Baleno 1.3 SOHC performance upgrade

[aamiraijaz]

I have a Baleno 1300cc with 45000km. I want to make it fast. What modifications do i need?
Also the car has bad brakes. Any mod for the brakes.

 

[obi_waynne]

The obvious thing is to get bigger brake discs and pads. This can get expensive though so you might be better off just getting some good quality pads.

Are the brakes in good condition? Rough up the disk surface with some wire wool and that might help a bit.

Power wise there is not a lot you can get from a 1300cc. It is a lot of work for very little gain. You could try a fast road camshaft profile, head flowing and porting but you will only see 10bhp or so more for this on that engine.

 

[aamiraijaz]

Thanks for the answer.

 

[obi_waynne]

You are welcome. Let us know how you get on and what you decide to do.

 

[aamiraijaz]

Thanks. I would like to enhance perormance of my Suzuki Baleno 1.3L through simple mods which do not require any tempering with the engine itself. If there are any please let me know.

 

[pgarner]

panel filter, exhaust and remap are your limits without touching the engine itself but even with all 3 youll be lucky to see 10bhp gain

 

[aamiraijaz]

Thanks. How to re-map the ECU?

 

[pgarner]

most cars from 1999 onwards can be remapped however it really is a specialist job, you can get the software and cables off the internet but youll struggle to find any generic maps installed as the performance companies spend thousands developing their maps to get the best from the ECU without causing damage to the engine itself

 

[aamiraijaz]

Oh! thanks anyway.

 

[PhatKat]

Try a swift gti conversion to 16v, quite cheap to get these days.