Jimny JB23W 660

Welcome Karl to the Mad world of Jimnyness have read about these 3 cylider turbo cars but never seen one think it looks very clean without all the plastic bits uk jimnys have and do like the wheels compared to some of the awfull looking wheels uk cars came with they are A1

Ive always wanted a jap import turbo Jimny, you can do quite alot to the engine as shes turbo ! Maybe one day ill have one !!!

welcome along!
Great to see something different on here. Think you might be the only one?

Looks awesome

A very warm welcome to our fine forum Karl, it’s good to have you join us & the Jimy looks a treat I'll bet it goes well.

I love the look of the jap jimny, if you don't mind me asking what sort of money did it cost to purchase/import them?

Hugely, hugely jealous of your JB23 - been lusting after a 660 turbo Jimny for a long time!

The 23s share the same engine - K6A - as in the Cappuccino (my other car). It's a lovely little unit and I'm sure they're as good in the Jimnys as they are in the Capp. Relatively easy to get more power out of them without doing anything crazy (or foolish!) too. The Capps run @ 0.9bar as standard (if your actuator hasn't gone a bit soft) and the ECU's keep the engine wound back to meet the Kei bhp limit, but an ECU swap (to a genuine SuzukiSport one in the Capp's case) gives you more aggressive timing, fuelling and lets you up the boost to 1.1bar too. Totally transforms the car! Did you go for MT or AT? I always thought a 660 would go really well with an auto for offroad...

Would also be curious about import costs if you don't mind sharing such information

Hi Karl,
Nice car. What sort of MPG to get from the 660?

Can you give forum members any information about importing a car from Japan. Costs; paperwork, where you got yours from etc.

I hoping for a business trip to Tokyo sometime soon and hope to get time to check out Jimny parts and perhaps a JB23W 660.

Cheers
Paul

Wow that X90 off roading looks totally mad!! Love stuff like that

k44rll wrote: Thanks Dawson, yes it is the K6A engine with the timing chain rather than the early Cappuccino F6A belt...

No worries - thought later on it might've sounded like I was trying to tell you about your own car - apologies if so, I'm sure you know more than I, especially as I've got most of mine via Google Translate :laugh:

Never thought about the small stuff like finding tyres for the smaller wheels - at least they're Yokos, gotta keep it JDM I always figured an auto would keep the turbo spooling & keep the torque up nicely but also seem to remember reading if you push them hard the boxes can overheat, so swings and roundabouts I guess.

X90 looks like fun and I bet it surprised a few people!

Wow, they look the business! Reminds me of some of the very lust-worthy stuff on apio.jp - if only I had the money to import one of their complete cars as a bit of a play thing!

If you need parts from Japan and don't have you're own contacts I can recommend Jesse Streeter (jessestreeter.com) - I got brand new outer sills for the Capp purchased & delivered to the UK for a chunk less than Suzuki GB were asking & he's a great guy to deal with. There seem to be a few EA21Rs (the never-officially-imported K6A-engined Capps) over here so you could always ask on Club Cappo or SCORE where they get their service bits from? Perhaps it's all the same between F & K but I wouldn't know for sure...

i've got the Yoko MTs and they are great off road and on road can't fault them!! The Insa Sahara are a copy of the tread pattern or at least they look like a copy

Welcome to Bigjimny Karl

Great looking jimnys and even though not white as you wanted, Silver is the best colour