we have a couple of hodna jazz front cuts & so were going to make up subframes to suit, but it`s very very hard to find manual-trans ones, & seeing as we have been getting more & more enquiries for auto-trans minis, i figured "what the???,,, why not???"

these are far smalle than the typical D16-18 & K20 power units & it measures up pretty well, i don`t expect we need to lengthen the front of a round nose,,, it looks like it will fit (with a little manipulation obviously)

Soooo,,, if anyone is interested then we have one of our spare front cuts up for sale in the for-sale section on this site & we will (at some stage) be offering up a front subframe to suit... please don`t hold your breath tho,,, we have way too many things going on right now & i don`t see us finishing off a Jazz front frame within the next year or so,,, but just letting people know that ( to me) it looks quite "Do-able"

Oh & to re-set the auto trans after replacing battery, all that is needed is to start the car & bring it up to temp,,, when the temp light goes out you then shut off the car

then re-start the car, turn headlights on,,, depress the brake peddle whilst running through the gears leaving in each gear for approx 2secs each gear

then , once you`ve run through all the gears, place it back int park, then turn off the head lights, remove foot from brake peddle & turn off the car

re-start car & drive away,,, auto trans reset is complete



how stuffed up is the late model car industry when you change a battery you get told that it`s purely a Honda dealer re-set opperation that takes the speciall honda diagnostics computer to be plugged into it to re-set the auto trans & cost somewhere up to $400 to do,,, when the truth is that all you do is fiddle with the engine temp, headlights & the gear s a bit & all clear????

thieving mongrels!!!!!!!!!

anyways,,, just a heads up for anyone interested in the new little Honda Jazz engine conversion

OH & the is a 7-speed sequential VTI 1500 Vtec version with paddle shifters avaliable if you`re keen

& also there is a CVT,,, constant velocity transmission version avaliable also,,, pretty spiffy if you ask me

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Post some pics Matt...

Be interested to see the whole unit and some measurements.

Cheers,
Tricky

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

haha i had this thought ages ago - nice to see someone having a crack at it!
interested to see what's out there for these engines, aftermarket wise.

edit: be warned that the CVT gearboxes apparently have a pretty good risk of grenading themselves around the 100,000km mark?

When my Son got his City I thought what a great swap that would make. http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=62813&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Now all I need to do is convince him to do a K-20 or K-24 conversion for the City, and seeing as I would need to help him do this I could take the L-15 and box off his hands



There is a new Formula Racing Series using the L-15, and you can buy a complete Engine (in race spec) for about $11,000 http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/05/scca-approves-honda-fit-based-engine-for-formula-f/

Also Jackson Racing make a neat little Supercharger kit for these engines too.

Go for it Matt, I'll wait to get a Manual one.

Cheers,

Dicko