2009 Suzuki Sx4 Rally Car on 2040-cars
Littleton, Colorado, United States
For sale is
a 2009 Suzuki SX4 sport all-wheel drive that has been converted to a
street-legal Rally look-alike car. It has navigation, keyless entry package so you don’t
need a key to unlock or start the car, seat warmers, nice fog lights, and a 6
disk in dash CD changer. It has the
following features: RRM turbo
kit, dialed in at 11psi. The car was
sent to Road Race Motorsports in LA for conversion. Some years before, this shop was hired by
Suzuki to convert some SX4s for car show display – to check market reaction to
a gussied-up hot-rod SX4. After doing
this work for Suzuki, they decided to make some of these for privateers, since
they had done the development work on the turbo system, suspension, and body
work. I think they have done at least
four cars for customers, mine is the second one they did. RRM is just great on the service aspect, I
would highly recommend contacting the gents there for anything. The body has a
custom-made carbon-fiber-look vented hood and front bumper facia. These parts are light, as is the custom rear
bumper facia. I purchased the rear wing
and had them incorporate it into the finished car. I had them remove the roof rack and paint the
black stripe down the roof, clear to the rear bumper. Suzuki motorcycle mirrors are mounted to the
doors. RRM-designed sill extensions are
mounted beneath the door longitudinals.
I put on the rally mudflaps. Under the
hood is the stock SX4 engine with a RRM-developed turbo system, putting out a
mild 10-11 psi of boost – but way stronger than the stock engine! RRM designed the exhaust manifold and the
intercooler plumbing. The exhaust has a
high-flow catalyst, and ends in a Magnaflow muffler hung under the rear end. The
suspension is a real strong point here. I
told RRM that I wanted it stiffer, but not a teeth-rattling 200% of the stock
rates, but at 115-120% of the spring rate and damping rates of the stock
springs and dampers. They nailed it. With the addition of a fat rear anti-sway
bar, this car handles like a go-cart with suspension. On a snow-packed road, it is heavenly! The car has 4 hardly-used snow tires on it.
All the rotors have been vented. I used
it as a Winter car only, in the off-season it sat garaged with a battery
maintainer on it. The interior
is stock and virtually brand new, with the exception of a NRG Innovations
steering wheel and a boost gauge on the left side. The red button on the left side of the
steering column is the horn. It has
always been garaged. I have mounted an
Odessey 12v battery under the passenger seat.
The car has 28600K miles on it. The air conditioning was removed to save weight since this was a winter car, but I have all the parts needed to put it back. |
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