NZ Performance Car – September 2019

HEART
ENGINE:TR-XX EF-JL, 659cc, transverse
three-cylinder
BLOCK: EF-JL bored to 740cc, K3-VET
4 mm oversize pistons
HEAD: Custom Kelford Cams camshafts,
custom head gasket
INTAKE: Carbon-fibre cold-air box, two-
inch K&N pod filter
EXHAUST: 2.5-inch downpipe, two-inch
316 stainless-steel system, two Adrenalin
R barrel mufflers
TURBO: IHI VF 13/14 hybrid, factory
manifold with adaptor plate
WASTEGATE: Internal 10psi
BOV: HKS Super Sequential
FUEL: Walbro 255-litre-per-hour in-tank
fuel pump, 350cc GTti injectors, Tomei fuel
rail, SARD fuel-pressureregulator (FPR)
IGNITION: MSD coil, NGK leads, NGK dual
spark plugs
ECU:Link G4+ Atom
COOLING: HKS half-size radiator, Samco
hoses, Derale slimline electric fan
EXTRA:Shaved engine bay, battery
relocated, loom spliced and tucked,
turbo beanie

PERFORMANCE

POWER: 63kW (run-in tune)

TORQUE: 102.47Nm

BOOST: 10psi (run-in tune)

FUEL TYPE: 98 octane

TUNER: ST Hi-tec

DRIVELINE

GEARBOX:L700 Mira five-speed

CLUTCH: Exedy four-puck bronze-

centred race clutch

FLYWHEEL:Lightened

EXTRA: L 700 Mira axles, L 700 Mira hub

conversion

SUPPORT

STRUTS:(F) Custom Koni coilovers, King

springs; (R) Koni shocks, King springs

BRAKES: (F) L 700 Mira calipers, L 700

Mira rotor; (R)L 700 Mira drums

EXTRA: TR-XX front arms, TR-XX sway

bars, custom sway-bar mounts

justice he felt it deserved, Chris set out to get his hands on the

mack daddy of Daihatsu running-gear packages, and, luckily for

him, it wasn’t far away — sitting on the same back lawn whence

the rolling body had come.

That same friend Tim from earlier was sitting on a damaged

TR-XX Mira. Now, unless you’re a Mira aficionado, we don’t expect

you to know what that means, so let us fill you in: the TR-XX was

the top-tier offering that came crammed with a monster — as far

as Miras go, anyway — three-cylinder turbo powerhouse that

made bang on the 47kW limit that a kei was able to make and had

more waiting to be tapped into by those looking for it. Chris was

able to sweet-talk the donor car away from Tim under the promise

of transferring all the good bits over into the four-door to make one

good example.

With the cars built like Lego, it was a simple case of unbolting

everything from one shell and throwing it at the other. However,

Chris took the opportunity to brew up a little recipe of his own and

push the boundaries of that 47kW figure. Using a set of pistons

SHOES

WHEELS: 14-inch Speedline GTti

TYRES: 165/55R14 Sunfull SF-888