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Vitara 2.5L V6 Swap For Sidekick

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Re: Vitara 2.5L V6 Swap For Sidekick
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2019, 08:47:30 PM »
The 2.5Lv6 can be squeezed into first gen kicker/trackers.  If you are planning on keeping IFS it is much tighter, and will require several fittings and a slight modification of the oil pan.
Changing out the complete wiring is possibly the easiest way.  Modifying wiring harnesses takes a lot of time to get it right (especially the first time).  I would really recommend at least buying the FSM for the model/year of your donor vehicle.
This will take some time.  Find your manual wiring harness.
What year is the motor out of?

This is a very long thread, but it may give you an idea of where you are going.  http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=22395.0



I want to pull this off on my 1995 after reading online i think im going to sway away from the tdi swap and lean more towards a Suzuki engine swap. The h25a is a stout engine and its easier to find vs a h27a so im going to be on the lookout for a grand vitara or a Chevy tracker zr2. The complete drive train swap and wire harness seems to be the best bet.

Just wondering if i should use the odometer from the vitara ir try to wire up the tracker unit.

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Re: Vitara 2.5L V6 Swap For Sidekick
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2019, 11:19:55 AM »

I want to pull this off on my 1995 after reading online i think im going to sway away from the tdi swap and lean more towards a Suzuki engine swap. The h25a is a stout engine and its easier to find vs a h27a so im going to be on the lookout for a grand vitara or a Chevy tracker zr2. The complete drive train swap and wire harness seems to be the best bet.

Just wondering if i should use the odometer from the vitara ir try to wire up the tracker unit.

This fourm is full of alot of information and great people

BRD HNTR did a hybrid setup the first time, swapped in just the speedometer into the stock dash and used the original cluster for everything else. The second time around we actually pulled the dash and swapped all of the in dash wiring except for the heater controls, so we went with the complete Vitara instrument cluster.  We still need to get around to making a new cover as it didn't quite fit and we had to modify the dashboard.
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