Dear All, I'm looking for information about the Daihatsu Materia 1.5 petrol car.
So far I've established that the engine is a Toyota, but I am interested in exchanging the gearbox for one with a differential that enables cruising at lower rpm. At present it does about 20mph/1000rpm in 5th gear, and I want it to do 23 or 24 mph/1000rpm. My questions are
1. Where is a good place to find info about the Materia? - it appears the Daihatsu Drivers club website is defunct.
2. Which Toyota models share the same pattern gearbox? Armed with this info it is simply a matter of getting the relevant Haynes Manual to find out which 'box is the most suitable.
Regards, MM
So far I've established that the engine is a Toyota, but I am interested in exchanging the gearbox for one with a differential that enables cruising at lower rpm. At present it does about 20mph/1000rpm in 5th gear, and I want it to do 23 or 24 mph/1000rpm. My questions are
1. Where is a good place to find info about the Materia? - it appears the Daihatsu Drivers club website is defunct.
2. Which Toyota models share the same pattern gearbox? Armed with this info it is simply a matter of getting the relevant Haynes Manual to find out which 'box is the most suitable.
Regards, MM