Swift Diesel Review/Suzuki Swift 1.3DDiS

[kvk]

Oil flush and change. OWS turboracing.
intake manifold and EGR system cleaning. done manually.
front left strut was making a slight sound. needed grease+clean. The top strut washer was dry.

Hmm... I thought you got something done with the tuning box from Pete's

[shyam]

Ripper can you elaborate on OWS please.

[Ripper]

What about it? Its the best feeling oil i have ever used. Car keeps rolling even after your foot comes off the accelerator. There is no nosedive when you lift off the power at 4500rpm that you expect with other oils. Revs seem to drop slower.
Have not needed topups in the last 15k kms.
Less NVH, compared to other swifts. Its supposedly specially formulated for turbo cars. There is no API grading on the can, but i know that all of the pete's cars with major mods run this oil. Thats good enough for me.
@kvk- didnt get you. What do you mean something with the box?
The box is off. Now, a remap takes care of the fuelling

[sdp1975]

180mm ground clearance on a relatively stiff suspension set up.

Typo ? Isn't the GC 170 mm ?

Nice write-up .

[kvk]

@kvk- didnt get you. What do you mean something with the box?
The box is off. Now, a remap takes care of the fuelling

Earlier I was in the assumption that you had a pete's tune box

[architect]

Liked your review, Rippergeo, and I enjoyed driving the Swift VDi (phamilyman's car, currently undergoing huge repairs after a big shunt) and agree with many of the points.

My car has the same engine but some differences which are:

1. Uncleji gear box on the Palio instead of boy racer gearbox on the Swift. Gearshift is positive and no false shifting or any other trouble, except as defined in point no 2 below. It's not the snappy shifter of the Swift. (I loved the ANHC gearbox)

2. Truck Driver clutch pedal. It's that hard, and unlike Tata trucks, you can't manage shifting until your shoe is touching the floor. Anything less and your gearbox will protest. Many people have complained of gear shift problems after some time or distance in bumper-to-bumper traffic and the FNTASC (Friendly Neighbourhood Tata Auth. Service Centre) simply changes the rubber bracket under warranty and you're set to go. I haven't had my turn yet, but it seems likely soon.

3. Power is more linear and there is no whoosh. But it's 80-90% there as compared to Swift.

4. And yes, revving beyond 3500 RPM is pointless as I have realised.

5. First and Second gears are short. The painful difference between 1st and 2nd described by Rippergeo is between 2nd and 3rd on the Palio cousin.

6. Bash me if you please, but the Swift EPS is like driving a video-game car after driving the Palio HPS. I love the Palio steering and don't think any other small car has got it that right.

Do you want me to write a review of my own car instead of hijacking this thread?

[sdp1975]

A separate review please architect . I love the Palio MJD reviews I almost bought the Palio had it not been for the hard clutch - would've been a sore in B'lore traffic. Later went for the Punto instead.

[architect]

Separate Review coming up, I am still trying to write a travelogue for a trip undertaken 2 months ago, so you can guess how long this will take.

Come to think of it, the only thing that I hate in this car is the hard clutch. Every other flaw one can live with (in fact, I am living with the clutch as well).

[Aditya]

I just got my Vdi delivered on the 5th. In 2 days, twice I felt that the car is running in NA mode. There is no turbo kick. I parked it for sometime and then started to move...the turbo kicks (simply superb ). Rahul has posted this issue before.

Any idea why this happens?

[avinash]

kvk » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:23 pm[/url]]

@kvk- didnt get you. What do you mean something with the box?
The box is off. Now, a remap takes care of the fuelling

Earlier I was in the assumption that you had a pete's tune box

exactly.thats what i thought too.

@ripper, awesome review man.
We need to get more such reviews soon.