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Zuk_89

Joined: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:01 pm
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Vehicle: Swb vitara

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:21 pm

I looking into doing a j20 conversation on my 89 swb swb vitara what do I have to chabge beside motor and wiring ?

tanshi

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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:52 pm

Gearbox as the clutch is hydrallic.

You shluld also update brakes.

got_bar_work

Joined: Sat May 15, 2010 8:30 pm
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Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: SQ625

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:28 am

Cooling system

Gwagensteve

Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm
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Location: Melbourne

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:55 am

Under the skin a j20 vitara is almost completely different. The chassis is totally different- it's wider in he j20 cars and the crossmembers are all totally different. You'll need a SWB 1.6 EFI fuel tank. Radiator is different. Gearbox crossmember is different (and can't be swapped)

IMHO it's not worth ever converting a car to make something Suzuki already built. It would be like converting a v6 commodore to v8- why? Just buy a j20 car and save yourself the angst.

Steve.

tanshi

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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:40 am

Gwagensteve wrote:

and sell me the j20 motor cheap

Marko_SJ

Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:40 am
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Location: Darwin, NT
Vehicle: WT sierra, GU CRD

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:26 am

Gwagensteve wrote:

Under the skin a j20 vitara is almost completely different. The chassis is totally different- it's wider in he j20 cars and the crossmembers are all totally different. You'll need a SWB 1.6 EFI fuel tank. Radiator is different. Gearbox crossmember is different (and can't be swapped)

IMHO it's not worth ever converting a car to make something Suzuki already built. It would be like converting a v6 commodore to v8- why? Just buy a j20 car and save yourself the angst.

Steve.

Its surprising how many people do that.

Not that I know the first thing about conversions, but going from the reading I've done and what your saying here, I'd say its A LOT harder to go 1.6 to J20 than v6 to v8 in a commodore, those are the same and parts interchangeability is bolt in affair.

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henno

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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:33 am

The_Amateur wrote:

Not that I know the first thing about conversions, but going from the reading I've done and what your saying here, I'd say its A LOT harder to go 1.6 to J20 than v6 to v8 in a commodore, those are the same and parts interchangeability is bolt in affair.

Definitely yes.

In fact the bomb-a-dore in my backyard was a 6cyl in another life.

fordem

Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 pm
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Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Vehicle: APK416, A6G415, A6N415

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:46 pm

It's not that difficult - and a couple of the US vendors do conversion kits - Trail Tough I think is one of them.

Gwagensteve

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Location: Melbourne

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:51 pm

More difficult than buying one that Suzuki built already with a j20 in it though.

neofitou

Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm
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Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: 00 Jimny, 63 Haffy

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:47 pm

I want a j20 in a LWB Jimny ute. Just to make it more difficult. lols

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