[steve]

silly question No.375

Has anyone put a 2L vitara motor in a Sierra, like is it very complex and not worth doing?

Does the firewall and transtunnel need modifying?

Do you use the matchig gearbox/transfer, and so is the front shaft a pain to set up? (custom shafts are ok). Would the Sierra diffs take the load or is that redicluous? Intended for fast stuff, not rockcrawling. I have some hilux diffs here that i can use.

any advice would be appreciated.

[Saam]

j20a ?

has been done in that big purple coily, wrxzook or whatever it is on outerlimits. looks like there was a bit of custom work to the trans tunnel and what not.

[steve]

the V6

I have had a bit of a look around some forums but haven't found anyone that's actually done it.

[appsie]

aerenandmel off this forum,its his dad that owns the coily with 35s and j20a etc.Another mate from town is halfway through fitting one in his sierra with the standard j20 gbox etc and is modding the tunnel to suit.He was going to go the v6 but decided for the headaches and extra money the power gain with the v6 wasnt going to be enough.

What exactly are the specs on the 2??will it be regoed if you go ahead?

[Skinny_Man]

My old man has a 2.4 ltr v6 in his sierra with a vit auto.
A lot of transtunnel work and money and he now drives it on the road.
O and a fj40 landcruiser radiator.

I wish he would harden up and race it.

[beef13]

what about a boxer engine from a subie?

[steve]

nah was just asking about te 2L V6 because there is one available.

[atari4x4]

beef13 wrote:

what about a boxer engine from a subie?

the boxer motors are wider than they are long, it ain't going to happen!!

[royce]

there are lots of SR20's available too

[tanshi]

its about 120 kw though not sure of the torque specs.

if you want some measurements of any thing to try and make a more informed decision i can try and get them for you steve.

[tanshi]

P.S the trans tunnel mods would be pretty much the same for any one who has fitted a vit gear box i would have thought and there are 1000s of those.

[joeblow]

tanshi wrote:

P.S the trans tunnel mods would be pretty much the same for any one who has fitted a vit gear box i would have thought and there are 1000s of those.

no......zook owners are tight.........


upgrades that require money and work don'y go down too well with them

[tanshi]

Just as a matter of interest i found these while surfing around the interwebs

[Zook_Fan]

hell yeah!!! cmon steve you know you want to

[steve]

look tight eh... wonder it it hits the brake booster on the australian models

[tanshi]

i would say the booster would be ok, looks to me like it would go where the canister thingie is between the air box and the engine.

food for thought heh

[steak_knife]

just move the eng to the left if it dose. Everything grinds, welds & bolts into a spook!

[Trojan]

joeblow wrote:

no......zook owners are tight.........


upgrades that require money and work don'y go down too well with them

Defeats the purpose of owning one doesn't it? I used to throw money at vehicles and then a bought a zook and become a tight arse.

[joeblow]

Trojan wrote:

joeblow wrote:

no......zook owners are tight.........


upgrades that require money and work don'y go down too well with them

Defeats the purpose of owning one doesn't it? I used to throw money at vehicles and then a bought a zook and become a tight arse.

no, owning other vehicles IS a waste of money. myself, kenn and others have thrown plenty of money and time at our vehicles, and the results have been well worth it.

[kenn]

Definitely Mr Joe , I think i spent more money trying to do it on the cheap before i realised it was a false economic plan. Now I only spend money on general maintenance and bling or if I make a mistake and tear the flares off..

Steve go the V6, we know you can do it , it needs to be done. ' Go on... do it ',' Get in there my son.'
No pressure though..

[steak_knife]

Steve, I live in bris & have been makeing things fit into place`s thay not ment to for 20yrs. PM me if you want a hand


THIS SHOULD BE DONE!!!!!!!!!!

I`ve been wanting to do this insert for years!

[tanshi]

hehe well he has it now so i'm looking forward to pics

[TASSIETOYUKI]

I realy like this idea. Had wanted to do it myself for some time. Good luck

[steve]

Thanks,... now the cat's out of the bag! This could take a while but am keen to get it on the track as soon as possible. I hate having stuff sitting around for too long.

[tanshi]

hehe sorry steve couldnt resist