[samooki]

Does anyone have any idea what this carby is off of or how to tune it?? It came on my girlfriends zook when she bought it and the motor is a G16B. There is plenty of screws in the base of it and im not sure which one is the mixture screw??







Also is there an aftermarket adjustable drag link or centre link for the sj70 sierras?? I currently have a terrible turning circle when turning left but a really great one turning right. Here is a pic of the drag link and centre link in question, it appears as though someone has made this adjustable section themselves. both links have rooted tie rods.



Yet another question, what is this section on the front for?? it appears to be some sort of mounting point for maybe an idler arm or a stering component??



2nd last question! Is this a standard sierra fuel tank?? When we bought the car the tank was held in by two lengths of threaded rod, and was extremely dodgey. Not to mention the rear bar which the upper shockey mounts mount to was cracked and bent, due to the shockies being inverted and at FULL EXTENSION before the suspension even flexed. I made up a new bar and welded mounts up to secure the fuel tank properly, i also mounted the shocks vertically again so it doesnt break something until i can afford to get longer shocks.



Lucky last question! Does the front diff normally have steering bump stops on the swivel hubs or does the steering box limit the amount of steering you have?? And does it normally have a shocky mount welded onto it?? The front diff has a shocky mount welded onto it which i think is due to the previous owner not wanting to sell it with the long shocks he had so he made the lower shock mount higher to fit the crappy shorter shocks??





Sorry about the novel of a post fellaz, im just keen to learn about this thing so i know what im dealing with. Any help would be much appreciated...

cheers John.

[royce]

To try and work through it all

The carby is a swift 1.6 16 valve carby, many people say they dont exsist sorry no idea on tuning it but they are like a sideways SU so cant be to hard

the Draglink between the wheels is standard and thats how they adjust, is the pitman arm (arm off the steering box) sort of centered when wheels are pointed straight ahead?

The mount at the front is the standard steering damper mount, other end connects to teh pitman arm, your setup on the diff is far better

the tank looks like somebody has had a go at lifting it up and have removed the stock tank mount / shock mount, it has had long shocks angled in on those unused mounts previously

there are no steering bumpstops as such and you appear to be missing the suspension bumpstops, along with the extra spring perches on the top of your diff indicates it was once springover, that is the diffs were under the springs not above, would also explain the shock mounts (normaly the shocks mount to the ubolts plates

I would say what you bought was once a lot more modded!!

[samooki]

Thanks heaps for the info mate! Yer i did notice its had a SPOA at some stage, also the brake lines are about 6inches longer than they need to be so i knew she must have been huge in the past.

Its good to know the drag link between the wheels and the other link from the pitman arm to the drag link are stock, need to order them asap to get the half a turn of play out of the steering. Once i purchase them i can get it aligned as well to fix the difference in turning circles.

How do the bump stops mount to the car?? are they on the diff side or the chassis side? Will need to get some so i know what measurement shocks to get.

[royce]

they mount to bits welded to teh chassis above the diff

[samooki]

Ah k no worries, ill have to fab up some mounts and weld them to the chassis as the original ones have been cut off. I keep hearing ppl mention the term "wide track" diffs. I take it there is a skinny track and wide track diff used in different zooks, how do i know which one i have??

And seeing as im on a roll with the whole asking questions thing haha is this just a standard sj70 transfer case?? Im going to buy some transfer gears for it and i wanna make sure i order them to suit the right transfer. Once again thanks for your help!!

[zooky08]

i believe 88 model onwards are wide track correct me if im wrong

[shep]

you have the right transfer to put gears in. and you have a wt sierra.

[samooki]

Ah k cheers guys.

[shep]

your steering lock issue is because your steering dampener is bottoming out.

[samooki]

shep wrote:

your steering lock issue is because your steering dampener is bottoming out.

Mmmm see now theres something i didnt take into account. Ill have to have a look at that tomorrow and make sure that isnt the case. Although it wouldnt surprise me to be honest, every other shock on the car has been poorly measured up and installed causing next to no suspension flex so why not let the dampner join the party.....

[shep]

you can see it in this photo mate. the pitman is in the wheels straight ahead
possie, or close to any way, and the dampener is nearly bottomed out.

[shep]

looking again. i think ya dampener is hitting the diff as well.

[steak_knife]

shep wrote:

you can see it in this photo mate. the pitman is in the wheels straight ahead
possie, or close to any way, and the dampener is nearly bottomed out.

& your clutch cable is going to rub through your rad hose..

[Joe]

Ya might aswell piss the steering dampener off the calmini ones are shit

[shep]

joseph wrote:

Ya might aswell piss the steering dampener off the calmini ones are shit

i will buy it off ya if you dont want it.

[joeblow]

royce wrote:

To try and work through it all

The carby is a swift 1.6 16 valve carby, many people say they dont exsist sorry no idea on tuning it but they are like a sideways SU so cant be to hard

not eddzackery royce. 16 valve carby does exist, but only ever as an import (this includes demos brought here by suzuki). they are a high pressure slide-type carby. they run the same pressures as an efi system, and instead of a butterfly they have a pressure controled sideways slide.

[samooki]

Do you mean same fuel pressures as an efi setup joeblow?? Because it is only running a cheap facet type low volume / low pressure carby fuel pump?? Im keen to learn more about these carbys!