Hi ive been a long time admirer of the samurai or sierra's as called in australia,
I have finally saved up enough dosh to buy one and perform some basic mods.
I am planning on:
6" lift, rear diff locker, full exhaust, gears and 32 or 33 tyres.
My question is, which suzuki to choose to modify.
As you may know in australia the sammy/sierra was released with a 1.6 or a 1.3 from about 88 onwards. Apart from this differece i think the aussie and american versions are pretty much the same
Would the 1.6 be advisable? should i go for fuel injection?
and is there anything else that should influence my decision?
sorry if this is a repeat topic, could not find it with the search engine.

the 1.6 is very advisible. here in the states we go to great lenghts to get 1.6's put in ours cuz they were not availible that way. and fuel injection is the only way to go
let us know what you get!
jason

thanks locjaw for the recommendation
ill have to post pics when i find my ride

sierra's have never been released with a 1.6L, only the vitara's (track-kick). all sierra's had either 1.0L, early models, or a 1.3 either carb, or injected. Even the Jimny's come with injected 1.3's.

a lot of people put the G16a (carby) or G16b (injected) motors in their sierras, as its not a hard swap. there are bell housing kits available to buy here in aus for the 1.6 conversion, using the sierra 5 speed.

as for which one to modify, a lot of aussies will say the sierra is better to mod. leaf sprung, simple, easy and cheap to mod. a simple SPOA will easily run 31"s, a bit of guard trimming or bashing can see up to 33"s running.

it all depends on how you drive, what you want to drive, and how hard you're going to do it. like rock, sand (beaches), mud etc. are you looking at an all-rounder? or a hard core basher? mega flex?

6" lift? why would you want so much? a SPOA is anything from 3"-5" depending on how you do it. (either as a kit or a DIY style) will this be including BL or just straigh suspension lift?

tri y headers (extractors, 4-2-1) are a good mod with a 2" exhaust with a good cat and muffler. will improve top end and response a bit.

Gears? diff gears, or transfer gears? diff gears will let you run 31"s as if it were stock. transfer gears for reduction mania.

lockers? well, if ur getting transfer gears, you might as well go twin locked front and rear. your zook can only go as far as the traction it has. are you planning to weld the centres? (cheap) lock-rite locker (good) or air lockers (best)

carby is a simple engine, easy to fix, and when tuned right and set up properly, can be as good as injection off road. some might complain about angles and so on, but the factory zook carby's are made for that. no power house by any means.

EFI would be the better choice. a computer to run everything, no off road dramas, good response and power for off roading, but if you drown the computer, ur stuffed. the factory computer for the G16b 16V can handle a small toyota supercharger if you really want more go.

you are asking which suzuki to mod..... what are your choices? sierra? jimny? vitara? i'm assuming you're in aus too, like me. 

i just read over ur post again. sounds like u want a sierra......






....... get a vitara!

(everyone likes pics, so here's a few of my vit)





and what it looks like underneath

thanks sikid,
your vitara looks awesome!!
i think it may be a better option than the sierra
sorry about the bad info about the 1.6, there is so many 1.6's for sale i thought they came standard
im modifying it for just 4 wheel drive use. I have another run around car
thanks for the info ill keep u posted

The factory computer for the G16b 16V can handle a small toyota supercharger if you really want more go.

I really want to stick a charger on my G16B Vitara. Do you know what type of super charger it is exactly?