I'm Turbocharging My Daily Driver...

Summary

The video follows a car enthusiast modifying his 2008 Honda Fit to add a turbocharger and other upgrades to make it faster, sound better, and still be a reliable daily driver. He starts by upgrading the clutch, flywheel, and shifter. After initial setbacks with cheap parts, he ultimately gets it running properly. He then replaces a broken engine mount with a homemade polyurethane version. With the drivetrain upgrades complete and the car handling more power, he now has all the parts ready to actually add the turbo kit and take the car to the next level in a future video.

Takeaways

• 😀 The video is about turbocharging a 2008 Honda Fit to make it faster and improve the sound.
• 🚗 The Honda Fit is a great daily driver - cheap, reliable, good gas mileage, and roomy.
• 💨 The main goals are to make the Fit sound cooler and a bit faster while keeping it reliable and drivable.
• 🛠️ Supporting modifications like a new clutch, shifter, and engine mount are done first before adding the turbo.
• 🔧 The turbo kit is being built mostly from parts the owner already had to keep costs down.
• 💵 The clutch turned out to be the most expensive part at $800 to get a quality one.
• ⚙️ The car has a tunable ECU so a standalone ECU is not needed to tune for the turbo.
• 📈 A wideband O2 sensor is added to monitor air-fuel ratios while tuning.
• 🛠️ The next steps are fabricating custom parts like the exhaust and intercooler piping.
• 🎨 Before turboing the Fit, shop space is being cleared out by building a paint booth.

Q & A

What kind of car is being modified in the video?

A 2008 Honda Fit.

What are the two main goals for the car build?

To make the car sound cooler and to make it a little faster.

What is the only turbo-specific part purchased for the build?

A cast iron turbo manifold from eBay.

What are the 3 main things that need to be upgraded when turbocharging a car?

The drivetrain, fuel system, and electronics/ECU.

Why did the eBay clutch not work properly?

It failed to fully disengage, even with the pedal adjusted to have maximum travel.

What was done to upgrade the worn front motor mount?

The mount was reinforced with polyurethane sealant for added stiffness.

What tools are being set up to work on the car?

A paint booth and storage closet are being built in the shop.

How much horsepower is the upgraded drivetrain built to handle?

Around 160-170 wheel horsepower.

What video is coming up next in the series?

Building the paint booth for the shop.

How can viewers get early access to upcoming videos?

By becoming a patron and supporting the channel.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introduction to turbocharging the Honda Fit

The paragraph introduces the idea of turbocharging a 2008 Honda Fit. It discusses the Fit being a perfect daily driver due to it being cheap, reliable, good on gas, and roomy. However, it acknowledges the Fit is slow and doesn't sound great. The goal is to turbocharge it to make it faster and improve the sound while keeping it reliable and daily drivable.

05:02

👷‍♂️ Removing transmission and replacing clutch

The paragraph covers removing the transmission to replace the worn out clutch and pilot bearing. An eBay clutch was initially installed but it did not work properly, so it had to be replaced again with a higher quality clutch.

10:03

⚙️ Reassembling car with upgraded parts

The car is reassembled with the new clutch and some other upgrades - a new OEM master cylinder, deletion of the clutch delay valve, and a one pin wire fix for no spark. The new clutch feels great, much improved over the worn stock one.

15:06

🚗 Installing short shifter kit

A race car style short shifter kit from WK Motorsport is installed, offering multiple customization options for optimal shifting feel and look. The kit came in a briefcase and included several shift knobs and plates.

20:18

🔧 DIY engine mount bushing repair

The damaged front motor mount bushing is repaired through a DIY polyurethane sealant fill rather than expensive full replacement. This improves drivability while awaiting full cure over the next week.

🚀 Preview of upcoming turbo build

The drivetrain upgrades are complete, preparing for the upcoming turbo build. Parts like the manifold, BOV, and intercooler are shown. Next video will focus on shop buildout before fabricating the turbo kit.

Keywords

💡Turbocharger

A turbocharger is a device that increases the power output of an engine by forcing extra compressed air into the combustion chamber. In the video, the narrator decides to turbocharge his 2008 Honda Fit to make it faster and improve the sound. He buys a turbo kit and plans to install it in future videos.

💡Supporting Mods

Before turbocharging a car, you often need to upgrade other components to handle the extra power. The video focuses on upgrading the Honda Fit's clutch, shifter, and motor mounts to support the turbocharger.

💡Clutch

A clutch connects and disconnects the engine from the transmission. The narrator upgrades his clutch to a higher performance model that can handle the turbo's extra torque.

💡Shifter

The gear shifter changes gears in a manual transmission. The narrator installs a short throw racing shifter for faster, more precise shifts.

💡Fuel System

A turbo needs more fuel to create more power. Although not shown in this video, the narrator will likely upgrade his Honda's fuel injectors and fuel pump later.

💡Wideband O2 Sensor

This sensor measures the air/fuel ratio entering the engine. It allows the narrator to monitor the engine's fuel trim when he tunes the turbocharged engine.

💡Drivetrain

The drivetrain includes components like the clutch, transmission, and axles that deliver engine power to the wheels. Upgrading the drivetrain prevents these parts from breaking under the turbo's extra torque.

💡Engine Control Unit (ECU)

The ECU manages the engine. The narrator will tune the ECU to optimize performance, efficiency, and reliability with the turbocharger.

💡Shop Expansion

The narrator is expanding his shop to add a paint booth and more storage. This will provide space to work on turbocharging the Honda once completed.

💡Horsepower

Horsepower measures an engine's power output. The narrator hopes the turbo will increase his Honda from 130 horsepower to around 170 at the wheels.

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Transcripts

in the previous videos with this car my

2008 Honda Fit we established one thing

it is the perfect daily driver they're

cheap they are incredibly reliable

because Honda they're really good on gas

they're roomy on the inside and most

importantly they're cheap and easy to

modify and they are a blast to drive

this is the type of car you can load up

drive across the country and then do a

track day which is exactly what I did on

a previous video but there is one

problem

it's

slow come

on oh it didn't

work but not only is it slow did you

hear that rev limiter did you hear the

way it

sounds yeah you can try it again going

down this

hill

okay that's more reasonable 0 to 60 8.86

seconds let's go anyway you know what

would fix both the speed and the

sound excuse

me a

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Turbocharger I mean isn't this glorious

there's nothing better than seeing all

the parts about to go onto your build

now we've got two main goals for this

build make it sound cool and make it a

little bit faster with the all important

rule of keeping it daily drivable and

keeping it reliable this entire build

this entire turbo kit is going to be

very DIY and it's going to be very cheap

most of these parts I already had and

the rest I'm going to be building in

fact the only part I purchased that is

specific to this car is this cast iron

turbo manifold right here which was 00

bucks off eBay so if you have a fit and

you want to Turbo it or really if you

have any car I'm going to kind of show

you how it works and how you can do it

yourself for cheap but unfortunately

before we can turbocharge it you have to

do some supporting mods there's three

main things you have to upgrade on your

car when you turbocharger number one is

the drivetrain so for that we have an

upgraded clutch which is the world's

smallest clutch my hand is almost as big

as it that will hold the extra

horsepower from the turbocharger we have

an upgraded shifter then the next thing

you have to upgrade is your fuel system

and then the third thing that some cars

you have to upgrade some cars you don't

is your electronics your ECU now

thankfully this car has a tunable ECU so

I don't have to put a standalone in it a

lot of cars do have tunable ecus but if

your car is OBD1 or older you're

probably going to have to get a

standalone that's that's the sucky part

but the thing we will be getting on this

car is a wideband O2 sensor just so we

can externally monitor the afrs so in

this video we are going to be doing all

the supporting mods we're going to put

the clutch in and we're going to put

this awesome shifter in I'm honestly so

excited excited for this I've been

collecting these parts over the last few

months and it is finally time to make

this car turbocharged so without any

delay let's work on dropping the

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transmission we got a lot of the stuff

on the top of the transmission off slave

cylinder and all the clutch lines are

removed Mass cylinders removed you can

kind of see it back there shifter cables

are removed and all the wiring is

removed and I zip tied everything up out

of the way so hopefully it makes pulling

the transmission a little bit easier the

only thing I'm a bit worried about are

those plugs down there for the electric

power steering might have to move those

but I don't really know as always I'm

just kind of winging it and uh if we

come into any issues we'll figure it out

then but now carg go up and we can start

unbolting the axles the mounts and the

bell housing

bolts here we go

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okay pretty

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ecent everything underneath the car is

all done in order to get this rear motor

mount out we had to drop the subframe

separate the steering rack from the

subframe and then that gave us access to

pull it out but now ready to come out

we're going to bring it down onto the

floor we got to remove that mount that

mount and the

starter I don't think that's right I

don't think that's good I wonder why I

had such a bad wheelhop

eh

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it's heavier than it looks I will

say bro what is wrong with you hold on

actually try to help yeah you want to

grab it

now

okay you know something tells

me it's clutch doesn't have uh

you know 10,000 mil on it cuz it

supposedly was replaced right when I

bought the thing that doesn't look like

a fresh clutch to me no sir so with our

transmission out we can now replace the

throwout bearing and replace the clutch

and the pilot bearing behind the

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clutch yeah damn

yikes

fresh pilot bearing in flywheel cleaned

up that into the pilot

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bearing

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on Hondas are sick bro I'm telling you

literally it took less than a

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minute so with the transmission back

installed with the upgraded clutch in

there it's time to reassemble the car

and then since it's a eBay clutch we

cross our fingers and hope it

works oh

God what will you learn what will you

learn that your actions have

consequences so sure enough after all

that work I got the clutch blood and it

does not release it doesn't work the

pedal feels good for about the first

half and then the second half it's rock

solid and you can keep pushing but it

feels like it's bottoming out it against

something and I'm just essentially

bending the springs and even with the

pedal adjusted as high as it can go so

it has as much travel as it can it never

releases I can't get the wheels to spend

when it's in gear I have learned that my

actions have consequences I'm never

going to buy an eBay clutch again it's

just not worth it man it's half the

price but man I just wasted two full

days of my life doing this I just got to

redo it all so I'm going to purchase a

legitimate clutch so let's rewind back

to when the transmission was out of the

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car so instead of the eBay clutch we

have a clutch Masters FX 250 and an

aluminum fly wheel I didn't originally

want to have to spend this much money

this thing is 800 bucks but I guess

sometimes you have to put an investment

when you're turbocharging your car this

will be the single most expensive thing

on the entire build but I think it's

worth it their fx250 is like their

essentially like their stage two a

little bit grippier a little bit more

strength but very streetable beautiful

white little clutch with an aluminum

flywheel this entire thing nice and

light so here we have the clutch Masters

disc it's bigger in diameter which is

interesting like significantly bigger in

diameter it's got two different sides

are like the the clutch disc is

different on each side which is kind of

interesting it's actually labeled which

side it goes on Kurt look at that

flywheel side my

goodness hey bro imagine how much time a

sticker can save you the difference in

the clutch the pressure plate massive

anyway we can throw this in

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now

now we got a couple of upgrades going

back in the car along with the clutch

this is the mass cylinder that came out

the

car and this is a brand new OEM master

cylinder from Honda along with replacing

the master cylinder we are deleting this

thing right here this weird looking

thing is a clutch delay valve it's

supposed to delay how quickly you can

engage and disengage the clutch and it

supposedly makes the clutch feel worse I

always thought the car felt pretty good

when the mass cylinder was working at

least but we're going to delete it

anyway hopefully it gets better company

by the name of seb's garage makes this

little stainless steel clutch line that

just bypasses that valve and in that

order I got this little note if you

could give my Instagram YouTube a shout

out on your channel that would be

greatly appreciated well sub uh it's

cool that you knew who I was just from

my order but yeah check out uh seb's

garage I guess on Instagram or YouTube

I'm assuming he makes Honda Fit content

anyway let's start by connecting the

mass cylinder with this line and then

putting it all in

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there

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so the car is pretty much all put back

together obviously besides some small

things intake I bled the clutch oo baby

it feels

awesome it's uh definitely stiffer than

stock but it's not like blow your knee

out kind of thing and it's super springy

and this thing bled so easily so shout

out to the new mastera cylinder and the

delay valve Del this clutch feels

awesome I'm very excited to drive it

let's get it thrown back together so we

can test it

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out

the I must have something

unplugged

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weird bro what so first thing I did was

check make sure it was getting fuel sure

enough it is getting fuel then I checked

to see if it was getting

spark and it wasn't getting spark so I

looked up online 2008 h of fit no spark

and somebody mentioned that there was a

one pin wire behind the battery that had

plugged out or pulled out on their car

sure enough I removed the battery and

that one pin wire had indeed pulled out

on my car as well so we're going to try

it see if it

works it runs but it does have a code

right now oh it's cuz I didn't put the

intake back on duh let's put this intake

back on and then it won't have a

code oh it grabs right at

top what is it feels a little Weir back

there it's grabby but it's not it's not

bad the stock clutch was so fried and

the max cylinder was so fried that this

is it feels like a whole different car I

I mean on the old setup you barely rest

your foot on the clutch pedal and it

would start to

slow

oh almost St it there all right well now

that it took me you know like 2 weeks to

do a clutch change we can continue with

the

rest of the

build one thing is for sure I'm

incredibly happy we end up going with

this clutch Master's clutch cuz that

fx250 feels freaking awes awesome now

things we're going to do in this video

shifter I mean look at that have you

ever had a short shifter come in a

briefcase nor had I until

now now some of you guys might be

thinking didn't you upgrade the shifter

already in one of the previous videos

the answer to your question is yes but

the shifter that's in there now you know

it's kind of like a street car shifter

this is a race car shifter oh my God

this thing is sick this company WK

Motorsport reached out and you know at

first I was like you guys like how do we

have short shifter but then I saw their

short shifter and I was like that is a

work of art and I want it and so here we

are this thing came with four different

shift knob options a shift plate this

thing is super configurable but let me

just install

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it

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so now shifter is installed now there's

two main customization options you can

go with go with the shifing collar and

the carbon fiber sleeve with their

matching carbon fiber shift

knob but this is a weighted shift knob

and I don't really like weighted shift

knobs so you can also take everything

off and you can use one of three delin

shift

knobs

and to me that feels better and looks

way

better anyway that is the shifter from

WK Motorsports huge thank you to them

for sending that out if you guys are

interested I'll have a link in the

description down below so the last

pre-turbo upgrade we're doing in this

video is fixing this this is like the

front motor mount that pretty much tries

to control the engine pitching over when

your clutch is engaging disengaging when

you're shifting accelerating this is

what happens when you launch your stock

car a bunch and uh no lift shifted and

all sorts of stuff but companies don't

make an upgrade for this what most

companies do you replace all the other

motor bouns and then just delete this

well I don't really want to do that cuz

I don't want it to run rough and I also

don't want to have to pay 400 bucks for

motor mounts this is the bracket that

goes on the transmission and this is a

upgrade bushing I bought off of Amazon

with a little bit of drilling out it'll

go right over there and I'm hoping I can

build some sort of Mount using this

bushing that will control the engine

from pitching over but not make the uh

idle and just drivability

harsh put

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on

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so the mount is in there but there's

only one way to find out if it uh Works

decently and that is to drive

it oh

god oh

no oh

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God no it's not even worth

driving god it feels like it's got solid

rotor mounts

which I guess the one

is

damn all right so obviously this doesn't

work here's my next idea I bought a

factory bushing which as you can tell

incredibly soft I mean I can move it all

over the place just by hand the reason

for that is that it's literally only

held to the outside of the uh you know

the mount with these little pieces of

rubber so what I'm going to do is I'm

going to fill all the gaps with

polyurethane sealant once this dries

it's essentially polyurethane which is

what upgraded Mount are made out of is

this a crazy idea that probably won't

work possibly but it might work so the

first thing I did was clean out all of

like the rubber dust that is left over

in the rubber of the bushing from when

it was poured or molded or whatever I

don't know what it is did that with

sandpaper and sble green now it's just

bare rubber nice and sticky I taped up

the Deep Side I'm going to fill the

shallow side in put tape on it flip it

around and then fill this other

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side I have no idea if this is going to

work but as long as it hardens I think

it will and the awesome stuff about this

is that it was pretty thin and it's

really good at self-leveling so it's

like a nice you know flat surface and it

hopefully absorbed into all the little

pockets it is bubbling a bit and I keep

popping the bubbles and it you know

seals back up but we're only going to

know in about uh 2

days so here it is the good news it

worked it's significantly stiffer the

bad news it definitely isn't fully dry

today is Tuesday and I filled this with

the sealant on Friday it's been like 4

days and it's not fully cured

that's not an immediate concern cuz the

sealant said takes 7 days to fully cure

but I'm losing patience and I want to

get this video out to you guys so I'm

going to put it in it's hard enough

where I don't think it's going to fall

apart and um as long as I drive it kind

of cautiously for a couple days it

should be all good but overall I mean I

think this is a good success I'm going

to clean it up paint it and then we can

throw it in little teaser for the next

video technically not a paint Booth yet

but might as well break her in right

man having a paint is going to be

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sick

nice that I can deal

with

that doesn't rattle the interior AP

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oh yeah I want to do nothing more than

bang gears but since the polyer thing

isn't fully cured I don't want to like

just ruin my progress was a very it

required a lot of patience getting to

this point but I've been driving this

car around with you know a missing motor

mount so let's see let's see how it

feels even though the polyurethane is

not fully cured it's going to get

stiffer it's going to get

better

drive is nice you can really tell when

you're engaging the clutch cuz you can

feel the the shatter of the clutch a

little bit

more and that lightweight flywheel man

that it feels good well for now

now looks as if it's still in one piece

so that's good I think that was a huge

success this drivetrain is now ready to

handle a

whopping 160 170 wheel horsepower guys

let me show you let me show you some

exciting stuff we have all the Metal Fab

Parts here ready to go aluminum

stainless steel Mufflers even an exhaust

valve we've got our injectors in our

wide band our intercoolers is over there

we've got all the parts to get this

turbo kit on and finish but that is not

going to happen in the next video in the

next video we're working back on the

shop we want to build the walls for the

paint booth and for the storage closet

and some other little things and get the

place painted cuz once that's done we

can put the lights in and start moving

in and that's important because there's

a lot of stuff in this shop right now

for the new section of the shop taking

up space I don't want to start

fabricating on this thing until I have

some space so the next video we're

building the paint booth there's going

to be a huge amount of progress and so

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