Guest Thurem Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I know it would be cruel and unusual, but I'm being offered a Geo Metro for cheap and it could be a vehicle to drive while the Z is apart. Now I'm starting to think it would also be a super sleeper if I could make it build some horsepower. It has a 3 cyl 1000cc motor with a single fuelinjector. How hard would it be to turbo, does anybody have any experience with these little sewingmachines. How about 200hp, would surely scare some hondaboys. Thure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 You may want to try and find a Chev Sprint Turbo (it even sounds funny saying it, turbo manifold on a sprint ) manifold, I think its the same engine manufactured by Suzuki. I'm not sure it has the margin in its construction to put out 200 hp, that would be over 2 hp per litre, alot of boost I'm guessing. It would be a cute project, I'm sure you could easily get 100 hp out of it, I think it only had about 45-50 hp to start with. Hmmm, maybe a turbo'ed hyabusa engine in there... Now that would be cool... Regards, Lone Ps: I'd drive it as is, get the good mileage and put the money saved on gas into the Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Somethings like sleeping dogs and cars like Geo Metros are just better left alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennysgreen280zt Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Do the suzuki swift GTI swap.... you get 120hp 4 cyl and 1.4 L of terror!!!! I would keep the metro stock .... who could pass up 50 mpg on gas! ~Kenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Actually, I think it is a 1.3 liter engine. I would spend my money where it counts, on the Z. No sense spending good go fast money on a 3 cylinder car that will likely break when you have the Z. Thats my .02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 This is a Z board right? Isnt there a Misc Section this should be in? Why oh why would you ever spend money on making a 3cyl Geo go fast? Sleeper it may be but I bet even after your turbo a stock Integra would still smoke you. If you really wanna spend money to go fast and you wanna post in a High performance Z board why dont you uhhh spend it on your Z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Funny... Erik Messley just bought a Geo Metro and we've got a friend over at Suzuki that's dying to give us a Hayabusa drivetrain to put in the thing. Unfortunately, even getting the 175hp Hayabusa motor for free still has us looking at $10K easy to get it installed and working. Stock, the 3cyl Metro makes 51 hp. Even if you could triple that with a good turbo setup you're still only at 150hp for a 1,790 lb car (yes, we corner weighed the thing - perfect cross weights!) I think you're best bet is to just drive it and throw it away when it doesn't run anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 sell it as a go cart when your finished with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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