Jazz as a Performance Vehicle?

[Jus-10]

If you go and check out the Timeslips section and go to the very last position, you will see me there with a 16.6 1/4 mile and that was in full road trim (all seats, 16s, spare, etc) with just an exhaust, intake and V-AFC 2. You will also see that in the position above me is Wyn with his Civic Si which put out the same time.....so I guess that's a bit of a comparison for you there.

My car is putting out a bit more power now and with a bit of practice I would say a very high 15 is achievable....

There are no cams or anything available for the car, so most engine mods are limited to intake and exhaust, plus a bit of tuning with the V-AFC 2 or greddy e-Manage.

They aren't super quick, but they are a lot of fun to drive.

As far as handling goes, drop some decent coilovers in, slam it, and it is awesome! The stock suspension setup is nothing flash so it's hard to jusge the car if you take it for a test-drive, but I can guarantee that this car can handle!

It is also super practical, pretty much escapes attention from the cops and uses hardly any fuel.

It is a great car for what it is and with minimal mods it can be turned in to something pretty awesome for the money IMO....but then I'm a bit biased aren't I?!

[ahcash]

Can't really think of a sub $17K new car which can give you 7sec 0-100...
Anyone???

[panda]

sorry missed the question about handling

i list below all my recent cars past owned with the suspension used in ranked order in my opinion from best to worst

1. ek4- koni adjustable coilovers
2. eg6- front lowering springs
3. fit- tein adjustable coilovers
4. ek4- standard
5. dc2- standard

hands down the civic has best handling out of these honda cars, the eg more so than the ek if a good suspension setup

sure i havent slammed the fit yet but i doubt it would handle better than the other hondas listed

i have seen video of fit on track and once the driver cliped the kerb and momentarily lifted it up on the 2 side wheels 2 reason i think this happen because 1.lightweight 2.center of gravity high

without going into great detail you will know all great handling cars are low, toyota mrs, nsx, ferrari etc

park a fit next to these cars it will look like milk truck

also i think the eps is totally screwed and there is a discussion about this on another thread and i this is also important to consider for handling

despite these negative remarks i still my fit but i fully realise the limitations of the car and dont expect it to be a f1 fighter jet

[Zimp13]

sorry missed the question about handling

i list below all my recent cars past owned with the suspension used in ranked order in my opinion from best to worst

1. ek4- koni adjustable coilovers
2. eg6- front lowering springs
3. fit- tein adjustable coilovers
4. ek4- standard
5. dc2- standard

hands down the civic has best handling out of these honda cars, the eg more so than the ek if a good suspension setup

sure i havent slammed the fit yet but i doubt it would handle better than the other hondas listed

i have seen video of fit on track and once the driver cliped the kerb and momentarily lifted it up on the 2 side wheels 2 reason i think this happen because 1.lightweight 2.center of gravity high

without going into great detail you will know all great handling cars are low, toyota mrs, nsx, ferrari etc

park a fit next to these cars it will look like milk truck

also i think the eps is totally screwed and there is a discussion about this on another thread and i this is also important to consider for handling

despite these negative remarks i still my fit but i fully realise the limitations of the car and dont expect it to be a f1 fighter jet

i guess thats y spoon slammed its jazz that low to the ground....

[panda]

yes have to slam to compensate for the height of the car, jazz is high and skinny, civic is wide and low, civic the perfect handling beast

[Zimp13]

If you go and check out the Timeslips section and go to the very last position, you will see me there with a 16.6 1/4 mile and that was in full road trim (all seats, 16s, spare, etc) with just an exhaust, intake and V-AFC 2. You will also see that in the position above me is Wyn with his Civic Si which put out the same time.....so I guess that's a bit of a comparison for you there.

My car is putting out a bit more power now and with a bit of practice I would say a very high 15 is achievable....

There are no cams or anything available for the car, so most engine mods are limited to intake and exhaust, plus a bit of tuning with the V-AFC 2 or greddy e-Manage.

They aren't super quick, but they are a lot of fun to drive.

As far as handling goes, drop some decent coilovers in, slam it, and it is awesome! The stock suspension setup is nothing flash so it's hard to jusge the car if you take it for a test-drive, but I can guarantee that this car can handle!

It is also super practical, pretty much escapes attention from the cops and uses hardly any fuel.

It is a great car for what it is and with minimal mods it can be turned in to something pretty awesome for the money IMO....but then I'm a bit biased aren't I?!

yes i agree with u.... ... not the biased part of cos... heheh

[ahcash]

Referring to the Temple of VTEC Asia, KN tested the Jazz and I quote :

It consistently did the 0-60mph run at a time of between 8.7 to 9.0 seconds for an average of just above 8.8 seconds !! This was really astonishing especially at the time I was doing the runs. By comparison, the 'reference' cars in the mid-sized and full-sized 'sports-sedan' segment, the Civic 2.0 i-VTEC and the local Accord 2.4 i-VTEC returned averaged times of 8.5 and 8.6 seconds respectively, not a lot faster than what the Jazz did !

Link : http://asia.vtec.net/Reviews/JazzVtec/index.html