Anybody got a Cappuchino ?

[steve-V8s]

Hello you Jap car lot, have popped over from the TVR section.

Anybody on here got a Cappuccino ? Was wondering about using one as the basis for a light weight hill climb car but it seems they are mostly very rusty or have had a lot of repairs to the shell. I have read a bit on the web but wondered if there was anybody on her that has one could have a chat with.

[JWH]

My father's had one for 10-12 years as a weekend car. Still only done 37k, rarely seen rain and never a salted road. I used to know quite a lot about them in his early days of ownership, much of which I've probably forgotten but happy to try and answer any questions you have.

[350Matt]

I've got one

its great, not slow by any standard and surprsingly refined at motorway speeds depsite pulling 5K at 80mph weighs in at 725kg and Suzuki cheated slightly and rated their engine at 63Bhp at the wheels where Honda etc went for 63 Bhp at the flywheel for their K cars

they do seem to rust tho' looked at a couple and went for something that needed a bit of work but was cheap

but probably an ideal basis for a race car as there's not much to 'em in terms of extras to start with apart from AC and a stereo, the engine can be tweaked a little and cheaply with a boost controller, air filter exhaust etc to about 85 ponies (stock is about 75) after that you need bigger turbos, biger injectors and ECU swaps to climb into the heady world of 3 figure power outputs

I drive mine every day as if driven gently and under 75mph I get 45mpg out of it so its a fun commuter car

this one looks pretty decent:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120798654367?ssPageName=...

Edited by 350Matt on Wednesday 26th October 12:55

[Jdmodified]

Steve, I just rebuilt a engine on one and tuned it with a standalone, gimme a shout if theres anything you want to know.
James