exhijet now suzuki carry project

hi im new to the forum.
i am from the netherlands.
i just bought a 2000 white hijet 1.3 16v minivan.

i have got a lot of plans with it and hope to find a lot of info on here.
i sold my charade GTti last week and now its hijet time   
this is my third daihatsu till now, and ive been e member of the dutch daihatsu forum for a long time.
i have done a lot of modifications to my previous cars and plan to tread the hijet the same   

-coilovers
-engineswap to 1.6 applause
-nice wheels
-fender flares

here are some pictures of my old GTti and cuore

Welcome along Nice looking van, shoulda kept the wheels off the Cuore for it

Welcome to the forum! You have some nice plans for the van, it will be nice to watch it evolve

Hey welcome!

Loving the Charade GTti's - I used to have one.

thanx for the welcome.
yes i should have kept them, i know.
it will be difficult to find some wheels for the litle hijet.

the other cars in the pictures have 1.6 applause engines to.
so we do have some experiance swapping the 1.3 to 1.6.
i have already seen loads of info and good ideas here, and i hope that you guys wil help me out so now and then.
there wil be a lot of changes to the litle hijet in a short time.
i will post everyting in my own topic and as you can see above i am kind of a pictureaddict   

greetings from the netherlands

One of my friends has a TR-XX R4

It's one of the best cars I've seen ever!

Totally amazing machine.

Are you a Daihard bbs user?

oh yeah, the tr-xx has been a favorite of mine to for quit some time to.
but i have never seen one in my country, and i think tey are all rhd.
do you mean the australian daiforum? yes i am a member there to   

No, daiforum is the new one, where all the youngsters hang out.

This is the original and best Daihatsu tuning forum by along way:- http://daihard.eis.net.au/

All the original members are still there, but it about 10 years since they have sold their Daihatsu's.

It's mostly used for talking about DIY and politics nowadays, and taking the piss out of each other, but if you want good information there is loads and loads of real good stuff buried in there so use the search function.

But be-warned, if you post up, they take no prisoners! The piss taking that goes on in that forum is hardcore, no one gives a toss about feelings or offending anyone.

Drag racing, show cars, track day hero's, bodykits, boy racers and ricers are mocked and ripped apart. Real motorsport is highly appreaciated, and there is a wealth of tuning wisdom buried in that forum from back when these Daihatsu's were current.

Welcome along.

thanx for the tip higly jetted.

i will take a look and think verry carefully if i will post anything   

i searched the forum for a couple of days but i can t find it  im sorry   
and the search engine here is not all that great..  

so here are my questions  for you guys

- why does a hijet engine have 20hp less then a standard 1.3 16v charade engine?

- did anybody remove their exhaust and replaced it with a sportexhaust or does someone has a good tip what to do..

- i bought a 1.3 16v charade engine and swap it in the hijet, i already did read a lot on here
on the sportak--hijet swap. i guess its the same story ...?
(i am not going to fit a 1.6 because i am going to take it across europe and dont want any hassle with police or something, and i came across a verry neat low miles charade engine so i bought that.)

- are the shocks the same as a different type of daihatsu ? are any other parts interchangeable with other daihatsus?

oh and i tried to join the daihard forum highly jetted but it just keeps on saying my emailadress isnt allowed and my password isnt allowed .. 

I've been doing some searching recently and cant find any other cars with matching part numbers for the shocks, except piaggio porters, but they're the same thing anyway.

I'm looking into having custom made coilovers for mine at the moment, and after i've tested them, there's a possibility of making some more sets for other people

scotia wrote:- why does a hijet engine have 20hp less then a standard 1.3 16v charade engine?

Horse power is not the aim of a commercial vehicle.

Daihatsu brought the torque curve further down the rev range.

The did this by using a different inlet manifold, cam profile, exhaust manifold and ECU.

It makes the vehicle capable of being driven when carrying a load.


It is a Charade engine in every part, except the cams and the manifolds, and ecu.

You cannot put the charade manifolds on the hijet because they will not fit in the space.



Daihard will not accept people with rubbish email accounts like gmail, hotmail, live, yahoo etc. Has to be a proper domain.

ok thanx for the info people  

i asked about the shocks because if they were charade shocks you could possibly make 2 cheap sets of front coilovers from a caddy or something..
you can als fit a mazda 323 coiloverset if you adjust them a litle bit.

I did come across a few shocks that certainly look very similar, but its hard to say without buying sets to compare

is it me or is something wrong with the hijet worshop manual link.?
the smaller versions seem to open good but the one i need doesnt.
i want to get the engine out tommorow ..

if one of you guys got a working link/manual i would realy appriciate it   

Which link are you regarding?

http://www.daihatsuhijet.co.uk/pdf_manuals/Workshop%20Manual%20-%20Daihatsu%20Hijet%20Piaggio%20Porter%201.3%2016v.pdf

i thought that was the one i needed for the engine removal...

The link worked for me - didn't know about that manual, cheers HJ.

well it doesnt work for me.. we are working on the hijet at the moment ant could realy use some help....

It works for me too, I think you should try with a different computer or something.

Also why are you removing the engine?

aah it seems to work now , it took a verry long time to open.
i am replacing the engine because the old one needed a new belt etc and had overheating problems.
i boughy a verry good charade engine and we are going to put that in..

if somebody has some tips or something that would help..
feel free to do...

hijet engine and gearbox are out now.
i already did see that the holes of the charade engine vs the hijet gearbox doesnt fit
so i think i could only use the cilinderhead from the charade engine.

common guys help me out a litle please

Have you read this article by HJ? It's for the 1.6 but the info may be the same or similar

http://www.daihatsuhijet.co.uk/engine-conversion-1-6-1600-sportrak-grand-move-terios-daihatsu-hijet/

scotia wrote:if somebody has some tips or something that would help..
feel free to do...

hijet engine and gearbox are out now.
i already did see that the holes of the charade engine vs the hijet gearbox doesnt fit
so i think i could only use the cilinderhead from the charade engine.

common guys help me out a litle please

I think just 1 bell housing bolt is missing, so you just ignore that

several bolts dont fit, so i could only use the cilinderhead of the bought engine.



nobody could have warned me or has some info or tips i could use...?

so ,this is al the help i am going to get here ...?

scotia wrote:several bolts dont fit, so i could only use the cilinderhead of the bought engine.
nobody could have warned me or has some info or tips i could use...?
so ,this is al the help i am going to get here ...?  

What help would you like? As nobody here has put a Charade engine in how can we help, there's a link to an engine conversion with the 4track engine but this seems not to suit? Maybe just me but I fail to see how to help someone when I know bugger all about what they're doing....  

Logi wrote:

scotia wrote:several bolts dont fit, so i could only use the cilinderhead of the bought engine.
nobody could have warned me or has some info or tips i could use...?
so ,this is al the help i am going to get here ...?  

What help would you like? As nobody here has put a Charade engine in how can we help, there's a link to an engine conversion with the 4track engine but this seems not to suit? Maybe just me but I fail to see how to help someone when I know bugger all about what they're doing....  

I think that was lost in translation.  

Photos of what your doing helps, as then the next guy (just like you) have something to help them.