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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: mechyannick on September 01, 2007, 12:32:15 AM
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hi everyone! need some advice...i'm running a 88 samy on 31's and stock gears,i have lost the use of my 5th gears,i'm looking to buy t-case gears but confuse about wich ratio to get,my sammy is mostly used for off roading,rockcrawling,little mud,and highway to get to the bush...i was thinking about the 5.14:1 or will the 6.1:1 would be better i hate havin to go downhill on my brake!,but don't want to be shifting in the midle of the hill either!
2nd; i'm still running my 1.3 motor(its getting tired)i can get my hand on a 1.6 8v,should i keep the carb set up or should i switch over to fi? i will be puting a cam and header.so power wise wich set up would be better: 1.6 with a aftermarket carb,cam and header or cam and header on fi? thanks for any feedback!
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FI is almost always better then carb. There just isn't a real comparison. However, it is quite a bit more to setup then just throwing a carb on. If you want ease of install and you don't have a problem with stalling with your existing setup, you might want to just use your existing intake on the 1.6L engine.
With 31" tires the 5.14:1 would probably server you just fine. But with the 1.6l you will probably only need the 4:1 kit. Figure that the 5.14:1 gears will bring your tires back into the same gearing you had stock in high range. The 6:1 and 6.5:1 kits are designed for 32" and 33" tires. You will be running a bit higher RPMs, but have plenty of power. In low range a 6.1:1 is almost 2.5 times higher then your stock gear set, so if you use 2nd gear a lot in low range now you will probably want a bit higher ratio. If you never leave first, the lower gear kit will probably work.
I say put the 1.6L in first, that way you can judge how much more power and lower speed you need before you put in the gears.
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right now i'm always on the first gears(low range)and can bearly make it up the hill,and when i'm going down,i'm on the brake all the way down!
about the engine i will be putting a 1.6,my question was will a 1.6l with an aftermarket carb+cam+header have more power than 1.6l fi+cam+header thanks
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Just put a stock 1.6 with f.i. in and forget the other stuff, it will have about three times or more power than the 1.3 stocker.
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ok,then the donor i'm getting is an automatic,does it matter for anything,or i have to get it from an manual trans?
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I think the only thing that might be diffrent is the starter,if your buying an adapter plate you will use a sammie flywheel and trans so the comp or ecm won't matter auto or stick.
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cool! thank you ;D