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Espresso engine in a light Cappuccino... please!
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Once you’ve got a taste for the Cappuccino, the 1st thing you feel is: I wonder how good it will be if it’s was bit stronger?? And there you go! This is when you start searching how you can get this little engine, or another engine for that matter, a little more boost!!!
We have been working on this sole subject for the last 8 years. For us to, it started the same way: we tried the little Kei car and got the feel for the kart like driving. And then we tested different engines and setting. After many experiences, here’s the results:
But before we start explaining what work and what doesn’t, here’s a bit our philosophy about the subject; first of all we like Suzuki products and engines. Suzuki always has been best known for their small but very efficient engine. And they still make the most powerful/light engine there is and therefore prefer their engines to anything else. You simply think about the Hayabusa engine and you get the drift of what I’m saying. Furthermore we like to keep our Cappuccino as homogeny as possible. So you won’t see us try to install a Toyota or Mazda engine in a Cappuccino. It’s simply not its place. For at least 2 good reasons.
The first reason is the weight. Tuning a Cappuccino also mean to make sure that the perfect balance 50/50 front/rear is respected. One of the numerous good things about the Cappuccino is its handling. It’s in no circumstances that we would be messing with that. We’re not here to destroy what’s already great in a Cappuccino but to enhance it.
The second reason is the overall appearance of the Cappuccino. When someone opens the bonnet, the last comment we want to hear is: “nice kit car. What donor engine is that?” We want our car to look like they were out of the manufacture. That everything it’s there meant to be there and that you wouldn’t have it any other way.
For us, for now, there are only 3 choices of engines that follow those criteria to perfection: The F6A, the K6A or the V8 Hayabusa engine.
We have been working on this sole subject for the last 8 years. For us to, it started the same way: we tried the little Kei car and got the feel for the kart like driving. And then we tested different engines and setting. After many experiences, here’s the results:
But before we start explaining what work and what doesn’t, here’s a bit our philosophy about the subject; first of all we like Suzuki products and engines. Suzuki always has been best known for their small but very efficient engine. And they still make the most powerful/light engine there is and therefore prefer their engines to anything else. You simply think about the Hayabusa engine and you get the drift of what I’m saying. Furthermore we like to keep our Cappuccino as homogeny as possible. So you won’t see us try to install a Toyota or Mazda engine in a Cappuccino. It’s simply not its place. For at least 2 good reasons.
The first reason is the weight. Tuning a Cappuccino also mean to make sure that the perfect balance 50/50 front/rear is respected. One of the numerous good things about the Cappuccino is its handling. It’s in no circumstances that we would be messing with that. We’re not here to destroy what’s already great in a Cappuccino but to enhance it.
The second reason is the overall appearance of the Cappuccino. When someone opens the bonnet, the last comment we want to hear is: “nice kit car. What donor engine is that?” We want our car to look like they were out of the manufacture. That everything it’s there meant to be there and that you wouldn’t have it any other way.
For us, for now, there are only 3 choices of engines that follow those criteria to perfection: The F6A, the K6A or the V8 Hayabusa engine.
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