[jonno_racing]

Considering putting a Lj 2stroke into richy for the awesome and the noise.
I know there getting rare these days however would anyone consider parting with the bits I require? I have screen quite a few jap sj's with ring dings in them, so it must be a do-able job
The zook see's no road time so the lack of power wouldn't be a issue.
Any ideas/tech would be appreciated!
Phil

[sideways]

The Jap ones came with them from the factory so they were adapted to fit the Sierra platform. They were an SJ30.

LJs have a shorter gearbox with a remote linkage shift. So you'd need a custom length jackshaft, new mounting system (LJs actually have the gearbox mounts in the engine bay near the bellhousing) and you'l have to make the linkage system work. Or you could buy this incredibly rare genuine SJ30 gearbox, you'd have to make sure the bellhousing patterns are the same though, as there's 2 different LJ50 ones. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SUZUKI-LJ50- ... 512&_uhb=1 A bonus of the LJ gearbox is you get heaps better ratios for offroad.

You could try and create an LJ-1l hybrid gearbox like I tried to but as you saw, it didn't work out for the combo of parts I had. It could work with a different combo though.

The engine mounts are narrower but that's pretty much the easiest thing ever to fix with the way the LJ50 engine mounts. There's also sorting out the oil injection, exhaust and throttle cables.

The lack of power is a real issue offroad. A standard LJ50 actually has lower gearing than your Sierra currently does with the 4.16 transfer and they only have 28.6" tyres. Look up some vids of Tanshi and 3cyl at Ripley, the Galsshouse mountains and tough tracks (only Tanshi went to tough tracks) and you'l see what I mean, they both have 6.5s too.

It will be awesome but it will be worse offroad, I'd keep the F10a. Staying 4T is probably 1/5th of the cost and it'l work so much better. If you do go ahead with it and you can actually find a good motor (they were rare 30 years ago, let alone now) I've got a ton of random bits if you need anything. There's a wrecker back home that has a gearbox in each bell housing pattern but for the price of shipping you'd just buy the one on eBay.

You'l get the best results chasing up leads locally and door knocking on farms.

[jonno_racing]

Thanks for all the info sideways.
Maby not the best option
I am after something to make richy that bit cooler 2 stroke would have been good but the f10 only just has enough power as it is!
I wonder how well f10s stand up to boost?

[jdk81]

chop the lid off? thatd be plenty cold.

get an intercooler and boost it, or nos for giggles.
Do a reliable job that looks totally hack.. thatd be fairly cool

[tanshi]

you would need to gear it more than you have now.
6.5s and 4.8 diff gears are a minimum for 33s

Mine has plenty of power for off road. I have 3 usable gears. 3rd low is enough for wheel speed in mud (not that i wheel mud alot)

on road it will happily do 60km/h at a struggle it will do 80

its a cool idea but i think your looking at turning it into a non budget build to do it.

i have 6 motors, would be willing to let 1 go, but it would still need some work, (barrel honed, pieced back together etc.)

[JrZook]

tanshi wrote:

3rd low is enough for wheel speed in mud (not that i wheel mud alot)

The wheel speed is like 10KPH

[tanshi]

15kph !! prick hehe

[sideways]

Back in the day you could get a turbo kit from Allard Turbo master that used a Garret T2. Which quoting the book I found it in, "Makes the SJ410 accelerate like a 1600cc car."

There's lots of turbo Carrys running around, can't be to hard. F10as are pretty stout little motors.

[Daz7]

sideways wrote:

Back in the day you could get a turbo kit from Allard Turbo master that used a Garret T2. Which quoting the book I found it in, "Makes the SJ410 accelerate like a 1600cc car."

There's lots of turbo Carrys running around, can't be to hard. F10as are pretty stout little motors.

Playboy magazine did a 1 litre Suzuki Sierra buildup (yes same playboy with the tits and arse....).

Phil Ward turbo did the turbo kit.