Hi I have bought a yellow copen and the engine has been apart for about 4 years, so that's not much better than a boat anchor. As it will be very hard to find a 660 cc engine here in Australia for a reasonable price I am considering to put a Toyota Yaris engine in it. I have seen a few mentions about this engine on this site. The Yaris is very common here and complete damaged cars go very cheap in car auctions so you would have everything there that would be needed for a transfer. But the big question is: will it fit? Who has done this before? Is the 1.3 block the same as the 1.5 block? Who can help with some advice? Australia, if you have a Copen engine in the shed .... call me please
Given that my Copen came with a 1.3 liter K3-VE engine from the factory I reckon it should be possible. You should also be able to get the same engine from a Daihatsu Sirion or a Yaris P1 (2SZ-FE)
Is there any difference between the 1300 and the 1500 engine ? I assume they just bored the block out to get the extra 200 cc many thanks for your response
I recently bought a 1.3 Daihatsu Sirion - it's the same engine as in the Yaris. They commonly have a problem with the rings, oil control ring and piston oil ways getting very coked up, leading to oil burning and more coke. You'd need be to be careful to select an engine which is known to be a good runner using no oil, or get the head off to have a look at the pistons. It would be a nuisance having to do the same engine out job twice...
The 1.0 litre three cylinder engine had terrible problems with piston rings if it was not serviced regularly, but I have never heard of any problems regarding the 1.3 litre
All I can say is that my Sirion K3-VE2 at 50,000 miles was burning a lot of oil. In one of the Daihatsu groups I am in, quite a few others have found the same problem. Apparently the engine needs good regular oil changes and doesn't like a life of 'just going to the shops' where it doesn't warm up properly. 'Just be careful' would be my advice.
Hi Lex, were in hell you will build in the rotrex super charger? Its for Honda.. Never believe it.. you burned up your garage and home too.. Kai
With enough money anything can be done. Personally I'd think a turbo would be easier but yours will be unique. I hope you've run your plans past an engineer to make sure you can get it road legal here in OZ.
iv got a set of 15x7.5 rims and am wanting to know what tyre size would be perfect fit so it dosnt effect the speedo and not to be illegal, the orginal copen guards will be getting cut off as iv installed fender flares
