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what engine is stock on those cars, and specs if u have them

also i heard there is a turbo motor available specs?

is there any other engine thats pretty much a drop-in?

tnx for info

 
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Yes there were Turbo Firefly's and they were pretty quick for what they were. I dont' know anything about them you'd have to search for info about them.

 
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http://www.teamswift.net/

 
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You can also put the high revving 1.3L DOHC 16V engine in there. Makes something like 100hp.

Either way its eternally slow.

 
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you can put a 4 door sift bottom end(1.6 sohc) and mate it to a GT head (1.3 dohc) use a 2.0 prelude timing belt or a grand vitara belt. i made 153 Whp with that swap...my GT weighed 1300 pound.. you do the math.. ran 13.4's in the quater..at 100ish trap speeds.

 
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crazy... frankenstein motors for Suzukis

 
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1300lbs eh? I don't think that's possible.

 
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i removed all 4 rebars from the car(front/rear/both doors)so thats about 300 pounds..considering the car's curb weight was close to 1900..minus the 300..carbon hood..fiberglass doors...

well regardless...it was 1300 pounds on a truck scale. i have nothing to prove.
how much does your festiva weigh? last i seen you lifted it off the ground at HK.

 
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My POS weighs about 1940lbs with a completely full tank and a box with 2 10" subs in the back. That's why I didn't think 1300lbs sounded right. I know how my car is constructed, and I know how a Swift is constructed (I helped a buddy pull an engine out of one a few weeks ago). The Swift seems to be better built, it has a more complicated rear suspension. I think the Festivas are lighter then the Swifts, and I think it would be damn near impossible to remove 200lbs, let alone 600lbs from my car without giving it the structural integrity of a box made of aluminum foil.

If it actually weighs 1300lbs, I would serious consider building a steel box out of 1/2" thick steel plate and placing it around the driver

 
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well you also need to remember a majority of that car is aluminium. that, and high support from australia( swift GT is a Cultus 1.3/Turbo/AWD) i just interchanged parts with that car.....cost a ing fortune.. but yeah..it was close enough to a track car nevermind...all i needed was fiberglass quaters a rollcage..i could have raced in GTC class lol


whatever, all i know is my teg is a fat bitch..i might pull the rebars out of this car too..lose 250 pounds lol

 
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Is it even possible to put an dohc head on a sohc block?

 
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Myself and a friend are dropping a turbo into his firefly. Its a very simple and easy car to work on. Light weight and it has potential to go fast. BTW, its a T25 and the manifold is coming off the 1.3 turbo. We're going to try to do it as cheap as possible and write a full how-to. Should be fun.

 
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i odnt see why not the "block" section ends before the head gasket and all it is is the crankshaft and piston assembly inside the housing... therefore the head, is a seperate peace with the valves cams and so on. It sould work

 
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^ Well with some companies, the SOHC and DOHC blocks are different... like Honda and it's D and B series blocks for example. But with Mazda and the Mazda B-series of engines, the block castings themselves are the same between the SOHC and DOHC varients of the engines. If you had a basic Mazda 323 with a SOHC 1.6L, you *could* put a DOHC cylinder head on top. You would need to change the pistons (different valve reliefs), but it could be done.

I challenge him to a duel.

 
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well you need to remember that suzuki only made those models in specific years..they were interchangeable..from what i can recall very minor machining had to be done..something with dowel alignment maybe?

but with suzuki..there are no d series/b series etc..they were limited production..even more reason for it to bolt up..