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Esteem 1.6 swap to samurai?

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Offline rkteckt

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Esteem 1.6 swap to samurai?
« on: July 25, 2006, 07:16:11 AM »

Would I need more than the following list of stuff to swap a 1989 esteem motor into my samurai?

FUEL INJECTION WIRING HARNESS, ECU (MANUAL TRANSMISSION), STARTER, ALTERNATOR, INTAKE, EXHAUST, ALL SENDING UNITS, VACCUM UNITS AND HOSES, DISTRIBUTOR, COIL, **DISTRIBUTOR 45 DEGREE ADAPTOR, REAR WHEEL DRIVE WATER PUMP PIPE, AND MISC. BOLTS

I appreciate any advice, thanks
1991 samurai , Mall Crawler, neon green, YJ lift, Wifes vanity plates.
1988.5 tintop too many mods to list. The work samurai.
2005 Avalanche Z71
2003 Matrix XRS
1993 sidekick 4dr 2wd donor thats too nice to destroy yet. 1992 Toyo Pup POS

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Offline wildgoody

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Re: Esteem 1.6 swap to samurai?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2006, 09:15:47 AM »
Esteem cams don't have a gear on the end
for the 90* distributor drive, the other stuff
you listed should come off of the 8V engine
as it's all the same block. The head on the
esteem engine might be a throttle body instead
of a MPI engine, and you might be able to run
that with the TBI setup existing on the 8V engine

I hear that Hawk's will use the esteem cam for
a core, you might swap with them to get a cam
with a gear

Good Luck
Wild
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Offline rkteckt

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Re: Esteem 1.6 swap to samurai?
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2006, 09:24:18 AM »
Esteem cams don't have a gear on the end
for the 90* distributor drive, the other stuff
you listed should come off of the 8V engine
as it's all the same block. The head on the
esteem engine might be a throttle body instead
of a MPI engine, and you might be able to run
that with the TBI setup existing on the 8V engine

I hear that Hawk's will use the esteem cam for
a core, you might swap with them to get a cam
with a gear

Good Luck
Wild

The engine is complete, so would i really have to use much from the samurai engine?  Also, the description says a 45 degree distributor adaptor, does that remove the need for the new cam?
1991 samurai , Mall Crawler, neon green, YJ lift, Wifes vanity plates.
1988.5 tintop too many mods to list. The work samurai.
2005 Avalanche Z71
2003 Matrix XRS
1993 sidekick 4dr 2wd donor thats too nice to destroy yet. 1992 Toyo Pup POS

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Offline wildgoody

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Re: Esteem 1.6 swap to samurai?
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2006, 09:31:24 AM »
I have never heard of a 45* distributor adapter
but if it's a 90* and it's a running engine, yes it
would work for the sammy. You might need a header
if the exhaust isn't compatable with the sammy, and
you will need an adapter to fit the sammy trans, unless
you swap to a 1.6L driveline also, sorry I didn't see
the Sammy part of this equasion in my first post
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Offline rkteckt

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Re: Esteem 1.6 swap to samurai?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2006, 09:57:39 AM »
I have never heard of a 45* distributor adapter
but if it's a 90* and it's a running engine, yes it
would work for the sammy. You might need a header
if the exhaust isn't compatable with the sammy, and
you will need an adapter to fit the sammy trans, unless
you swap to a 1.6L driveline also, sorry I didn't see
the Sammy part of this equasion in my first post

No problem, I appreciate your time,

The guy whos selling it says he has everything needed to swap it to a sammy included, and that its identical to  tracker motor
1991 samurai , Mall Crawler, neon green, YJ lift, Wifes vanity plates.
1988.5 tintop too many mods to list. The work samurai.
2005 Avalanche Z71
2003 Matrix XRS
1993 sidekick 4dr 2wd donor thats too nice to destroy yet. 1992 Toyo Pup POS