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Fit for The K - Honda Fit

The Ultimate Engine Swap For Your Honda Fit

Text By , Photography by Brian Gillespie,

As Hasport Performance continues their R&D with the Honda Fit and K-motor transplant, Gillespie and his crew push forward with new designs and various revisions on their soon-to-be-released swap kit. As this article is being written, there is currently no stock header known to fit perfectly with this swap. Hasport is currently in works with Jackson Racing to design and manufacture a bolt-in header which will be available by the time the mounts are released to the general public. Just imagine... a 600hp, K-powered Honda Fit screaming by you on the track as if you were standing still. No doubt, you've just been owned by a Honda Fit.

  • Honda Fit Shift Cables
    13. Meticulous R&D over every nook and cranny on the Honda revealed the stock Fit shift cables weren't long enough to work with a K transmission. Hasport found that the only cables that were long enough and configured appropriately to work with a Fit shift mechanism and K-series '06 Si tranny came from the Accord or TSX. Since the Accord cables were the least expensive, Hasport tracked down a set in their scrap pile. Before the cable was connected into place and fully functional, Hasport made a bracket to hold the cable to the transmission.
    Honda Fit Shift Cables
    13. Meticulous R&D over every nook and cranny on the Honda revealed the stock Fit shift ca
  • Honda Fit Shifter
    14. The cable was shortened to work with the Fit shift mechanism.
  • Honda Fit Shifter
    15. Notice how the cable linkage is now perfectly aligned with the shift mechanism?
  • Honda Fit Ecu
    16. No, your eyes don't deceive you. There are two ECU's in the image above. The stock ECU is retained and used to monitor the engine and communicate to the dash. The factory ECU also has the responsibility of running the throttle control (Drive-by-wire). The main portion of the engine management is handled by a Hondata K-pro ECU.
    Honda Fit Ecu
    16. No, your eyes don't deceive you. There are two ECU's in the image above. The stock ECU
  • Honda Fit Ecu
    17. Notice the Fit ECU is running the drive-by-wire system. Gillespie and the boys at Hasport could have easily taken the easier route, running a cable while omitting the electronic throttle control. But for Gillespie, learning to work with the drive-by-wire-system would hopefully allow Hasport to incorporate future upgrades to the engine management, such as stability control and other key features not yet unlocked. To keep the K-Pro happy, the throttle position signal A was split and sent to the K-Pro. A custom adapter plate was also made to conjoin the Fit throttle body to the intake manifold.
    Honda Fit Ecu
    17. Notice the Fit ECU is running the drive-by-wire system. Gillespie and the boys at Hasp
  • Honda Fit Engine
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2341 W. 205th St.
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