Daihatsu Tuning guide for more power and torque for Daihatsu

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Daihatsu Tuning Tips and Modifications

Maximise your Daihatsus driving pleasure

Daihatsu car tuning tips and advice. We have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Daihatsu from small engined family cars to large engine hot hatches and executive cars. Following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common mistakes and actually achieve the car setup you desire. Please join the forum for model specific questions and answers and to meet other owners and see what modifications they have done.

TorqueCars started providing Daihatsu tweaks, car tuning and car modifications Tips and advice back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fast growing membership of all types of Daihatsu owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly one of the friendliest. In 2007 we organised our first full car show in Kent. Our Daihatsu tuning and styling articles are continually updated so for the latest Daihatsu tweaks,tuning and modifications advice, tips and pointers please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Daihatsu owners forum and swap tweaks ideas with like minded Daihatsu owners. If you have a Daihatsu project underway we would love to hear about it, the Gallery section in the forum already contains some interesting projects.

  • Selected Daihatsu Stats
  • Sportrak Sportrak Softtop 1.6 STi 3d - 1589 cc - 94 bhp - -
  • Charade Charade Hatchback 1.0 5d Auto - 989 cc - 57 bhp - 91 Nm 6
  • Charade Charade Hatchback 1.3 LXi 5d (94) - 1296 cc - 82 bhp - 105 Nm
  • Charade Charade Hatchback 1.3 CX 16V 5d Auto - 1295 cc - 75 bhp - -
  • Grand Grand Move 1.6 + 5d - 1590 cc - 90 bhp - 126 Nm
  • Charade Charade Hatchback 1.0 EL 3d - 989 cc - 57 bhp - 91 Nm 6
  • Sportrak Sportrak Hardtop 1.6 ELi 3d - 1589 cc - 94 bhp - -
  • Charade Charade Hatchback 1.3 CX 16V 5d - 1295 cc - 75 bhp - -
  • Grand Grand Move 1.5 5d Auto - 1499 cc - 88 bhp - 119 Nm
  • Charade Charade Hatchback 1.0 GTti 3d - 993 cc - 99 bhp - -

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Daihatsu Valve Springs

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