my 93 has a 3" calmini body lift with 33" mickey t's and complete camo-clad.   i use it as my hunting rig, but actually drive it more than my truck.  the moto has 188,000  miles and is tired.  that coupled with the big tires makes it moan and groan. sooooooo, what are my options?  could i put a newer bigger motor in?  would a calmini motor re-build kit do it?

When my motor let loose at 280K after years of pulling 33's around. It made a HUGE difference just puting a rebuilt motor in it. You would be amazed at how much power is lost after lots of use.

Zig

sorry for the ignorance, but you reuilt the original motor, or put in a completely different RE_BUILT engine.  someone had mentioned putting a newer 6 cyl in.  is that possible?

is that possible?

Everything is possible ...
A stock engine rebuilt, should do ok with 33's ... it's never going to win drag races, but if ya want that, get another car.

what's the best and most affordable re-build kit?

could try rpmrons ...
http://www.rpmrons.com/Suzukikits1.html

Did you ever regear to turn the 33's?

no. 

Is yours auto or manual?

The fact that you're turning 33" tires with gears originally ment for a set of 26-27" tires is probably part of the problem.

You could check out "do it yerself engine" thread

It's for an 1.6/8valve, but most it applies to the 16 valve (except obviously the head work).

Built similary you will get a power boost while you are at it.

Zag

sorry for the ignorance, but you reuilt the original motor, or put in a completely different RE_BUILT engine.  someone had mentioned putting a newer 6 cyl in.  is that possible?

I purchased an engine that had already been rebuilt.

Definately look into the re-gearing of the axles. It will help out allot.

Zig

it is a manual transmission.  what gear ratio do i need to look at?  do i need to do the gears before or after the engine rebuild, or does it matter?

i won't be doing in rock crawling.  just mud and mostly normal driving

Power is not a substitute for gears.
You are working that engine hard
on 33s with stock gearing, problem
is the 5.83 have been hard to get
from being out of stock, anyone hear
if they are shipping yet

The gears will cost about $600 and
another $100-200 to have setup, you
could look into a diesel swap for power,
and I think it will help with the gear ratio
too, any thoughts on that guys

Power is not a substitute for gears.
You are working that engine hard
on 33s with stock gearing, problem
is the 5.83 have been hard to get
from being out of stock, anyone hear
if they are shipping yet

The gears will cost about $600 and
another $100-200 to have setup, you
could look into a diesel swap for power,
and I think it will help with the gear ratio
too, any thoughts on that guys

PM GRVIT and see if the European Distributor still has any of the 5.83's. If not the 5.12 manual gears will help out allot and cost much less. I dont know any thing about a motor swap besides the fact I like things simple and a diesel swap sounds like a long drawn out process just to have a bit more power and allot louder motor to go hunting with    We do not allow any one to even drive up the field entrance in a diesel during hunting season because of all the extra noise.

Plus a Manual tranny diff swap will be lots cheaper and can be done in an afternoon.

my 2 cents,
Zig