VD Fit Kit

[Bill Steele]

I just talked to Douglas Brenner. He is getting ready to go pick up his VD/Fit conversion.

Anyone that knows Douglas (and his car), knows what a stickler he is for details. His car is arguably one of the most sanitary cars I have ever seen.

Douglas was very excited about the work HPD had done on his car for the development of the Fit Kit of the VD. He said the attention to detail was remarkable, he was very excited.

I guess the VD Kit is now available from HPD.

Here is a picture taken at HPD with Douglas' VD. Sorry for the lack of detail on the install, Douglas said he would post more pictures when he got back home.

[DaveZ]

Congrats, Douglas. Looks great! Get it out there soon so I won't be the lone "FH" in the paddock and on the grid like I was this past weekend. We had a great time, though, did well, and the car and engine package worked super and drew a ton of attention as you might expect.

The 29mm restrictor is a definite improvement over the 27.5, but to be truly competitive against the front-running Fords they will need to give us more, like probably a 30 or 30.5. We'll see what they do at the June Sprints or thereafter.

Looking forward to seeing your car!

[VehDyn]

That is quite the audience checking out his car. I wonder if they are all thinking about getting a fit.

[DLayton]

Assuming I'm doing the attachment-thing correctly, here's ours, in the final stages of assembly. We should debut at the Sprints next week.

[DLayton]

And some more VD Fit pics, taken today at Quantum Mechanics:

[RussMcB]

Looks great.

Dan, if/when you get a minute, can you tell us what Aim system you have and if it had an easy (CAN?) interface with the Honda?

I looked into it very briefly and it appeared the Evo4 logger system might be needed if you wanted plug & play (using inputs available from the Honda sensors/ECU).

Thanks

[cooleyjb]

Looks great.

Dan, if/when you get a minute, can you tell us what Aim system you have and if it had an easy (CAN?) interface with the Honda?

I looked into it very briefly and it appeared the Evo4 logger system might be needed if you wanted plug & play (using inputs available from the Honda sensors/ECU).

Thanks

AIM has an easy interface in with the Honda ECU. I've sold one to a DB6/Fit conversion and he easily installed it.

EVO4, XG Log, MXL all can talk to the ECU.

[Bill Steele]

Douglas had a CDS system in his VD when he ran the Zetec. He switched to an AIM system when he decided to go the Fit route. I think it was a very straight forward switch.

I exchanged emails with Sara at CDS last week, no word on Fit support (intgerated ECU support) as yet.

[DLayton]

It's an AiM MyChron3 Gold (kart) and came with the car when I bought it.

As others mentioned, it was a relatively straightforward match to the Honda. The only downside was the lack of an oil pressure readout because it was originally intended for karting. The analog oil pressure gauge gets us around that issue.

I don't have experience with other dash systems (Pi, CDS, etc). I'm an old fart and my first FF was full of Smiths gauges.<g>. I've been racing "tin-tops" in recent years (a tube-frame, rear-drive Honda CRX) and the most sophisticated telemetry on that car was a Tach-Tale axle speed indicator....

So I'm looking forward to joining the 21st century with this setup!

Hope that helps.
Dan

[Bill Steele]

Congrats, Douglas. Looks great! Get it out there soon so I won't be the lone "FH" in the paddock and on the grid like I was this past weekend. We had a great time, though, did well, and the car and engine package worked super and drew a ton of attention as you might expect.

The 29mm restrictor is a definite improvement over the 27.5, but to be truly competitive against the front-running Fords they will need to give us more, like probably a 30 or 30.5. We'll see what they do at the June Sprints or thereafter.

Looking forward to seeing your car!

Have Dave, sorry I missed you this weekend. Congrats on getting the Fit out and running well. Did anyone get any pictures of that beautiful Piper at Laguna?

[DanW]

Have Dave, sorry I missed you this weekend. Congrats on getting the Fit out and running well. Did anyone get any pictures of that beautiful Piper at Laguna?

Bill, I didn't get any pics, but I saw it and yes, it was indeed beautiful, as all the Pipers in the paddock this weekend. Sure missed you.

[Bill Steele]

Bill, I didn't get any pics, but I saw it and yes, it was indeed beautiful, as all the Pipers in the paddock this weekend. Sure missed you.

Man, with millions of iPhones and such around, you would think someone would snap a few pics.

[DaveZ]

Bill -

My friend, Steve Knoll of www.laprecord.com shot a few of the car on-track, and I'll post them later, soon as I can figure out how to shrink the file sizes. Unfortunately, he didn't get any of the car up close w/ engine cover removed. Will do that soon. Stay tuned.

Dave

[RussMcB]

soon as I can figure out how to shrink the file sizes.

I usually use Microsoft Paint, then Image - Stetch/Skew, then replace "100%" with something less.

[Mike B]

I'll post them later, soon as I can figure out how to shrink the file sizes.

Try http://www.irfanview.com/

It's free and easy to use.

[DaveZ]

Thanks Mike B.... Converted the 3 pics to <350KB each w/ Irfanview, but still won't upload from my computer. Getting an error message saying the ApexSpeed server can't presently accept files...?

[TimW]

[DaveZ]

Thanks, Tim!

[LenFC11]

dave,

nice car, ric baribeault was there and has a picture of engine bay w no body work on his i phone

[DLayton]

Taking the thread back to VD land (btw, the Piper looks great!), here are pics of our car on the pad at Quantum this week, along with two different tail treatments: the interim tail, using the original (orange) Kent bodywork modified to clear the taller Honda intake and our long-term solution, incorporating the HPD air scoop onto a Zetec tail section.

Dan

[Bill Steele]

Douglas sent me a few more pictures of his VD after he got it back from HPD.

He said he was pleased with the quality workmanship and attention to detail. He said other than a few slight re-routes of oil lines and wiring, he was good to go.

BTW, check out the shocks, wow!

[DaveZ]

Dan and Douglas, nice stuff, guys, very nice. Hope to see you both on the track soon. Looks like you're ready.

Dave Z.

[CornerSpeed]

Douglas, the Fit conversion is looking good. Will be great to have you back at SF Region events. -- Michael

[Bill Steele]

Here are a few more pictures from Douglas. He has it fired up and the plumbing pretty much complete. First test days can't be far away now.

[HondaRacer]

Updates!!!

[DLayton]

Here are pics of my VD from the Sprints, our first time out with the car. We'll be running again this weekend at Gateway.

[Rick Iverson]

I'll have a bare RF-94/95 chassis available soon. The right rear suffered minor damage from a Jul 4th shunt.

Iverson

msengineering@q.com