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Like all Grand Prix Formula 1 teams, CappuccinoSPORT has been busy developing its very own series of radical racing cars this winter. We, not only worked on a Hayabusa engine for the Cappuccino, we also been working very hard on the conventional 12 valve/ 3 cylinder 657cc engine. Basically, our aim was to create the fasted, most reliable 3 cylinders under 700cc engine.

What we wanted to do was to offer Cappuccino owners some reliable options to increase the performance for their cars. Before us, it was left to some amateurs here and there to try a few things. Unfortunately, all of them had there engine blowing off a few times in the process. Including my self! When that happen, it's expensive and it doesn't leave you with much money to really research what can be done to the engine.

What most of us was doing was to add more powerful parts to the engine, and wishing for the best. The mistake we were doing was to under spend effort and money on the actual engine. Reliability is what's first needed when you're working on a 3 cylinder. Than, when you engine is better, you can start building on bigger Turbo, NOS kit and so on.

So I decided to take 2 of my Cappuccino engines and use them to make some research and development. It was also down to the generosity of James at Fairfax who invested some of his time as well. All we had to do was to take the engines: strip them down; rework them; put them back together and test them.

Before we started, I had my Cappuccino bhp tested on a rolling road. The result was very disappointing. (See result on the first graphic on the right) The maximum bhp I got was 84 bhp. That's was from a normal engine with a bigger turbo. Basically, I had stage 1 done. (See below for the description)
Then I had stage 2 done on my Cappuccino! WOW! What a difference! From 84 bhp I got to 141 bhp. (See result on the second graphic on the left) That's what I call fast! And it's just a start. To be fair, we also increased to turbo to 1.2 bar. On the graphic you can see the boost increase and the result. The red line is 1 bar. But still, it is a big difference and it shows how much we can achieve if you start at the right place with the right knowledge. So we have started to develop a few of the engine ready to be swap in your Cappuccino.

And here's the result we can offer you, so far . . . [ click here ]