITBs on the Fit, I would. I like sexy NOISES!!! hahaha

 

Haha! Has anyone ever even done ITBs on a Fit? Would probably sound like a chainsaw. So I take it there are not sound restrictions, or inspection problems? I might be getting an UltraGauge soon, which would let me easily keep an eye on intake temps and play around this summer with different setups. It will be hot here, to say the least, and the conditions will be very consistent. I could keep an eye on timing advance with that little gadget too. I had the panel filter, and went to the Typhoon K&N product, and there is definitely more response and power in some conditions that I just never felt with the panel filter setup.

Thanks for the feedback! The mystery grows.

 

ITBs in a GD1 Fit: Honda Fit

It's claimed that utilizing the Fit's stock airbox retains the best engine response. Spoon also uses the 1.3's stock airbox, chopped open a little bit and with a drop-in filter. There's pictures of it all over the internet if you want to take a look.

 

Timing from Mihama here--
RaceLive in MihamaCircuit

I'm #67. フィット② is my group.

 

Just looked through it all. So you were first in your group? Cool online rankings system. Lots of fast GE8s from the looks of it. Hope you took some pics.

Who did the 47.9?

 

I haven't really. Don't hang me. Charging phone now so will try to take a few. Yes there are some pretty quick ones.