Reno GTI

[lamborgini112]

Originally Posted by 7-even

i still dont get the gti thing. do you mean that there are suzuki swift gti's? the build sounds good. its going to be a rough ride for a daily driver though are you planning to just use it on the track? why aluminum for the exhaust instead of stainless? stainless would hold up allot better. are you planing to rebuild the trans with stronger internals? are you going to do any engine work or just the supercharger? if your going supercharger rotrex seems like the way to go, its the best design

your right, it is going to be kind of a rough ride, especially if i get the coilovers i want (barring budget constraints). The roads around here suck, i'd show you a picture but id be afraid someone would go blind in the horror that is a St. Louis road.

The car sees lots of autocross, lots. If it's not a sanctioned event by NASA then i'm always tackling different corners in my off time at work. Its nice to have access to a 14 acre parking lot of flat land or go careening around on some of the hilly backroads. The only true track events i go to as of right now are HPDE's. I'm still group 1 but i've learned so much and i've only gone to two events.

I'm not doing the whole exhaust in aluminum, maybe i phrased it wrong when i listed everything out, the only parts that will be aluminum are the cat delete and resonator delete. The rest is 304 steel. I figured the aluminum would hold up and could be easily repaired on those two parts.

The Transmission is going to be reworked, not near to the extent that phatslaya did his but definately reworked. This is the weak link in the cars thus far and i'm wanting to push it before i decide to coin up and by an F28 or something else.

As for the engine, i've been talking to kraftworks which is a huge dealer of the Rotrex superchargers. They said i could run on the stock internals and not push the engine but i do want to take a few precautionary measures. I'll prolly tear the block down after a compression test and make sure everythings working properly. Balance the crank and a very mild port and polish on the head (maybe extrude hone). This is something i'm kind of unsure about because no one has done it before so whatever the guys at kraftworks want is what i'm going to do. They said about 2300 for the supercharger and the brackets and pulleys to get it mounted to the engines going to run between 1100 and 1400. ouch. Plumbing it all up i trust the guys at HTP to do properly.

[lamborgini112]

Originally Posted by vivaaa

i no where ur coming from but the manufactures give the cars the names, its just thant ur changing it, thats why im expressing my opinion because i understand that u want it to be different and call it a GTI BUT i would agree with you if GM produced a reno gti or anything similar to that.....but they havent and thats where i cant understand this

because say i was building a "concept" viva does this mean i could call it a viva VXR because HSV makes a VXR model of the astra..................yer NO, it doesnt work like that and im pretty sure thats what ur doing by using the swift as an example

and iv got the same car as you so i no that they have the power but honestly unless ur gonna turbo it they arnt GTI quality haahha

Okay yes everyone with a reno has the same car, but there is no set spec sheet for a GTI. This is my take on what GM should have done here instead of the Convience package and the preferred package and all that jazz. We all know SWT should of had some performance enhancing pieces.

The reason i'm going with a different moniker is because i'm going to try an enhance the factory pieces as much as i can without going and buying new aftermarket custom bits... kinda like what Spoon do with Hondas. They don't make custom bits and bobs unless its warranted, alot of their stuff is just extremely enhanced factory pieces.

If you don't think i should call it a GTI that's fine but your car was badged as a Viva and although here it is a Reno yours was a viva, does that mean you can't change it... no. I want my completed car to be recognized as a GTI. And considering even cops around here don't know what kind of car it is, i stand a good chance of that. So i've said my two cents.

[mohnjanning]

hey ,just a thought, it might be cheaper to source and ship an f28. i heard tell of one being sold for $600 or something a while back. and you get a sixth gear. with the supercharger, have you found any good injector companies that make bigger applications for the reno? p.s. i tore out the firewall insulation this weekend. if anything, it makes more room for an intake manifold design i'm working on. it cleans up the engine bay too.

[7-even]

i had an f28 for sale $1000 shipped to your door a while back. alot of interest but no one came threw. $600 was probably before shipping. for injectors i think viper can supply a set or rework the stock set. as long as you get the right style i think you can use any company you like. as far as the GTI thing- you can call your car anything you want. i was just wondering why GTI? for example the si in civic si stands for sports injected, type r is for type racing. nismo is compleatly different. nismo is the racing division for nissan not a car model. for suzuki swt was a joke, it was a bomb, something they just made up. i dont think it even exists anymore. suzuki has parts made by suzuki sport. suzuki also uses outside companies such as monster sport and a bunch of others. i was wondering why GTI what does it stand for? its usually asociated with VW

[lamborgini112]

Originally Posted by mohnjanning

hey ,just a thought, it might be cheaper to source and ship an f28. i heard tell of one being sold for $600 or something a while back. and you get a sixth gear. with the supercharger, have you found any good injector companies that make bigger applications for the reno? p.s. i tore out the firewall insulation this weekend. if anything, it makes more room for an intake manifold design i'm working on. it cleans up the engine bay too.

RC engineering is who did the set of injectors on my myspace. They are for the Leganza engine. My initial idea was to run a second fuel rail and second set of injectors for more fuel underboost but i just really don't wanna go Turbo and decided Standalone and supercharged is more my thing. I'm glad i took my firewall insulation out... i like the added sound too. Make sure you post pics of intake mani design when its done.

[lamborgini112]

Originally Posted by 7-even

i had an f28 for sale $1000 shipped to your door a while back. alot of interest but no one came threw. $600 was probably before shipping. for injectors i think viper can supply a set or rework the stock set. as long as you get the right style i think you can use any company you like. as far as the GTI thing- you can call your car anything you want. i was just wondering why GTI? for example the si in civic si stands for sports injected, type r is for type racing. nismo is compleatly different. nismo is the racing division for nissan not a car model. for suzuki swt was a joke, it was a bomb, something they just made up. i dont think it even exists anymore. suzuki has parts made by suzuki sport. suzuki also uses outside companies such as monster sport and a bunch of others. i was wondering why GTI what does it stand for? its usually asociated with VW

For me the issue with the Reno is that i'd have to convert it to manual. I love driving manual, my forenza was before i sold it to my brother but Not only would i need the super expensive transmission but also the Flywheel and all the litttle bits to convert the reno from auto to manual. I don't know which would be more cost effective but definately worth a look i suppose. I probablly won't make more than 280 PS with this setup. Sorry bout the Nismo thing, their stuff is SE-R for Special Edition Racing and Spec V.

GTI in the VW world has 2 meanings...kinda like the bible. The old world meaning is the GT model with Injection (Gran Turismo Injected). The new world model is Grand Touring International. I like this second one because i believe our cars are extremely diverse and have a presence in almost every continent cept antartica and africa.

[7-even]

2 fuel rails is cool but your not going to make enough hp to justify all the extra work involed. there are plenty of injectors that can supply fuel for our hp range. you might want to upgrade the fuel pump though so the motor doesnt starve. oh if your interested lamborgini112, i have a sandwich plate adapter for installing an oil cooler and sensors onto the reno/forenza motor. its unused and machined from a single block of aluminum. i had 2 of them and want to sell the one i didnt use. if your interested shoot me a pm. if not ill just post it for sale.

[lamborgini112]

yeah the 2 fuel rail thing i got from Bisimoto's build up for castrols top shop challenge... it was cool but uncalled for. RC engineering said they could get the stock fuel injectors to flow as high i'm ever gonna need them to hit 250 hp. I am gonna run a Walbro 255lph fuel pump. fuelpumps.net: The Leading Fuel Pumps Site on the Net has one i believe. If not i've got a write up on how to get an SRT4 pump in there.

pm sent.

[lamborgini112]

okay, my project got put on hiatus due to the dealer thing but i've finally got some more parts in and have done a few bits of work.

Pics coming soon

Okay so first i got the oil sandwich plate in and i've ordered a cooler that i intend to put behind the drivers side of the front bumper. I'm a little worried about oil pressure so i've debated on using an accusump to keep oil pressures consistent.

I've also done a mild port and polish on the throttle body. I've still got to fashion a new butterfly for it. the original TB is 60 mm and i've bored mine out to 61.5mm. This is going to affect my idle so i'm not going to put it on till i run the megasquirt. I hope to do a full write up on porting the intake mani.

Also i've converted more of the lights in the car to blue LEDs. This is so much of a pain i'm regretting doing it.

Anywho, thought i'd let you all know i'm still working on this project.

[Forenza Owner]

Blue leds? Nice. I only changed out my trunk, dome, and map lights to blue leds. Hopefully you won't encounter any bumps in your project.