TeamSwift

My buddys work...geiser bros and lfi dakar racer fabricator...this is his day job...

Killer job and killer engineering!

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GEO MAFIA!
00 swift 2dr turbo 1.3 5spd 4.10. Sold to friend.
93 geo metro with 96 1.3 5spd swap turboed at 5psi. roommates.
14 ford Mustang v6.

I figure ill think outloud by saying once i get sick of dickin with the bike carbs, i may swap carbs for efi ITBs, plug the injectors, and weld a flange on the end of my plenum for a ca125 or 200 lpg mixer and blow thru that...nothing else in the system would have to be changed to do so......electric lockoff, E vaporizer boost referenced, and boost referenced mixer...lpg is awsome and SO CRISP...110 oct too...dead reliable...one screw for low, one screw for high mix...turbos and lpg go together like wheels and tires...awsome fuel for a toy...i loved it on my m62 sami...hmmm....

Just like this..

A little throw back to the musclcar days lol

give us a wider shot of the power bulge.

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1991 Blue Geo Metro Convertible highly modified 1.0L Turbo3 5 spd. - 1991 Red Geo Metro Convertible customized with a Twincam 5 spd.

My Turbo3 Project
My Cardomain Page -Ol' Blue
My YouTube Channel
My Photo Gallery
SAAB Sonett II

Seats finally arrived...

Got a 140$ woth of lexan sheet in the garage for plastic hatch and back side windows...probably really not worth it outside of the race look...oh well...the price to be different...

Ya, I was there too. I removed my hatch glass and side windows to make laxan windows and screw flanges for my Mark1. When i saw how light the factory glass was, I put them back in.
Darcy

22 lbs per door GONE...window nets it will be...ill pretty everything up another day...anyone need side glass?!!!

Peekaboo...skull from east africa tribe craftsman sent by my unc during a overseas film trip he did as a meaning of good fortune..the shifter is from my old 68 barracuda i had when i was a teen! ...everything has a story...anywhoo..3 gears @ a flick of my pinky...never have to take my hand away for a up/downshift..pretty sweet..ill mount the lever for lockout shown in the pic tommorrow.all tig welded...should be trick!

Gotta scrounge up a heim for the lever lock..other than that i likey..puts the shifter at the wheel and feels like a shifter cart from the drivers seat!

Lexan...

freakin' hoodoo car!

where's the radio?

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1991 Blue Geo Metro Convertible highly modified 1.0L Turbo3 5 spd. - 1991 Red Geo Metro Convertible customized with a Twincam 5 spd.

My Turbo3 Project
My Cardomain Page -Ol' Blue
My YouTube Channel
My Photo Gallery
SAAB Sonett II

Cage work begins...going all. 095" wall 1.5" od dom tube with 1"x.095"wall stringers for triangulation...ill post a crude drawing...only 2 bends in the b pillars with mitered roof bar with slugs...trophy truck style...stronger than a continuous bend...all nodes and straight bars!

Cheesey scetch but youll get the idea...

Figured id mention that im workin a trade for solidworks 2012 premium edition...also savin my pennies for a decent rapid prototyper/3d printer...if i can get one reasonably..ill whip out some files for a few product ideas i have..some of my ideas are swift related of course...wish me luck!

I know your'e probably using .095 for weight savings but why not .120 for strength? Using .120 gussets as well?

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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)

.095 dom is plenty for a 1500 lb car imo...most racetrucks im around are. .065-095...chromo tho...and most of them are near 7k lbs...triangulation and sound welds are more important than wall thickness ...based on the carnage ive seen anyhow..plus the mitered hoop and floor bars will be dimple died sheetmetal gusseted at the b pillar and kick panel/floor...gonna be tough to fuck up that much metal...lol

No tube gussets between coping/nodes...only sheet gusseting to further tie it into the chassis...i will run forward extending floor/door bars as well..

Well insted of boxes or plates for the hoop to sit on i decided on this...quadrupal shear floorbar with sheetmetal gusseting..hoop will be notched and sit on this bar...the hoop would have to break plate welds and tear stitch welded sheet gussets AND poke thru a mostly uncompromised floor pan after crushing a peice of 1.5"x.120" wall floor bar first..should be clean and tough as shit..

i love it when a plan comes together.

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1991 Blue Geo Metro Convertible highly modified 1.0L Turbo3 5 spd. - 1991 Red Geo Metro Convertible customized with a Twincam 5 spd.

My Turbo3 Project
My Cardomain Page -Ol' Blue
My YouTube Channel
My Photo Gallery
SAAB Sonett II

Smore cage work...bottom bar in...1.5"x.120 wall DOM...1/8" cold rolled plate ties...stitch welded...got lazy and just migged it in but itsa good start...

getting very stiff now

flex will be a thing of the past!

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Suzuki bring back cheap lightweight cars but this time in RWD

Pick up two stics tommorrow to start bendin tube...floor plates for door bars in...cage design revised...no mitered top hoop...just gonna bend it instead..