Tetsu's Tales
In SEMA Show 2008, Honda and Mugen displayed 2009 Mugen Fit which had Mugen body kit, Sport exhaust, short shift, 16 inch wheel etc... Honda announced Honda will sell Mugen accessory parts for Fit at the Honda dealerships next spring. I am not sure how much Mugen parts will fit for Honda Fit in USA. I think price will be around $20,000 if you bought 2009 Honda Fit sport and all of Mugen parts for it. 2009 Honda Fit is starting at $16,060. I think Honda Fit is all around. You can build Honda Fit SPO-com style if you put body kit and Lamborghini style door. You can build Fit race car or tuning car if you put coilover, exhaust, turbo etc... You can swap K20 motor on Fit if you were good mechanic. In Japan, one tuning shop built swapped K20 Fit 2009 model. This shop built swapped earlier K20 Fit two years ago and shop owner said 2009 model Fit is better than earlier model Fit. 2009 Fit with K20 motor are getting along well with each other. I know some people think Fit is 1500cc motor that's why slow. How much speed do you make on the freeway? I think almost same time from your office to your house when you drive Fit or GT-R. Gas price is going down but still expensive. The cost performance of 1500cc cars are cheaper than 2000cc cars. If you thought you like big horsepower, you can feel big horsepower with the swapped K20 Fit. Keiichi Tsuchiya said 1500cc cars are good for developing your driving skill. How about Toyota Yaris (3 door, liftback S)? I know Toyota USA is selling some TRD parts for Yaris but it seem to Toyota, Yaris don't appeal to young people. Yaris is 106hp but if you put turbo or supercharger, Yaris could be good car. TRD Japan is selling Toyota Vitz (Yaris) turbo in Japan. Vitz turbo motor makes 152hp. Price is 2,110,000 yen (about $21,600). Yashio Factory built supercharged Vitz few years ago. Both of Vitz get good estimate from Japanese pro-race car drivers. Why don't TRD USA sell supercharger or turbo kit for Yaris in USA? TRD has tuning know-how for Yaris because TRD Japan completed Vitz racecar, rally car and turbo car. Honda Fit is very popular in USA now. Scion xB and xD are different category with Honda Fit. TRD Japan announced TRD will sell completed Corolla Axio GT next February (Japanese Corolla have 1800cc motor and 1500cc motor). TRD Corolla GT has body kit, turbo, intercooler, ECU, suspension, etc... TRD Corrola GT turbo motor makes 152hp. TRD will organize TRD Corolla GT one make race from next year. How do you think about 1500cc cars? I would like to say 1500cc cars are lightweight. Lightweight is strong weapon for tuning cars.www.myspace.com/oted15
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"Now picture this: Grandma laid back sittin' on 18s with an exhaust canister big enough to store a hundred of those fresh-baked cookies."
Jonathan Wong talking about Gisela Neumann and her '95 Civic EX. ("Gran'mama Rollin' Deep", Super Street, February 1999)