With the swap do you use the sidekick coil or the original samurai coil?
Unless you want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out why things don't work, always use the same components that go with the engine - especially electrical stuff. That would go with the fuel pump too when using the EFI/TBI system.
Does anyone make brackets for the sidekick radiator to fit in the samurai? Do you think its worth the time to investigate this or should I just reuse the stock samurai radiator? I will have an electric fan on my setup if that sways the decision.
I have a Samurai radiator in my 1.6 8-valve engine and it works great with the stock fan. Besides the main advantage of not having to mess with fabbed mounts, if you use an all-metal unit (I think they are pre-1990), you can have it professionally cleaned (top and bottom unsoldered, passages rodded out then re-assembled for good-as-new operation). Newer plastic-capped radiators suck! I have gone through one on my '93 sidekick already because the topside plastic welds failed and radiator shops will not take them apart to clean them.
I hope that this helps!