FIT has Paddle Shifters; anyone thinkin' what I'm thinkin?

NoseNose New Wagonist
in Engine & Drivetrain
Ok, so the Honda Fit is available with paddle shifters. Spot (my 89 wagon) now has 255k, so, yaknow, eventually we're gonna need to do something under the hood. I'm just thinking, how fun would it be to have paddle shifters!

Just curious if anyone else has had the idea of swappin' the Fit's entire drivetrain into one of our wagons? It's only a matter of time before they start showing up in the junk yards after gettin' creamed in a 10-car pileup during a snowstorm, and the yards will pull the drivetrain before they crush the remains.

This is not an area I'm real familiar with...so if it's a blatantly stoopid question, I'll go ahead and apologize up front. I'm just sayin...a wagon with paddle shifters would be kinda trick, right? :D Any thoughts?

Comments

  • JakerJaker familEE
    Is your Wagon a manual or auto? If it's a manual, you're taking a step backwards, because the Fit's paddle shifters is for an auto tranny. Also, it would take some doing to get the Fit auto transmission to work in the Wagon. There's all kinds of electronic trickery going on in the Fit that you would need to incorporate into your Wagon to make this work.
  • NoseNose New Wagonist
    My 89 is an automatic. It's s-l-o-w. Maybe that's why this is such an intriguing idea...it'd be SUCH a dramatic difference both in feel and power. I kinda assumed the motor would have to go in as well as the tranny, but maybe not? I mean, there's all kinds of adapter plates in this world, so who knows.

    I'm not familiar with it, but I'd assume the Fit's paddle shifters are electronic switches which feed info to a tranny computer which electronically controls the shifting. ...aaaaaand that's where I guess it'd turn into One Huge Mess...heh... :roll:
  • NZ-DB8RNZ-DB8R Moderator
    If you use the paddles like a race car, the gearbox breaks.
    They arnt there for performance or anything like that, if you bang it up and down through the gears like a racecar, it wont last long.

    However if you are after an Automatic car that every now and again you can chuck into "manual" and have a little fun, then its probably ideal
  • SiWagonSiWagon Council Member
    There under AUTOMATIC GEARBOXES read the 1st sentence , SWAP & Oil Cooler @ this link:
    viewtopic.php?f=7&t=103&p=453#p453

    That AT tranny would be a lot easier to source.
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