[nandor85]

hey guys

im asking 4 a mate as hes chasing a 1.3L engine 4 his 1L long wheel base sierra was wondering what has 2 b changed on a front wheel drive g13 engine in2 a sierra i know u would need 2 get the front pully so that the fan would attach or run thermo fans but what else has 2 b changed

[bogfrog]

nandor85 wrote:

hey guys

im asking 4 a mate as hes chasing a 1.3L engine 4 his 1L long wheel base sierra was wondering what has 2 b changed on a front wheel drive g13 engine in2 a sierra i know u would need 2 get the front pully so that the fan would attach or run thermo fans but what else has 2 b changed

Hey champ I've done this on my frog it was orig an '83 SJ40 1ltr now has G13ba out of a Barina. You'll have to change the water pump neck to suit Sierra for your heated choke etc.. also swap inlet manifold, you will have to put an elec fuel pump on it as well cause the FWD engine would have run one of these and Sierra mech pump won't run in it's normal position on this motor, exhaust of course and a thermo fan will have to be fitted cause the Sierra fan won't fit back on the water pump as it has different hole spacings and you'll need to change engine mounts to 1.3 Sierra ones and make up the mounts on the chassis rails as well for these to bolt to you will also need to change your Radiator as the 1ltr one the top hose is on the wrong side just use a 1.3 ltr Sierra one. I think thats all? correct me if it isn,t Cheers Robb

[nandor85]

wicked cheers as i have found a low ks engine with a 6month warrenty 4 395bucks

im trying 2 onvince him 2 get this gti engine as i have found an engine with 130,000ks wiring loom and computer the whole car 4 only $795

[bogfrog]

Sorry mate just remembered that you'll have to change the cam over as well to the sierra one as well as the Dizzy! On the FWD it's straight out and has a different keyway to the 90 degree Dizzy set up that you'll need hope this helps? Cheers Robb.

[nandor85]

yeah new about the dizzy didnt realise ya had 2 change the cam

[alex]

wont you need to change the oil pick up and sump as well????

[nandor85]

yeah my mates decided not 2 go 4 the g13 out of a front wheel drive

hes buying my engine off me and im buying the gti engine and do the convertion 2 my car

[bogfrog]

YES Yes you will! see told you I'd forgotten a few thanks Alex

[jesterracing]

bogfrog wrote:

Sorry mate just remembered that you'll have to change the cam over as well to the sierra one as well as the Dizzy! On the FWD it's straight out and has a different keyway to the 90 degree Dizzy set up that you'll need hope this helps? Cheers Robb.

The early FWD, G13a has a right angle dizzy like the sierra etc, not sure if its the same but that engine runs a mechanical fuel pump too. I learnt all that the hard way when we were building the race car, couldn't work out why the fuel pump wouldn't work until we took it apart and realised there's no lobe on the cam for it.

[nandor85]

how do u go about getting a right angle dizzy 4 a gti engine as im buying the gti engine and hes buying my old engine off me

[jesterracing]

i think there is someone selling the angle drives to suit gti, cant think now where i saw it (been doing a lot of forum trawling sorry)

[Mike]

don't suzy sports do the right angle kit? they only work on a mk1 gti motor though