[orangeshannon]

hi i got a 1994 suzuki vitara g16b engine but it currently has the g16a head (carby) i have at home another g16b engine and head but its from 1991 will the 91 g16b head fit on the 94 g16b block and how do i go about for gaskets are they both the same or do i need one or the other? can you please help me

[want33s]

Any G16B head will fit on any G16B block as long as it still has the 16V pistons fitted.

[orangeshannon]

so i could just buy the valve regrind kit for the 91 head and that gasket will line up to all the jets ect...?

[zooky08]

Jas is saying any g16b head will fit as long as the block still has the 16valve piston. G16a is 8 valve so the engine might have 8 valve piston.
G16b pistons have 4 Valve reliefs per piston
G16a only has two.
Just buy a g16b head gasket

[orangeshannon]

thanks thats all i need to know i just have to take the G16a head thats on there to see if they have changed the pistons im hoping not

[11_evl]

The pistons on a carby head should be different to the pistons with EFI head. Head gaskets are all the same.

[orangeshannon]

the only thing that i dont know yet is if i have the carby pistons in my fuel injected block to run with the carby head im thinking now that it has carby pistons

[Ben_Sierra]

11_evl wrote:

The pistons on a carby head should be different to the pistons with EFI head. Head gaskets are all the same.

To be completely clear, since there are a few strange combinations out there:

Pistons in a 16 valve engine are different from pistons in an 8 valve engine. Its to do with valves, not how the fuel is delivered.