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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: jerryp58 on April 17, 2004, 11:08:23 AM
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Guess I was kind of rude by just starting to post stuff without introducing myself :-[
Hopefully it's not too late even though I'm a "senior member" now ;D
Anyway, I've been using this Tracker as a commuter for about a year now. I bought it for my son to use in HS about 4 years ago. He really liked the four wheelin' aspect and has gotten himself a J--P.
The Tracker is basically stock; well, heck I guess it is just about all stock. I put a small K&N filter on the end of a tube; a home-made setup. I have a throttle body spacer I made that's waiting to go on. I just bought an electric fan for it; again waiting to go on. I've gotten to be a pretty slow worker in my "old age", but I hope to get those projects done "soon".
I don't really have a lot planned for the Tracker. I like getting 23 MPG and I guess the things I'm doing are in an effort to make it a better commuter and maybe squeeze out another MPG or three. I would like to get some bigger tires, but probably won't go beyond 30x9.5 and probably wouldn't do anything more than a 2" body lift. I've seen some of the Track/Kicks here with the bumper skin off an like that look, but I wonder if that'll cost me MPGs.
Anyway, just wanted to do the formal introduction. It's great having a forum for a car that I do the majority of the work on. I don't do a lot with the spouse's Grand Am, and the daughter's Toyota is simple enough to work on, but I try to do everything I can to the Tracker, so I'm sure I'll have questions that I can't get the answers from my Haynes or Service Manual.
Jerry
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WELCOME TO THE BOARDS ............JERRY THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO FIND KICK/TRACK INFO..... BE PATIENT AND THE ANSWERS WILL COME AS YOU NEED THEM ;D ...... MATTY D. ;D
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Put 32's on it with a 6" lift then go wheeling with your son!
He will then regret giving the truck up for a Heep when you blow the doors off him! ;D
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Howdie ;D
The 3"inch body lift from CALMINI has bumper relocation brackets, Not much but they work. ;D
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Hey Jerry,
I've chatted with you on the offroad.com forum. Welcome to this forum. It has a lot more activity than the other. My Tracker is the twin of yours, but it has a softtop.
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Those Auto's must suck the life out of the little 1.6 - all my Sidekicks (4-doors) have been sticks, and I've always gotten at least 28 MPG out of them.
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Hey Jerry,
I've chatted with you on the offroad.com forum.  Welcome to this forum.  It has a lot more activity than the other.  My Tracker is the twin of yours, but it has a softtop.
I remember. Did you ever get your idle problem resolved?
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Those Auto's must suck the life out of the little 1.6 - all my Sidekicks (4-doors) have been sticks, and I've always gotten at least 28 MPG out of them.
Yeah, auto's are tough on mileage. I guess that's what happens when you lose 20% or so of your HP to heat at the torque converter ::) I would have preferred a stick but got the auto for the boy. His J--p is stick and he picked it up quickly, oh well, the auto is nice in traffic jams.
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I'D SAY I LOST ABOUT 20 - 30 MILES PER TANK OF GAS WITH THE 31'S. BUT ITS JUST A GUESS , CAUSE I REALLY DONT KEEP TRACK OF IT THAT MUCH.