new member in barnsley..

hi just stumbled across the forum and thought i must join.. im a member on other national forums but never knew yorkshire had it's own.........im currentley driving a vitara on a 1991 with a 1.5 diesel engine(i say driving the cars in peices awaiting the engine transplant)....

Hi & Welcome to the Forum

welcome to ys

hello and welcome mate

hello & welcome to yorkshire suzuki

i was only reading about this 1.5d conversion this morning on difflock i presume that was your post on there ???

hope it goes well keep us updated on how you getting on with it

welcome mate hope you have a nice stay with us

or8 m8, another bloke from barnsley, nice1

thank you for the warm welcome... yes mate the 1.5 conversion you read is mine, it's a work in progress that im hoping to finish before end of march but i'll have to see.it's recieved a mixed response it seems alot of people are against me fitting a 1.5...lol they seem to think it's a ludricus idea to fit an engine out off a 106.but ive recieved alot of private emails saying keep them informed how i go on and when it's done what the power and mpg is like as they too want something alittle better than 15mpg. im going to carry on regardless and see how it turns out, there is another vitara with a 1.5 diesel in and they said it's not the fastest 4x4 but very torquey,but the guy who wrote about it hasn't replied to my emails so i thought bugger it i'll do it and fully document it.....

How do ? That will be similar to the 1.5 clio engine in the foreign jimnys I very nearly private messaged vitara-mad about chucking one of them in jimny yesterday ? ? Good luck with it.

abigscarymonster wrote:

How do ? That will be similar to the 1.5 clio engine in the foreign jimnys I very nearly private messaged vitara-mad about chucking one of them in jimny yesterday ? ? Good luck with it.

if your fitting it my jimny is ready & willing to receive one

I'm tempted to do some research, its same engine in Nissan micra too. Just can't find anything anywhere about stud patterns or if box will bolt straight on and clutches etc.

most engines will fit in most cars it's just about adapting them to fit... or roughly translated hitting them with a big hammer.....lol the 1.5 tud engine into a vitara is only 5mm out on the fixing holes for the bell housing, the othey issue is the clutch.the engine mounts and everything else is just a welding job.. i managed to fit a 2.0ltr vauxhaul engine in a mini, now thats a tight fit...lol

Hi mate

I wish I had the know how to do the same to mine, now I've got the big wheels my mpg has gone out of the window along with my 5th gear!

when i fitted 31's on mine the 5th gear was crap, you had to thrash it in 4th then change into 5th and hope you didn't come to any hills.. im considering going to all terrain tyres in the standard size and using the 31's just for off roading.if you just simply put a bigger engine in all you do is put more stress on the diffs and gearbox and thats when it gets expensive to repair.. where abouts in wakey are you craven???

That's all true, my little 1.6 vitara keeps going and I was lucky to find a 14 year old car with only 40k on the clock and not 140k!

I'm in Crofton just outside of Wakey towards Pontey

ive only got a 1.8 di in my sj and its fine a bit slow bit nowt stopps it(me breaking is not included )
gearings most important maybe just change diffs for 5.88 ones if thats not whats in already

don't know what the ratio's are on a 1991 vitara???? if anyone knows please advise it's a 1991 swb 1.6 8v.... may work alittle better with different difs..

diff ratio on yours should be 5.12 if its manual they changed to 4.8 in 97

there is no better ratio diffs as standard on vits as far as i know the only other options for lower gearing would be after market ring & pinion (expensive) or double transfer box using a sj transfer box or lobster box

vitara_mad wrote:

diff ratio on yours should be 5.12 if its manual they changed to 4.8 in 97

there is no better ratio diffs as standard on vits as far as i know the only other options for lower gearing would be after market ring & pinion (expensive) or double transfer box using a sj transfer box or lobster box

i was unshure
and you know vits

Elo

Hello and welcome to the site......