hey all,
due to the missus upgrading her daily, my old jimny, i have recieved the keys back to this trusty old sled.
shes been running it as a daily for a while while ive been playing with other autos, and in the meantime the old jimnys racked up many a KM.
motor is currently at about 180000KM, and getting a little smokey on start up and rear main is looking pretty sad.
this is the OG jimny, running the oh so powerful single cam 1.3.
so options are either freshen up the head and general gasket/tidy up, or check out motor upgrades
motor swap is ideal, as i want to go a little bigger as far as lift any tyres go.
its currently running a OME 2inch lift and 215's.
thinking of putting in a body lift and going some 235's or slightly bigger.
so here come the idiot questions
-as im running a single cam motor, can i use a twincam replacement block (m15a) in the jimny and retain the stock ECU/manifolds, injectors etc?
if my ECU wont run the twin cam, does this mean that my only option for motor upgrade is the 1.6 single cam, or other options??
-if 1.6 is the option i have, will this extra displacement be enough to counteract the bigger tyres on stock gearing? or will i still need to look at reduction gears??
-what other bits will i need to retain for 1.6 motor swap if thats the case?
ie ECU, manifolds, injectors, etc
any help in regards to the matter would be much appreciated!
thanks tech savvy dudes
