[the Dealy Lama]

So I desperately want one these. A shame they never sold Kei cars in the US, we would probably benefit from their smalll size and practicality. With a little work you could probably turn one of these 64hp roadsters into 120hp beasts.

pics for those not familiar with the car:





Couldn't you just imagine driving one of these along the coast?

[Unperson-S]

Its not really normal, its still pretty small.

[the Dealy Lama]

Well yeah, large/normall sized cars could never be designated kei cars.

[Unperson-S]

Theyre not really practical though.

2 seater? Ever heard of a family?

[the Dealy Lama]

Other kei cars could fit more people in them. And they're subject to less taxes/insurance so they're easy on the wallet.

But really, having a family is far less practical than having a Suzuki Cappuccino.

[Eggie]

This has nothing to do with the subject, but seriously your avatar gives me the creeps. The expression on her face and the fact that she has her mouth over a cat head just creeps me out.

[Thunderhawk]

64hp?

[the Dealy Lama]

Yeah, that's one of the drawbacks. It can't have more than 64hp to be designated a kei car. However, you could easily tune it so that it has much more horsepower. It weighs 725kg so if you could double the horsepower... you would have quite a bit of speed on your hands. Admittedly I don't know a lot about the tuning process for these cars, but I've seen videos of people going through autocross courses pretty damn fast in Cappuccinos.
WEEEEEEEEE

[Alfonso Guerra]

Interesting low weight, it weights as much as a Lotus Europa. Can you provide a link with any more technichal information about these cars? I am curious to know if it is really possible to double the output of that engine. On the good side it has some sensible tyres 165/65 R14 79H, they're cheap to replace.

[the Dealy Lama]

http://www.score.org.uk/a_information/a ... _spec.html
has some technical info

and following a link in Wikipedia got me this:

For a long time, having a Suzuki Cappuccino with a Suzuki Hayabusa engine has been a dream for many. This dream is now coming to reality.

With the financial backing of Toby Haws, a fellow SCORE member; the skills of James Lingard, from Fairfax Motorsport; and my self at CappuccinoSPORT, have decided to do what it takes to build it. And this is not only a one-off!
In fact we are creating this project in the objective to build many more. A kit will soon be available to export or you can get it install to our garage in Colchester. Already a few orders has been taken.
The Hayabusa conversion will cost between £5000 to £6000 including parts and labour. For a few more thousand, you can even have a turbo attached to it. Want to go fast? On the weight ratio, it will bring your Cappuccino to slightly more than 300BHP...

[Alfonso Guerra]

Thanks a lot for the link. Well, having Hayabusa engine in one of these cars will convert it into a veeery fast car. However, since the engine is already turbo-charged maybe it is easy to tune it up a bit only by lowering the compression ratio and increasing turbo boost. Also a bigger intercooler might be needed. I don't know why, but I assumed these were Front wheel drive but they aren't, another good thing.