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Prettiest Engine Swap I've seen!

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Jayrz

Jayrz

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I am sure many of you have seen this gentlemans page detailing the gorgeous engine swap he performed on his Bugeye. the motor is a Suzuki G13B from the car Suzuki sold here some years back in the Swift GTi. Twin cam 16valve all aluminum 1.3 liter engine that produces 100hp stock.

Take a look, it is very impressive...

https://www.ado13.com/dohczuke/dohc.htm
 
He really does awsum work, yep we have seen that before but not the new pics. Thanks.
 
woof! That's gotta be FUN. Only "ding" I can see is that poxy fuel pressure regulator. Otherwise it looks impressive.
 
That would seem to be a near-perfect engine for this application: very small, very light, very powerful.
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif I'd be surprised if that engine weighed more than about 300 pounds.

100 HP stock! 100 HP would really move a bugeye.

I'd like to borrow this guy for a couple of weeks on a project or two of mine!

Nice job.
 
Lots of great engineering in that car. It is one of the best looking engine swaps that I have seen in quite a while. I think I would lose the Suzuki markings on the valve covers. Maybe grind them off, and give them a good polish. Even put an AH emblem on them. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Thanks for the link. I just happen to have one of those engines. Think they'd let me race in H production with it instead of the original? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Woody Deathrage races one of those 1.3 in a Suzuki Swift in GP, now being to FP in the SCCA, in race form, that is one little screaming motor, I'm still a A-series guy, and you can get a 100 hp in street form out of a 1275, and probalby do it cheaper than all the work this guy has done, but that is a neat job, and I'm definately impressed, thanks for sharing. The only downside I see to the whole deal is the value of the car is now killed.
 
Looking at the swap very closely the one thing I don't like is cutting that crossmember. If there was a smaller trans, like the 210 trans, that fit without cutting i'd be alot more likely to give it a try but that Samuri trans is just huge.

besides,, 100 hp SHOULD be plenty right? Can't wait to drive mine!
 
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