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The only thing a small turbo is going to give you , well 2 things actually, is high EGT's, and sagged apex seals.

So you basically have to do as @kiwi808 endorses.

On 07/07/2023 at 01:12, Crispy said:

New shape Suzuki Jimny?

Unfortunately towards the top of your price range or even out of it.

I’ve done a little bit of research as my partner is interested in them (although out of reach budget wise for now), they seem fairly well built as far as newer cars go and seem to hold their value quite well too. 

After trying a bunch of stuff Wife has decided all box on wheels suck, but she likes the new shape Suzuki Swift Sport, apparently it reminds her if an old fxgt she used to have (I suppose that's a good thing) we don't need the size, with the Falcon and sq5 staying in the fleet.. so plenty to choose from on the trade me just a matter of picking a colour.

The 1.4 turbo does enough to shift a sub 1000kg car well enough.. and things are simple inside. I believe these things are also @kws approved?

Mate flat towed his c10 at high speed a relatively short distance, and it had no gears after he fixed the distributor.. it's dependant on the lubrication / heat dissipation as @tortron suggests.

Can you fit it inside of the radiator support rather than behind it?

18 minutes ago, HighLUX said:

What sorta radiator does the 1G starlet run as this is for a 1G

Just some random junk thing with modified end tanks to encourage multi pass, plus the OEM water / oil heat exchanger..

Didn't seem to get hot on high boost at track days etc..

One thing to consider is turbo Dorito often run a lot of oil cooler capacity which probably helps maintain engine temps..

you might be ok so long as airflow isn't compromised, and ducting is well sealed.

The 888s aren't really a wider cross section, I have a set on the back of my mazda but on a 9 inch rim... the only ones that are wider than advertised i have found are the Dunlop 03g, but these are not available in a 225 unfortunately.

I'd run it as is for the mean time, although I'd be interested in seeing a 245 on an 8.5 and the 225 on the 7.5 if this is an option? Or do you not have the real estate for such activities.

My Honda runs a 225 on an 8 on the front and a 205 on a 7 in the rear, it looks relatively in proportion.. well as far as a reverse stagger goes anyway..

You could mount the baffle off the fuel pump cradle, from memory the fg falcon has a plastic tank and cradle thing the kind of clips in with a spring loaded nubbon.

It sounds like you are describing a mokka-e. Which I think is just an e2008 with a different look..

Drove a 1.2 litre 8 speed opel Corsa thing the other day, the little 3 cylinder was quite eager/ way less shit than I had anticipated.

19 hours ago, h4nd said:

Any option to do what the 2T goons do

I was thinking about the 2 stroke thing, does this reduce stresses on the piston compared to a 4 stroke, in my head when the piston goes up on the compression stroke it won't fly in half at TDC because pressure on the top to help hold it together...

But on the exhaust stroke at the top you don't have lots of pressure on the top of the piston so that's when it'll fly apart. 

Maybe @Roman and @BiTurbo228 can get together and graph this idea to tell me how wrong I am.

I reckon the 225s sit nice on an 8 inch rim. 

+1 for battery in the engine bay. 

Is there an option to modify the tank to accept a swirl pot/internal baffle, and run a matched Honda OEM in tank pump? Mostly OEM EFI tanks don't have a spectacular array of internal baffles and seem to do the trick down to low levels..

External pumps are inherently noisy compared to submerged pumps, if you have to run a surge tank then I reckon one with the pump internally mounted would be my pick..

In my mind I guess a returnless system might be prone to heating the fuel and possible vapour lock, but OEM are smart enough for this to not be a problem, but they might do stuff like speed control of the pump to slow the flow at low consumption, or an in tank pump with internal bypass?

I did weld on an male fittings for the oil system on the Mazda, which in my mind is more robust than a screw in.

They are pretty cheap too.

1 hour ago, j.e.d. said:

thanks again man.. yea I'm not that keen/confident to go blowing air into the tank.. I think I'll let water do the job

It'll happen pretty slowly given the volume supplied by a small air compressor, and it's not like you'd dial up some air pressure and head off for lunch..i spent a few years pressurising aircraft fuel tanks and fuselages without getting on the news..

It might even start to take shape on a hot day in the sun if it's all sealed up..

I'd be tempted to gently feed it a bit of compressed air on a warm day to pop it back to round. Might take a while but if you can seal it  it'd probably only need a couple of psi.

If the water doesn't want to pop it out it might fold the crease and make it worse.

I have one if these which came in handy when I did the rollcages in my Mazda and Honda, good for tight spots or small items / areas. I found the smaller tip didn't really suit my normal painting programme of fast an full bore, so I had to adapt a bit.

Foolishly I tried it out on a large panel once, won't do that again, It was painfully slow and nowhere near as even as the normal sized gun..

Pretty sure this is the one..

https://www.autobodytoolmart.com/product/devilbiss-startingline-mini-detail-spray-gun-802405/automotive-paint-guns

10 hours ago, Bling said:

 Neither are SQ5 spec though...

This is the corner I have painted myself in to. Everything is gutless compared to current fleet - sq5, turbo airtrek and modified turbocoon..

I have heard something happens with the Mazdas that causes bore wash and low compression?

Looking for something small SUV type thing for maybe 20k-30k to spend wife is keen on a Ford escape, but these appear to have a dual clutch trans..

What else is out there which is  2016ish onwards similar sized shaped box on wheels but runs conventional torque converter auto. It seems difficult to tell from specs and reviews, but a lot of stuff in this era is DSG. 

There will be something I haven't considered for sure. I guess I could get a second SQ5, but that seems like an odd thing to do.

57 minutes ago, Ned said:

send me the vin and i'll see what the jag portal has on it

Heres therecall:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V369-2384.PDF

Our one needs it

Sounds like you may end up with max charge to 75% ?

Crap photo off my computer screen, alternator doesn't look all that different..

I think the alternator from a 2e is physically smaller but will bolt up to the 1g brackets, long time since I put one onto 1ggte so I'd have to check my facts..

6 minutes ago, datlow said:

Not a old black plate I take it!? 

Nope white, it's been released and is now available, but yeah as a premium plate, so $2499 is too spendy for me..

If I add a letter at the start it becomes a fixed format for $599

Thanks gents.

It's 2 letters and a number which means if it's able to be released it's likely to be expensive... There is a 3 letter 2 number combo that would work to for cheaper..

Perhaps the right place to ask, has anyone had success getting a government issue plate (not mine)which has been deregistered long ago reissued as a personalised plate?