now jsut for the sake of asking....is it possible to put a turbo on these engines ?

EDIT: I had some misinformation...

Sure it is. It's always possible. Actually the Swift overseas had the option of having a turbocharged 1.0L DOHC 3-cylinder motor. Similar to the 100 HP 1.3 from the GT/GTi, the turbo motor put out like 70 HP I believe. I had thought the 1.3 had been turbo charged but after doing a search it was not, but it has been done. I've always thought it would be cool to get a Swift GT and turbo it.

Check out...

http://www.angelfire.com/co/swiftGT/ratracer2.html

It's an article about a turbo'ed GT.

Someone should do that and put it in a Kick or Sammy

i think i might have to try it...if any one out there has any specs or any info on it email it to me please at anonymosy2k|removethispart|@aol.com

thanx

The Calmini catalog shows supercharger kits for the Sami and 1.6 Sidekick engines. They cost about what the resale value of my car is. I like to tinker, but not THAT much!

Don, y'all
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really....how u get a calmini cataloug? and how much is hte super charger?

I thought Calmini discontinued their supercharger kit out of lack of interest and such? Besides, you have to run the sidedraft carbs to use it and that ups the cost almost another grand.

Does Calmini still sell the kit then?

u know how much hp the supercharger had and if it would work on a 94 tracker 1.6liter 8 valve?

The 2002 Calmini catalog shows the supercharger kit, part number SK 99135, for the 1.6 8-valve on page 30. I don't know if it was discontinued.

There are other ways to increase power from this engine. None will turn it into a Viper eater, but they will make it run better and won't shorten the engine's life in the process. Start with a low restriction exhaust, hot coil, a K&N air filter, and a cam. There are tricks to play with the engine controls, too.

Don, y'all
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sounds good i already did a k&n, bout to do teh exaust, but unfortunantly the cam isnt for a 94, also wats a hot coil?

Over time, the stock ignition coil gets even weaker than it was from the factory. (A plug gap as small as 0.028 inch implies rather low secondary voltage.) This can cause drivability problems because of misfire, and also because the oxygen sensor sees a rich running condition and leans the mixture, which makes it worse.

After seeing some discussion on other boards about this problem, I replaced my coil with a universal replacement coil from Accel and bracket bought at a local speed shop. Outlay was ~ $40US. I saw an improvement in drivability and a significant increase in gas mileage (~ 2-3 MPG).

If you do this, be sure to check the resistance of your coil's primary winding and get a new coil that matches it. Resistance will be ~ 0.7-0.9 ohms for one model coil or ~ 1.1-1.3 ohms for the other. After installing the new coil, you can gap your spark plugs to 0.035-0.038 inch to take advantage of the hotter spark.

Don, y'all
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aright sounds good. thnax for the info

You want to know turbo...Ask me  
1.6 Turbo Intercooler 140 HP
In the words of my brother who was behind me at the 2002 TDS safari when I punched it.
" That Thing Hauls Ass "  I was running 235 75 15 Tires at the time and every time I floored it
I had 4 spinning tires squirting dirt out the back, I was going around a jeep that stalled and floored it, my brother was 50 Feet away and said he looked up to see what the noise was, said it sounded like a jet blast coming out the back, it was just the exhaust pressure under 8 PSI boost.

at this time I had a little different setup, no intercooler, and a fuel enrichment system that made street driving quite an adventure, if it kicked in at the wrong time both rear wheels with the locker would break loose on a corner, it gets pretty hairy after that, so I mellowed it out a bit.

E-mail me if you want to see pics of the buildup

Give us the goods what are you running for a setup for the turbo system.


Mac

man that would be great... could u email me sum pics at anonymosy2k|removethispart|@aol.com  also bout how much did it cost u to turbo it..thnx for ur help

I got a turbo from a Mazda MX3 turbo model of coarse, If I was going to get another
turbo, I would get one from a Subaru easier to fabricate the exhaust down pipe.
I got the best header designed so far (Gen4) from toyotaperformance.com it is
made from schedule 40 weldable steel elbows and black iron pipe.

I made my turbo mount to fit the first header design, I have built 4 of em,
as they kept burning through, If I redo the header I will mount the turbo high
as in the toyota site, as it is now I had to build my own custom heat shield to
protect all the brake stuff from the 900F temps of the header.

I also built an intercooler from a volvo intercooler, re fabbed the side tanks from
.050 aluminum sheet, would have looked totaly pro to if I had a TIG welder, but I
used a MIG instead so it has bubble gum weld beads, but it works realy good.

Air from a turbo is about 275-300F and will cause horrable pinging without an
intercooler. my intercooler is realy way overkill, I could have made one half as
big and it would do a good job.

I would recomend only doing this with a Mass Air Flow EFI system as I had
to play with my fuel system alot.

I run about 90-100 PSI fuel just to run 5 PSI boost, need about twice the fuel
at 8 PSI boost from stock injection flow.

I want a 16V Head and EFI setup then I could get about 160 Hp.
as it sits now I pull hills with stock 4.62 and auto trans on 33 Swampers
about the same as a stock 16V Man Trans does on stock size tires.

Ill work on getting pics up