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I currently have a 87 sammurai with a 94 1.6 16V SOHC Geo Tracker motor, Doug Thorly header and 2" exhaust and im guessing its putting out about 100hp the vehicle weighs 3280lbs. with 33" tires and 4:30 gears. this is my first 4 banger and dont know anything about it. is 160 or so h.p. possible without a turbo? I'm looking for the most power i can buy (without a turbo) between 1500-5000 RPM. Is there a reputable motor builder around that specializes in this motor? I'm in southern California and the vehicle was built for rock crawling but I'd like to take it to the sand dunes once in a while if it had more power. It currently easily runs 65mph @ 3100 rpm.

the 1hp/cc is kinda hard to atain naturally aspirated... perhaps if you have your heart set on that figure go the nos route?

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what is an attainable number?

That's 1hp/10cc's I'd PM Suprf1y and ask him about building you a head

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dyno it, realize your nowhere near 100hp, then turbo it.

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HANSTECH
2001 suzuki swift GA. gutted,srd headers,straight piped,SRI,50mm tb,ported intake manifold,coolant bypass,3tech cam.
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Low boost setups aren't as hard as you think, and for any kind of sizeable gain in power, you will be WAY ahead of N/A $$ wise.

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Love it. Not to knock 87Zuk, but 100hp output is a built 1.6!

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1989 Suzuki Swift GTi: Red "My PocketRocket"
1989 Suzuki Swift GTi: White (Being resurrected)
1996 Geo Metro (Stocker)
1999 Suzuki 1.6 Esteem (Baleno) Wagon (Sleeper creeper)

Do they not make 90 hp stock?

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That's what I was thinking, the 1.3 16V SOHC makes 80hp, and it's restricted all to hell.

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My cars:

J. McBean: '98 Suzuki Swift 1.3L 16v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk5" Made in Canada
The Mini Rattler: '94 Suzuki Swift .993L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk3" Made in Canada *The Winter Beater*
B. Berry: '90 Chevrolet Turbo Sprint 1.0L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk2" Made in Japan

I got 18MPG in a 3cyl with a 5 speed manual 4dr, '93 Metro!

Quoted at 96HP but articles in various 4wheeling mags put it closer to 80-85HP.

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An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind.

1989 Suzuki Swift GTi: Red "My PocketRocket"
1989 Suzuki Swift GTi: White (Being resurrected)
1996 Geo Metro (Stocker)
1999 Suzuki 1.6 Esteem (Baleno) Wagon (Sleeper creeper)

At the crank it's probably 96Hp, and at the wheels it's probably in the 80-85Hp range once you figure in the drivetrain loss of 15-20%.

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My cars:

J. McBean: '98 Suzuki Swift 1.3L 16v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk5" Made in Canada
The Mini Rattler: '94 Suzuki Swift .993L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk3" Made in Canada *The Winter Beater*
B. Berry: '90 Chevrolet Turbo Sprint 1.0L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk2" Made in Japan

I got 18MPG in a 3cyl with a 5 speed manual 4dr, '93 Metro!

i just had my 01 16v dyno'd with all my stuff on it and i hit 77hp to the wheels....80hp stock ummm i think not. try like 59hp.

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HANSTECH
2001 suzuki swift GA. gutted,srd headers,straight piped,SRI,50mm tb,ported intake manifold,coolant bypass,3tech cam.
member of team

In this thread there appears to be people comparing crank HP to wheel HP..... I would have to assume the OP is trying to hit 160 crank HP from a motor that was origionally about 95 crank HP. Thats a 60% (!) increase without a turbo, and thats a tall order. That would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 135 whp out of a N/A 1.6? Not saying it coulnd't be done but it won't be done on any kind of budget or with any kind of low end for a 4x4.

Retard the timing a bit, run the stock computer, maybe get a boost referencing adjustable fpr, and run 6 psi and get your 160 crank hp.

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Anyone who's been around children will tell you that they are in fact quite stupid. Many of them cannot even read.

To obtain hp like that wouldn't it have to be built for a very high rpm? Would a rock type truck
be better to build for lower rpm torq ? For an engine to breath well enough to run way over stock hp the bottom end could become almost useless for climing.
A turbo could be a good choice for the best of both.

That desert racing looks like a hoot, those dirt desert race trucks are 2 cool, 12 inches of shock travel, they float over anything at 80mph

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If not a turbo a supercharger maybe good evn though im sure his gears should take care of the low end pretty well.

old topic but i ask this q in another section...

i would have thought it would be relatively easy to get 160 out of a 1.6 16v engine. If not, WHY not??

my ford 1.6 xflow kent makes 165hp at the flywheel, thats a 1967 design 8v pushrod engine.

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All or nuttin

I picked up a Tracker RWD a lil while back to replace my metro. (Sad story there) and was also wondering if there were any performance parts out there. Thinking of going prerunner route or dropping it for street use like these two: or

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1987 Chevy Sprint base 1.0 3cyl 993cc (R.I.P.)
1986 Chevy Sprint base 1.0 3cyl 993cc (Totaled)
1994 Geo Metro base 1.0 3cyl 993cc (Had to sell)
1996 Geo Tracker 1.6l 16v 4cyl 1590cc (Daily)