The Skid Factory is back with another update on their new Daihatsu Charade project. Several years ago Al received a Charade (Mira L251) roller and installed a turbocharged 1.3 L K3 inline-four and transmission from a Daihatsu Sirion. Al sold the factory turbocharger so the goal is finish the turbocharger system with a TD04 turbocharger … Read more
The Skid Factory is back with another update on their new Daihatsu Charade project. Several years ago Al received a Charade (Mira L251) roller and installed a turbocharged 1.3 L K3 inline-four and transmission from a Daihatsu Sirion. Al sold the factory turbocharger so the goal is finish the turbocharger system with a TD04 turbocharger … Read more
The Skid Factory started a new project build series and this time they’re working on one of Al’s projects. Several years ago Al received a Daihatsu Charade (Mira L251) roller to which he installed a turbocharged 1.3 L K3 inline-four and transmission from a Daihatsu Sirion. Al sold the factory turbocharger so the goal is … Read more
This Daihatsu Copen L880K was built by Takurou Takeda at Provile in Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan. The two-door roadster came from the factory with a 659 cc JB-DET turbocharged inline-four that made 63 horsepower and 81 lb-ft of torque. Takurou opted to go with a 2.0 L SR20DET inline-four from a Nissan S13. The engine makes … Read more
The Daihatsu Mira Gino is a very small hatchback with a retro design from Japan. The first generation was sold from 1999-2004 and came with either a naturally aspirated or turbocharged 659 cc inline-three. Nozomu Yamamoto however has taken his Mira Gino and swapped the inline-three for a 1.8 L Mazda BP inline-four. As you … Read more
The 1970 Daihatsu Hijet originally came from the factory with a two-stroke two-cylinder 360 cc engine. That engine produced 22 horsepower and 25 ft-lb of torque. The Hijet now runs off a 400 horsepower Chevy V8. There was no way the engine and transmission was fitting under the cab like the factory motor did. So … Read more