New F20 owner

[runnin4life]

hi all
i may be getting a
Daihatsu

F20 or 50 or 10 (wouldnt have a clue i just know what it looks like)


i have a few questions i would like to ask every one in the know

1 is there any common things i should look out for like chassis cracks or any thing like that

2 what are my options suspension wise i was thinking of making some 2inche extended shackles

3 what size tyres could i fit with the shackles

if any one could help me out with general knowledge its would be much appreciated

ill probally get it as its at the right price and lots of spares and i know the
cars history ( familly freind is the owner )

sorry if its a little all over the place
i will try to attach a pic of it
cheers
elliot

[elgordomuygrande]

1 is there any common things i should look out for like chassis cracks or any thing like that

Frame is basically very strong and heavy for a little vehicle like this, but check the tubular crossmember in front of the rear wheels. This is where the fixed springhangers are mounted to and the can be bent or cracked

2 what are my options suspension wise i was thinking of making some 2inche extended shackles

You can get away with 2 inch shackles, but the short springs will increase the caster angle quite alot, so expect a different handling (but probably that's nothing to worry about cuz it handles like shiat in stock form). same goes for the rear driveshaft angle

3 what size tyres could i fit with the shackles

with 2 inch schackles you should have no problems with 30 under it ( 31 with a little rubbing)


hope this'll help a little

Cheers,
Ron

[runnin4life]

thanks that helps a hell of alot

hope fully go looking at it this weekend

ive only looked at it a few times this time i will be going over it with a fine tooth comb

cheers
elliot

[*BESTY*]

hi all
i may be getting a
dishatsue

WTF

[elgordomuygrande]

hi all
i may be getting a
dishatsue

WTF

forgive the hatsu newb.
It'll change for sure when he buys the old girl and he puts his zuck in teh forsal section

Now for the tech content in this thread

You'll probably noticed I forgot to mention any body issues. Common rust spots(actually whole body ) are the window frame, the sheetmetal above the dashboard, rear corners, rail under the roof. Don't let this fool you because teh chassis and drivetrain are prolly in good nick

[Area54]

Plenty of knowledge on board here, prolly more tech and manuals than some of the other brand forums...

Looks like an 80's onwards model from the grill/bonnet/front clip, but can't see the fins on the side of the body to be sure of the year.

[Chris F20 maniac]

hi all
i may be getting a
dishatsue

F20 or 50 or 10 (wouldnt have a clue i just know what it looks like)


i have a few questions i would like to ask every one in the know

1 is there any common things i should look out for like chassis cracks or any thing like that

2 what are my options suspension wise i was thinking of making some 2inche extended shackles

3 what size tyres could i fit with the shackles

if any one could help me out with general knowledge its would be much appreciated

ill probally get it as its at the right price and lots of spares and i know the
cars history ( familly freind is the owner )

get it get it get it!!!!!!!!!!!

my F20 was in my family too!

ive put 2inch extended shackles on mine, a 2 inch body lift and 34" LTB swampers without any real probs.

with the extended shackles and a little cutting i recon you could fit in 31" or 32" muddies with possibly a little rubbing........ but that just means you have to cut more away

if you have any q's dont be afraid to ask, and have a good search through the F20 pics sticky topic. ive got some pics up in there about all the stuff ive done.

welcome to daihatsu!

[elgordomuygrande]

with the extended shackles and a little cutting i recon you could fit in 31" or 32" muddies with possibly a little rubbing........ but that just means you have to cut more away

The first thing it touches are the springs on full compression and the framerails, so use the right offset on your rims. That's for 31x10,5, ehen flexing they clear the wheelarches by 1 cm. Go larger you have to cut the wheelarches like chris said . I don't like to cut the sheetmetal but hey that's just personal

[runnin4life]

sorry about the dishatsue i keep forgetting how to spell diahatsue

um yer this is really great info i had a quick scan through the F20 pics thing really help full

im trying to get on to my dad to organise a time i can go see it and hope fully buy it
even with out looking at it i would buy cus i know its been driven by some one who knows how to drive and they wouldnt have flogged it although it has done some pretty hard stuff

i think the first few thing i will do is more cosmetic stuff its looking a little ruff
and general maintanance

i also thing its a f20 as going by the comprehensive daihatsu list the only petrol's listed are the f10's and f20's and i know its not a 1ltr but dont know it actual size


cheers
elliot

[runnin4life]

were these made by toyota at any point i remember some one saying that

would this explain the engine being title 12R
i know toyota named a few engines similiar the one that comes to mind is the 18R

[elgordomuygrande]

Yip, Daihatsu made but some where rebadged as Toyota Blizzard to fill a gap in the product line up in the late 70's/early 80's.

The petrol engines are toyota's and bulletproof, but no ponies at all..
The diesel engines are rumored to be close family of the 20/22r series Yota petrol engines, although I can't verify that

[runnin4life]

yer thats a would be a consideration when i get it as i wont get my P's till end of the yeari was thinging of diong a little engine work maybe some exaust and intake work (bigger carby, extractors) and maybe other stuff but depends of funda at the time
but none the less will be fun

[runnin4life]

yer i just got back from talking to the owner and i can have it for $1700 will have the money on wensday hopefully and pick the car up on wensday
or thursday

i didnt find out what year model but i know its a delux hard top (obviousl by the pics) the paint is pretty rough but it doesnt bother me 2 much

its a 1.6 with an aftermarket carby, 31 all terains that are well over 18 months old and still got plenty of meat left
the only fault is the body is rough and the electronic choke on the carby dont work i will have to get that one sorted

its mechanically A1

um he took me for a drive goes all right for its age still locks the wheels up when compression braking which i thought was pretty cool

did these things come with a 5 speed cus mine is a 4 speed



im kinda excited had to tell some pplz

and i better introduce my self ill be spending a lot of time in here now
im elliot
im 16
and a apprentice sheet metal worker



sorry bout the long post

cheers
elliot
out

[Area54]

the later models did come with a 5 speed, but they can be pretty hard to come by nowadays. The four speed is not too bad with the 31s, brings the revs down quite a lot. These little 1.6 will rev quite happily at 3800-4000 on the highway with no complaints - did so for years on a set of 215s.

[runnin4life]

kool thanks for the info
i just drove it around the front yard to get some poser pics still havnt driven it on the streets still on my L's
well ill post some pics up of it

needs a little bit of a clean up but its pretty good apart from that

cheers
elliot

[RobF300]

Nice one! Dont know bout "pocket rocket" tho... the rock part is right i spose ¬_¬

Pocket Rock

[runnin4life]

yer rockets not really a correct term but had to think of a name for the photo's

still trying to decide on what to call it
what are those blue cartoon carecters

smirths or some thing

[RockyF75]

can someone please change the topic title from "dishatsue .... i think it may offend some DAIHATSU drivers

and nickname it the "Blue Oyster" , dunno why, but it's the 1st thing that popped into my head when i saw it.... i'm sure its off sumthing

[runnin4life]

yer changed the topic name for you

[RockyF75]

yer changed the topic name for you

[runnin4life]

does any one know the width of a rocky at the front

i might be able to get a rocky bull bar and want to know if it would be narrower or wider

when i say width im talking about the body across the front

cheers
elliot

[RockyF75]

does any one know the width of a rocky at the front

i might be able to get a rocky bull bar and want to know if it would be narrower or wider

when i say width im talking about the body across the front

cheers
elliot

o....k..... width of my bullbar is 152cm, body, at the bonnet tip to tip, is ~ 148-150cm.... the widht of the 2 bullbar mounts is 81cm. Hope this helps

[runnin4life]

thanks

all i want to know is if it will fit around the front of the body
basically the part of the body thats the bull bar goes around is the measurement i need

cheers
elliot

[RockyF75]

hehe, cant measure that very exactly for ya, my bull bars in the way , but the bonnet one should be relativly close

[runnin4life]

cheers
thanks for that

[runnin4life]

hey all
i need a set of front flares

does any one have any they wana sell
or know where i can get a set the wreckers around here is pretty pathetic for F20 parts

bur i supose they are gettting a little long in the tooth

cheers
elliot

[RockyF75]

go to bunnings, ask for or find rubber garden edging. Get a pop-rivet gun and drill if ya havent got one

[Nev]

can someone please change the topic title from "dishatsue .... i think it may offend some DAIHATSU drivers

and nickname it the "Blue Oyster" , dunno why, but it's the 1st thing that popped into my head when i saw it.... i'm sure its off sumthing

Can I just suggest you don't call it the "blue oyster" coz thats the poofter bar off the Police Academy series! nice one RockyF70...are you trying to get him beaten up?

[runnin4life]

yer
iwould do that but im lookfor some flares like the stockey jobeys
cus i have a bull bar i need to trim to size and the less i have to trim off the less its gunna look super queer