Daihatsu has released a new variant of the Daihatsu Boon called the Daihatsu Boon X4. It reminds me of the old Daihatsu Charade GTTI. The Daihatsu Boon X4 looks like a great basis for a rally car, if you could somehow get around it’s slightly high center of gravity. Let’s have a look at the specifications.
The Daihatsu Boon X4 is powered by a turbocharged intercooled 936cc engine instead of the 1.3 litre intercooler turbo K3-VET Daihatsu YRV engine. This engine is called the KJ-VET, which is a 1.0 litre DOHC 4-cylinder engine making 133hp at 7200rpm and 133Nm of torque at 3600rpm. Very nice and not too over the top power figures for a car that size and weight, and it’s linked to a 5-speed manual transmission. It also comes with full-time 4WD. Daihatsu gave the Daihatsu Boon X4 a bonnet air scoop to feed cool air to it’s top-mounted intercooler.
This engine swap should be pretty popular if you have the dough for the Perodua Myvi or other Perodua vehicles who want to go the turbocharged way if you have enough money. Although the 1.3 litre K3-VET has abit more power at 140hp, it only comes with an automatic transmission with sequential shift options. Manual versions are very hard to find, if it even exists at all. The 1.0 litre KJ-VET halfcuts has slightly less power but it makes up for it with the availability of a manual transmission.
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with all the power available, i wonder if it's suspension can take it or not. remember the SSO in bukit jalil some times back?
Looks sporty, i think it's a lil too tall and "skinny" to have such power. Think abt the power over weight ratio. a lift-up might occurs during coenering, anyway this is just prediction, will never know till test drive is done.
This one is AWD! Definately has stronger chassis parts to take all the stress. Now I wonder if can convert a stock 1.0 MyVi to AWD? If bolt on, syiok! :)
acbc: i don't think you can bolt-on to the myvi 1.0. the myvi 1.0 uses EJ-VE, this one is from the KJ family. different engine family.
Whoa.. this car got pick up la… looks like can asap gen2… manual tranmission… good enough for real performance motorist like me… if P2 can bring it here… how nice.. the interior is simple.. definitely for performance drivers… simple is beautiful… only performance matter…. whoa… now i cannot sleep la… Paul, pls inform us if P2 have any intention to bring X4 to msia…. this car is worth to wait… the current myvi too sissy la… i hope they'll improve the soft body plate… make it more solid….
wow the interior is really nicely designed. neat and lots of storage. I wonder how much of the tiny boot space is left.
myvi's brother from another mother… hahahaha!!
yeah..i thought HatukNgkau is right..the shootout at Bukit Jalil sometime back do concern me about the suspension. That huge power actually need more stable chasis. but hey, who cares? its only 1.0 yet it churns out 130+ hp.awesome!
P2 chasis fragile like biscuits…. they'll ve too make stronger one if want to produce this x4 in msia…
i saw P2 chasis welding work, when my pomen opened up my kancils body, for chasis check… so poor la…
This could inspire many Myvi owners who wants to do their own 'facelift' to their own Myvi. I have to say the front looks good. 'Quite GARANG', actually. But I doubt there are any changes to the rear. I don't like the rear look as much as I dislikes Savvy's.
I heard from my brother that some speed junkies has swapped K3-VE into Kelisa. And K3-VET's half cut are already available in some chop shops here. I'm not suprise if there are already K3-VET powered Myvi on the road today. Too bad P2 didn't get the licence to produce a Turbo version of Myvi. This only made the chop shop towkey smiles even wider.
Engine family not an issue… just use back the mountings. But, must take a closer look first.
acbc: but you said bolt on, not transplant.
Paul,
Any idea how much it cost for this Daihatsu BoonX4 body kit /facelift ? Is it compatible for Myvi ? Just for the looks only, engine nevermind la ….
Just to remind everybody that the Myvi at SSO Bukit Jalil was modded – not sure what else was tempered with, which might have caused the major damage.
gonna see lots of bodykit manufacturers starting to make prototype moulds of this front bumper design….
wat competition is that yellow car in? cant be a show car since it has roll cage…
STAY TUNE TO KLIMS 2006. U wont be dissapointed. Boleh-land still got hope.
Little car with such godd powerhouse, damn nice! Welcome more mods available to give us more choices. The yellow one seem too nice to me… damn like it!
Haha, the front of this Boon looks big, a bg-headed car, but it's gotta be cool to have 130hp and AWD on such a small car, must be fun to drive!
Unlike older cars… Galant VR4 vs Galant Super Saloon, where the floorpan is totally different (require extensive chassis mods). New modern cars now share the same floorpan design. Example is the 7th generation Galant / Eterna where u can bolt-on the AWD to a non-AWD model without any chassis mods. Reason is very simple: SAVE COST.
I'm sure this Daihatsu Boon X4 has the same floorpan as the local MyVi. So, AWD bolt-on is possible. Then again, u definately need to do transplant all together which can cost up RM 20k easily.
133Nm of torque at 3600rpm and 4wd, that really isnt much torque at all, especially once you've taken transmission losses thru the AWD drivertrain into account.
lance, myvvi at bukit jalil belongs to perodua, and was modified by their RnD team specifically for autocross. I think "tampering" is the wrong term to use when referring to a car manufacturer modifying their own cars. ;)
now every 1 know this myvi have scoop, that means scoop is turbo family to come. that interesting
nice car with nice performance.
can put aside myvi to girls and let men rules the road with this boon.
savvy will need a better upgrading phase to look better!
Any idea if we could covert our Myvi to the Daihatsu Boon X4 "look" the pic in white ? and what is the cost involved ? any recommendation ? the one in yellow terlalu ganas ….
The power is good…as for the 4WD I think it will be a option.. 1 thing for sure is the RPM meter it look cool… like a defi meter.
P2 bought this white X4, serial no XXXX001 for rally car. I also want one!
Goto glenmarie industrial area and sneak into perodua showroom there.
There's one in there definitely..
I saw it on 15/6/2006 on 12 noon.
can myvi 1.0 upgrade with k3-vet?
guys, do u guys know that the new Myvi SE will have all the bodykits like this Boon X4 available by standard?
based from peroduamyvi.com forums,it will be launched sumwer on March 2007..
i have live photos i took myself when i sent my car for service last saturday…
so cun men the kits…in white summore..juz exactly like this Boon X4 except for the main headlamps..still like old myvi one…
if perodua will make it as standard kits/default kits..
then i think proton should reconsider their cars wif full accessories also…
its time for we malaysian get the best of our local cars arent we?
wahlaoo…
1000cc engine wif 133hp??
got in 4WD also???
this is a small monster…
why cant malaysian cars have these…sighs….
plus the standard bodykits also very cun…aiyoh….
also i love the interiors…damn nice!!
paul tan, i like your reviews