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Hi guys and girls,
I'm looking for some suggestion's for my new car,
it a 1.3 sohc carb motor with 5 speed.




I was thinking GTI side skirts, rear wing and 4 wheel disk brake.
along with a turbo and EFI conversion on the sohc engine while trying to keep the a/c.

Brakes for sure. Turbo inter-cooler scoop. Mags and a paint job. Side skirts would be okay if you can find them locally. Shipping those would hurt the pocket book.

I'd actually swap the trans before anything else--the 1.3 SOHC cars have the tallest final drive and I suspect there'd be a dramatic difference swapping in a 4.39 from a Mk4.

I also don't know that I'd bother with going through the effort to boost the 8v SOHC motor--if you can't find a G13B, then at least go with the 16v SOHC.

I don't give a crap about the outside of my car, so side skirts would be the last thing I'd do. I actually removed mine to save weight. I also care more about handling than power, so I'd add or upgrade the rear sway bar (not sure if the SOHC mk2/3 cars came with them) put in some caster bushings and cut the springs.

Looks like a nice clean car, congrats

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is it a DD?
Change all fluids

Driving it like it was stolen.?
rear sway bar (best mod)
I would add body brace and fix the first thing that broke after testing the limit of this Dime store car
probably transaxle
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more power.? exhaust and intake Mod to make it breath better.!
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Dont see too many GS Barina's around these days. If youre going to mod it and upgrade the engine it's probably best to try and find a semi decent condition GTI and use it as a donor car. I recommend you check with your states Road Authority if you do decide to do an engine swap as the Barina wasnt released with the G13B in Aust, only NZ as far as im aware.

thx for the good ideas guys, I was thinking of doing a gti clone with different badges. probably out of my price range at first, but over time no problem.
is that 16v sohc head a 1.6?
I'm not apposed to swapping the motor to a new swift motor or something else.
I was thinking of a white line sway bars f+r as a must.
I do have some parts that I took off my 5 door, like lowering spring, front camber bolts, after market steering wheel and a few parts off the motor.
The barina gs is a cool car, will I think. it has gti seat and steering wheel and the fog lights in the front bumper.
I'm not sure about the side skirts and rear wing being a option at sale, but the g13ba carb was the only g13b motor in a barina 3 or 5 door.
A ex of mine had a 5 door auto 1.3, but it keep braking the torque plates, 3 in 6 months if I remember.

back in 2000, I did a turbo on a g13b dohc motor of a mate, I never got to see it on full song. (I was told it was stolen, but I found out that the motor ended up in another mates mini.)

On a another note, is there anyway of improving front end grip under full throttle? (stock running gear and tune.)
I ask because I'm having trouble with my 5 door braking traction from 5000rpm in the wet. btw it has 155/75r13 tyres.

hello again,
over the weekend I was able to get side skirts and rear wing.
after work I have managed to fit them and fix a few minor things.
this photo is of a bit of vinyl glued to some plastic then glued to centre console.











i'll keep you posted

update, just been doing some work on the old girl,
fitted the lowering springs, replaced the heater core, replaced the struts with a old mazda one I had, 2 was to much,



had to replace to rear metal pipe,


while I had the manifold off I did a quick port clean up,


I have a set of these mag wheels lying around,




what do you think of them?
still on the hunt of gti parts

The height, wheel, and tire size looks great.

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1994 Suzuki Swift GA SOHC. 4/5
Vogtland lowering coils
Ngk plugs
8mm silicon wires.

Hello again,
I've put in some upgrades, like central locking, 2nd rear light, push button start, shift light, pedal covers
and 3 gauges.

I like the nissan wheels. Looking good.

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1994 Suzuki Swift GA SOHC. 4/5
Vogtland lowering coils
Ngk plugs
8mm silicon wires.

thanks, they are not my first choice, but they have grown on me.
well I'm working on some fiberglass parts right now and the cost so far is less than $100.00
less the cost of the resin.
just recycling old materials and parts.

hi all,
this is what I have been working on, and still working on.

this is my mid wing that cost me $200 Au.



next little job, a flat floor.

Looking good. I'm digging the home made mid spoiler. Is that a step plate on the plate area?

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1994 Suzuki Swift GA SOHC. 4/5
Vogtland lowering coils
Ngk plugs
8mm silicon wires.

yes it is a step, but only small.
the mid wing is only decoration.
the next step is to work out a stereo.

Put a 5 channel amp in and a simple single 10 inch sub. Blammo. I'm going to be getting rid of almost every 4 channel amplifier I have and getting compact 5 ch. amps. I'm getting some new compact amps for all of my cars soon.

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1994 Suzuki Swift GA SOHC. 4/5
Vogtland lowering coils
Ngk plugs
8mm silicon wires.

hello guys and girls,
this is what I came up with for a stereo, the subs are from a 2nd hand shop and the rest 2nd hand from ebay.
the only new thing is the fuse holder and fuse.

Nice looking project good luck.

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1998 3/5, GR2 KYBs new mounts all around, Spring rubber spacers for that nice handling and rally look, MB x 7 wheels, Drilled and Slotted front discs, ceramic pads, New Lower control arms, New inner outer tie rods, Urethane bushings and zerk fittings, Urethane sway bar endlinks and bushings. new half shafts, New front bearings, Dark tinted windows, New 2 core radiator, 195 thermostat, Push button start. Silicone hoses (blue) installed CS 130 (105 amp) alternator conversion.

I like the subwoofer enclosure. Awesome work man.

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1994 Suzuki Swift GA SOHC. 4/5
Vogtland lowering coils
Ngk plugs
8mm silicon wires.

hello again,
I found a 2nd set of speakers so I wired them up as well.


now on the hunt for some sway bars, brakes and suspension, then mag's and tires.

hello again,
this is the rear light I fitted and didn't show you, sorry my bad.


finished off the spare wheel cover with some gas struts, I should of waited to get the struts before cutting the timber
frame, also added the factory stickers.


tried to buy some sway bars from ebay, but that didn't work out so now trying to work out a solution to this problem,
nothing a day at the wreckers can't fix

hey guys and girls,
sorry for the delay on the car, I had to stop work on it due to a head injury,
that happened while doing a gearbox swap on my driver.



I'll be starting back on it after X-mas.

hello guy's and girl's
This is what I've been working on since the injury,

Hello guy's and girl's ,
my plains have changed again, my daily driver was written off in a hail storm.
It's only good for some parts now, so this means it's a mad rush to get the 3 door
up and running asap. it's going to be na. for awhile before I build the turbo motor.

a quick parcel shelf repair, by carpeting over the old speaker holes.





fuel flap mods, doesn't look any good but it works.





The mags are on but not fitted with hub rings yet, I do have centre caps for them.





the old bosh 044 fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator and a gauge and intercooler and oil cooler.







not sure about the turbo yet ,green is a high flow t28, and the Toyota is a ct12a.



I might buy a new turbo yet, maybe a t25 or some thing like that.