Hi,

Being new to owning a YRV, and this being my first Daihatsu, i thought it prudent to join the site and ask you guys (the experienced owners and experts) what i should look out for and if there is anything i should know?

The car i have bought is a 2001 YRV Premium 1.3 in black. Unfortunately it's had a little of the "Halfords treatment" with aftermarket alloys, silly over sized pedals and cheaply tinted windows. So the first thing i did was peel off the window film, unbolt and bin the pedals and tear out the silly little blue neons in the footwells! Now the car is looking a little more like it should. The wheels will get changed at some point to something a little more suited. I'm also on the lookout for a replacement luggage cover as mine is missing.

As this is the 1.3 Premium (the Turbo would have been my choice my my budget wouldn't allow it this time) it's not the quickest car i've driven and haveing changed form a Civic 1.8 VTi it feels a little slower than i'm used to. So if anyone has any suggestions for an easy, cheap and effective increase in power then i'd be very interested to hear your ideas. Other than a Longlife Stainless Steel exhaust (cat back system) the car is standard. It's done a very sensible 66k miles and has a good history. Only puzzling thing is the service book is stamped as having not had the cambelt done at 60k but had a timing chain fitted, is this normal? I'll be honest, other than checking for signs of head gasket failure (car before the Honda was a Rover 25 GTi so i've learn about head gaskets at the cost of replacing a head!) and any fluid / coolant / oil leaks i haven't investigated the engine in too much depth so far - if starts perfectly and drives well "if it ain't broke then don't fix it!!".

So what else should i be on the look out for?

Having searched, and failed, to find a Turbo that i can afford i have also considered the option of fitting a Turbo and Intercooler to the car i have. This would also be more preferable to a Turbo model as it's a manual. The question is, would the unit form a Turbo engine be a straight fit and would the standard 1.3 manual box take the extra power? If not, is there a company that does Turbo / Supercharger conversions for these? I did hear that TurboTechinics were developing a small sized Supercharger but i understand this is purely for the K Series - is there anyone else that does these for the K3VE engine and what price should i be looking at?

Thanks in advance for any info you can supply.