alright

im new to the swift not even picked it up, but im after some jdm style alloys, NO HALFORDS SPECIALS ETC...
the swift is a 1997 1.3 gls 3 door bought as a runabout while my st205 gt4 has some serious engine modifications,

im interested to know what other cars are the same fitment and wheather the gls is the same fitment as the gti... hope to stick around hopefully i wont spend too much on this as im meant to be using to save the money to have the gt4 engine forged, bigger turbo, stand alone etc etc....as i want to make the 400bhp mark.

but considering i fully enjoyed my saxo vts which had been tuned and 150bhp i t probably wont take long untill i start looking what fits in a swift.

cheers anyway
jim

hi and welcome! This forum is for GTi as you know,
but this is for Gti wannabes:

http://www.swiftowners.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=68

alroght mate welocme gls are welcome aswell lol you will love the swifts easy power easy 4wd aswell

steve

daymoon wrote:hi and welcome! This forum is for GTi as you know,
but this is for Gti wannabes:

http://www.swiftowners.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=68

alrite daymoon!!
hows your 3cyl going btw?


welcome to the forum mate, hope you`v got deep pockets mate coz 400 hp aint cheap
and nothing from the vts will fit the swift

gary

cheers for the welcomes i seem to of confused some of you lol,

im after to get the gt4 to 400bhp its currently running 300bhp would of been around the 330bhp mark but i had to sell my hks fcon piggyback and gcc because of work and ive not fitted my fmic, but for that the fully forged engines that have already been done pop up for £1000-£2000 then theres your turbo which again £1000 or so id like to get my own engine forged so that in know everythings been done but we will see, a few guys on gt4oc are aiming for the 380bhp mark on stock internals to see how far they can go which will be interesting, but all in all i estimate about 5k or so to get it close. which is the reason for it coming off the road and getting a cheap run about.

also when i meant my vts i meant i enjoyed how fast it was and that it wont take long untill i start looking at whats involved in an engine conversion and whats worth doing to it, main bit for now though is im after some alloys which i signed up here for, by no means am i a gti wannabe i just wanted to find somewhere to get a nice set of wheels ive got the gt4 when its finnished for fun at trackdays.

that`l teach me for speed reading

gary

sell the vts get a gti dont french cars set on fire everytime you go left and i love it when you speak to someone with a clio or saxo and they say "lowerd on spax springs on the front and 2 clicks on the rear" LMAO get dome pics up of all the cars dude


steve

dont get me started on french cars lol
my m8 has a 306 gti-6 and it doesnt even do a full lock to the right cause the wheel hits the 6speed gearbox,

Id never have a french car unless it was a clio v6 just for the noise and rwd fun lol

i meant gti wannabes as in non gti owners modifying their swift ie. lowering, wheels, gti bodykit etc....

isent that you though

steve

STEVEGTI2 wrote:isent that you though

steve

oh shut up i am practically paying you wages every week


but yes sadly thats me

haha what i get off you doesent even put fuel in my car lol


steve

STEVEGTI2 wrote:haha what i get off you doesent even put fuel in my car lol


steve

buy a push bike then

ive got 2 lol

trek 4300 24" frame [big handle bars are at my armpit im 6ft ] and rare as shit

trek madone all carbon fibre about 6kg as sused by lance armstrong

you cant win

steve

my bikes cooler

i honestly cant diss the vts and i had an mg zs 180 years back, guess which one the headgaskets gone on the japanese toyota celica. french cars are quite good motors at least the faults on them always turned out to be summat stupid, the gt4s got a steel hg and its still gone, possibly cracked head, infact the celicas given me no end of problems, i love the car though i must admit.

heres a few piccys of my celica ill get some piccys up of the vts tomorrow was a tidy little motor.















Toyota Celica ST205 GT-Four
J Import
1995
AWD
2.0
16v
Twin Entry CT20B Turbo
255bhp(stock)
Up To 300BHP+@1.1 BAR
Overboost Cut@1.25 BAR

MODS:
Greddy Speed De-limiter
MPH Clocks
Greddy TRUST GRacer Airinx Mushroom Filter
Greddy TRUST Elbow
Blitz Nur Spec S Exhaust
Demon Motorsport 3" Downpipe
Forge Motorsport Fast Road Dump Valve
Toyota Oil Filter
Millers CTS 10/40 Fully Synthetic Oil
Always Run On Shell V-Power 99Ron
HKS III EVC/Boost Controller
Blitz FATT/Turbo Timer
Blitz Twin Plate Active Clutch
RT-Performance Pre-Preg Carbon Fibre Bonnet
JDM Kouki Rear Lights
Separate Rear Fog Light(Import)
Samco, PJ Motorsport and Race-Spec Performance Hoseing
OMP Furious Steering Wheel
OMP Horn Button
MOMO Steering Wheel Boss
TRD gear Knob
TRD Quickshift
TRD Oil Filler Cap
ASI Highflow Aluminium Radiator
Blitz 1.3 BAR Radiator Cap
Polished Turbo Manifold Cover
Aluminium Cooling Panel
Race X 2" Digital Sport Voltage Meter Gauge
Race X 2" Digital Sport Oil Pressure Gauge
Race X 2" Digital Sport Turbo Boost Gauge
Rays Engineering 17" Lightweight Alloys
Rays Engineering Annodised Blue Wheel Nuts
4 Toyo T1-R Proxys
RT-Performance 6 Point Rollcage
EBC grooved and drilled Front discs
EBC Yellow Stuff Front and Rear Brake Pads
Clifford 650 cat 1 alarm and immobiliser
Alpine MP3/WAV Headunit
Inphase Speakers Front and Rear

BITS WAITING TO BE FITTED:
TRD Oil Filter
Blueprint Front and Rear Brake Pads
Forge Motorsport 60mm FMIC
3mm Heatwrap For Downpipe

I had some TRD Coilovers, HKS F-CON V Piggyback ECU, HKS Graphic Control Computer aswell I had to sell those due to work going quiet recently

iv had 2 frog cars
the r5 and a 309gti
the 309 handled almost perfectly, not as good as a teg r tho

gary

aye gotta be honest i am fond of the french stuff, my only reason for going jap was because i was fed up of everyone digging into the vts untill i taught them a lesson not to laugh at little cars,
well that and it was going to cost over 5k to get to the next stage with a turbo in the end i just went out and spent that money on something that was still underated but that would not be the target of chav jokes,
because everyone was always on my back about me owning a french car and spending that type of money seemed pointless if everyone else was going to just come out with comments like you could of bought a scooby/evo for that for that reason alone i didnt buy either i bought the dark horse in the same league that never gets a mention the gt4, heres some piccys of the saxo and it was a great car and i would deffo have another at some point as a second car. found a few piccys of my mg zs 180 aswell to throw in another car that was a pleasure to drive that gets slated.

























heres a pic of my 1st car aswell astra mk3 si haha bare in mind i was only 17 and fast and the furious had just come out so i got over excited. will give a few people a laugh though lol

DISASTRA


steve

STEVEGTI2 wrote:DISASTRA


steve

sure was although if you think back to the early fandf days it looked kind of cool when it was acceptable, there was no tacky neons or led washer jets, i just got grief for the tea tray although on many occassions it was usefull for eating a kfc off lol. after that i had about 10 other mk3 astras, they always say when you leave vauxhall you always come back, well i think im an acception once i broke the mould after a 1.4 corsa b sport, i bought my mg and found that i never really want a vauxhall again, i did end up with another for about 2 weeks last year just as a money making exercise and again it bored me to tears, great work horses but they have no excitement tbh.

the swifts alot of fun as a gls and i can see me going onto a gti before long if i dont go the baleno route and i free up abit more cash, also dependant on what insurance is like the idea this time was to buy the swift to save money for the celica build for next year to make the gt4 a serious piece of kit at santa pod and trackdays, what i havent spent in insurance, maintainance and fuel gos towards that but i find it alot of fun, i do keep my eye on pistonheads at the gtis, hopefully i can fight the urge but im meant to be keeping this for a year and i cant see that happening myself. lol