MY CHARADE

[0R94ZM]

WHO EVER OWNS A CHARADE IS A LEDGEND. IVE JUS BOUGHT MY SECOND CHARADE. I KINDA RECKT MY LAST 1. I WAS RACING A NISSAN EXA SR20 WITH 3 PEOPLE IN MINE, REDLINING 3RD GEAR AT 150KM/H AND MY BONNET FLEW UP ON ME SMASHING THE SHIT OUT OF MY WINDSCREEN AND DROPING MY ROOF DOWN 10CM OR SO. WELL IT WAS ALL WORTH IT, I BEAT HIM BY HALF A CAR. BTW A STANDARD 1.3L VS A SR20 2.0L.!!!! GO CHARADES!!!!
IM JUS WONDERING IF ANY1 COULD HELP ME OUT. IVE BOUGH A NEW WHITE 97 CHARADE 1.3L 3DR. IM LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE HANDLING ON IT AND ALSO DROP SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE BAY THAT WILL AT LEAST GET ME CHOPPING REXIES. HOLLA BAK 2 ME ANY1 WITH ANY IDEAS THAT WILL WORK AND NUFIN THATS GONNA INVOLVE BIG $$$$$$$$. OR IF ITS WORTH WORKING THE 1.3L... THANKS GUYS AND GALS.......

[g201freak]

I had a '94 TS Charade a while back. I spun a bearing returning home from work doing about 130kph on the highway in SA. After heaps of searching around and price finding I decided to drop in the De-Tomaso 1.6Lt with the c/r gearbox.
GEE-ZUZ. My mate in a VS 5.0Lt Maloo ute got the shock of his life when he spotted me doing a u-turn behind him and tried to speed off. He had no chance. He was doing 60Kph when I turned around at about 25-30Kph and passed him in no time.
This conversion cost me around $3500 but that was back in 1999 or 2000.
It's a simple bolt-in/wire-up swap and motor/gearbox can be bought for around $2500 now.
(+ $650 for exhaust setup)
I also got lowered Pedders suspension and adjustable camber pins for the rear.
Just one word of warning.....
Don't use the standard 5 speed for the cheaper option. The extra 50% in hp will smash them like an egg. (I have 2 still sitting in the shed with no 2nd gear.)

[dirty hands]

the toyota starlet engine with a manual gearbox is the best option
1998 era
or a gti turbo charade engine with matching gearbox

I have the 1.3 4 cyl efi and its gutless 4 valves per cylinder

the computers unless you hot chip it wont do much
the timing belt would probably break the engine is too weak and a shocking gear ratio