27 Feb Fastbrakes First Gen Fit – Projectcarpalooza

Fastbrakes First Gen Fit – Projectcarpalooza

By Brian Gillespie

The Fit is Go!

Are you ready for another project? How about a first gen Honda Fit? Brian Hasty, the owner of FastBrakes, the maker of big brake kits for Honda, Acura and some other cars we don’t care about decided to do a project and swap in the new L15B7 turbo engine from the new Civic. It just so happens he decide to team up the VTEC Academy because, as we all know, if you’re going to try a swap no one else has done, you come to the people who have done it all.

The Fit is Stop!

Because the Fit is owned by the owner of FastBrakes, the first order of business is to do a big brake swap. Seriously, if your going to improve acceleration, it’s a damn good idea to improve deceleration. So, in this episode we install Fastbrakes big front brake kit and rear disc conversion. With the big 11.6 inch front rotors and Wilwood calipers stopping this car won’t be a problem.

With the brakes ready for the engine upgrade, the next thing on the list is suspension. After that, we do some chassis stiffening. If you’re interested in this project, hit the subscribe button on our Youtube channel. That way you’ll get notified when we add a new video.

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