Cappuccino

The Cappuccino EA21R

In May 1995 Suzuki gave the Cappuccino a new engine, and with it a new chassis code: the EA21R. The F6A gave way to the K6A, a 658 cc three-cylinder with an all-aluminium block, chain-driven camshafts and a turbocharger. Power stays at the kei limit of 64 PS at 6,500 rpm, but torque rises to about 103 Nm at 3,500 rpm, and the manual car weighs around 690 kg. The wheels were made lighter at the same time.

The other change is choice. Alongside the five-speed manual came a three-speed automatic with power steering, the first two-pedal Cappuccino. Everything that made the first car is kept: a front-mid engine driving the rear wheels, aluminium bonnet and roof panels, and the three-piece removable roof. Suzuki built the Cappuccino until 1997. The chain-driven K6A needs no cambelt changes, but the body rusts as the first car's does, so check the floor behind the seats and the sill seams.

What EA21R owners upgrade

As with the earlier car, the body takes the most: Toyoshima Craft and Jworks aero kits, hard tops, boot lids, bonnets and even doors, many of them lighter than the steel or aluminium parts they replace. Dashboard panels and other interior parts follow.

The K6A responds well to boost, so blow-off valves and turbo parts from the forced induction range join extension pipes and dump pipes in the exhaust, from HKS, Blitz and Fujitsubo. KYB and Spiegel suspension kits and bushes, DIXCEL brake parts and uprated radiator caps for the cooling round it out. Monster Sport and Alpha Motorsports are also among the names EA21R owners choose.

Wheels

The EA21R uses the same four-stud 114.3 mm PCD as the EA11R, with M12 x 1.25 nuts, and came on 14x5 +45 wheels. See wheels that fit the EA21R.