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Old 13-08-2007, 05:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Hi all!

Evenin everyone, (I will point out now that I am a guy regardless of what the "oceaness" implies)

I'd like to introduce Lucy...



(my g/f named her)
She's a 1997 1.3L Daihatsu Charade

She does 0 - 60 eventually and the fastest she's gone is 100MPH

I intend to improve upon these figures, mainly the accleration and perhaps a little more top speed.

Everything is stock except the stainless steel catback system because I ripped the OEM back box off when I drove through a puddle/lake in the road a little too fast [read: 50mph]

I'm unsure what to do with her to be honest there is so much I could do I don't know where to start.

First I'm getting 4 of these (6.5" x 15" + 195 45 15 Toyo Proxes T1-S)



After that I'm not sure, I was considering a custom header and sport cat.
Any advice/suggestions more than welcome
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Old 14-08-2007, 06:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi there - welcome to the site. The wheels you have chosen look really nice.

Power wise you could do the exhaust, panel air filter and add a fast road cam as well. This should help improve things a bit for you. The 1.3 engine is not going to see much of a power gain however much money you throw at it, generally speaking the bigger the base power the more you can add.
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