[dono1]

Has it been done? 1.6 efi feroza motor into a sierra?
Would it be worth the hassle?
I can pick 1 up cheap and seeing as they are an alloy block and a free revving engine it should go alright in a zook.

[Gwagensteve]

WORST IDEA EVER

We had a member of the vic club with a feroza that had tonnes, just tonnes of time spent on it. The owner is a very well qualified automotive tech/tacher. He spent a lot of time trying to work the bugs out of the feroza motor. They are nothing special. Apparently they like a ping/have overheating heat problems, the water pump is rubbish ( to the point he started work on making a high flow impeller) they don't have a very good powerband for off road work - too peaky - and on top of that, they don't really have all that much power. More than a G16A, but roughly the same as a G16B.

He tried the DeTomaso Charade version - that was even harder to keep cool and didn't make any power until 59758675747465970987rpm.

The big problem, though, as always, is the gearbox. You'd need to find a short 2WD (RWD) gearbox, or get the feroza 'box and transfer, and see if all the oil falls out the back of the feroza gearbox when you pull the transfer off. (bet it does) Then you'd have to close out the back of the feroza gearbox, and make a custom jackshaft to join it to the sierra transfer.

Forget about running the feroza transfer. It has rubbish ratios, no gearing options, and a centred rear output.

I don't think it's worth the hassle.

Steve.

[dono1]

Thanks Steve, it was just a thought I knew about the pinging issues but I have never even driven one or had a look at the drivetrain. I was thinking 1.6 efi had to be better then a 1.3 carby. I knew someone on AZ must of had the same thought.

[Gwagensteve]

Oh don't get me wrong, an efi 1.6 is better than a carby 1.3, it's just that this isn't a good conversion.

Steve.

[jonno_racing]

i have a mate who is a absolute roza nut.
have driven his roza a few times.. about the same power as my jimny but a bucket load more torque.
it also uses 3ltrs/100km LESS fuel than the jimny and thats on 31's (my jim is on 215's) and both driving at identical or close enough to speeds!

[Gwagensteve]

Yes, but put a g16 in a Jimny and then compare.

The feroza motor is nothing special.

[jonno_racing]

Gwagensteve wrote:

Yes, but put a g16 in a Jimny and then compare.

The feroza motor is nothing special.

Yeah mine will have one next month, pretty keen to compare!
not at all saying its a good conversion, just intresting it uses so much less fuel than mine.