If anyone is interested I am still doing these kits they are $1050 for the 12 Vave and $1100 for the 24 valve best to email me at shelfie@suzukiparts.co.nz as I dont check these forums much. We have full workshop facilities at work now and we can fit them in the workshop if required (for extra ...

Rotazuk wrote:
Must have been a massive headache for all the VL commodore owners then

Best commodore that's ever been produced......

i have heard of a couple of early deisel vitaras doing 400km, but the number of prematurely dead ones far outway the good. The Pug motors in the grand vitara do have issues with water running down through the top mount intercooler and rusting 2 of the INJECTORS, not just the glow plugs into the head ...

Pretty sure Te Puke Partsworld have got one at the moment, think they want about $250 for it

The 1600 early escudos/vitara are the shortest front axles
the early V6 shape are the longest front axles (approx 20mm longer), and the 98-05 shape Grand vitaras are smack bang in the middle between the two.

they all need the timing chains, tensioners & guides replaced, the 2.5 and 2.7 motor need them done every 180ish km, and the h20a needs them done sooner (depends on how well maintained it has been)

if not maintained I have seen H25A's throw chains at 140km, with a bit of maintainence they go 190ish, if well looked after they will do 250ish.

For a vitara I would go for the J20, the V6's have timing chain issues and the G16's crack blocks and heads. Haven't heard of anyone having issues with a J20 though. Only the H20A has the timing chain issue. Well he did say Vitara, not Grand Vitara and the H20 is the only V6 available in the Vitara ...

KIWI_TERRANO wrote:
that's the 2c Toyota diesel 2ltr I suggested as that's what they put in nivas

and they have the same bell housing pattern as the 1S/2S/3S, 3VZ/5VZ, 1MZ etc motors, totally different to a 4A bell housing.

I think if you get stones under your cambelt it's going to be the start of some pretty expensive repair bills regardless of what engine it is. I'm sure that doesn't apply purely to an F9Q engine. How are parts not available for them? PSA (pug) diesels are some of the most common in the automotive ...

The RHZ and RHW may be good motors when they are fresh but they have a few issues later down the track, main one being that rain water runs down through the intercooler and rusts No3 & No4 injector into place to the point that they cannot be removed, and they need to come out not only to get ...

Yes it is quite common due to vibration as it is mounted directly to the inlet manifold. Seem to crack around the brackets. Should either rubber mount or onto the body somewhere. Cheers Tim There is also a manufacturing fault with some of them, where by the top isn't crimped properly and leaks ...

just run a decent intercooler, water/meth does work good though, i had a really basic kit on my supercharged xr8 falcon which just used a windscreen washer pump and pressure switch with a brass jet which gave a really fine mist,i swapped it for an intercooler eventually which was alot more ...

if your into vehicles with motorbike sized engines.

I have 3 nozzles set in 2 stages on my 80 series, at 4psi i have a 180cc nozzle kicking in, and at 9psi I have 2x 360cc nozzles coming in, I have them all selectable on toggle switches so I can run any particular nozzle I want, or any combination of them. I run 40% methanol and 60% water. It doesn't ...

early vitara boxes are cable clutch, grand vitara boxes are hydraulic clutch, the early boxes are pretty hardy, the grand vitara boxes aren't. anything can be done with enough know how, time and effort, but why you'd want to go there is another thing.......

i'm assuming you're wanting to tow it behind something?
if its a 2009 you need a car dolly cause you cant fit an A frame to anything after 2003......

Jimny's with a transfer leaver do not have neutral, years ago we fitted a Sj413 transfer box into a Jimny so it could be towed behind a motorhome without the risk of rooting the gearbox from lack of oil flow (which does happen in them) Any information you can give me on fitting the 413 transfer ...

Jimny's with a transfer leaver do not have neutral, years ago we fitted a Sj413 transfer box into a Jimny so it could be towed behind a motorhome without the risk of rooting the gearbox from lack of oil flow (which does happen in them)

i know that the extra meter worth of pipe makes a hell of a difference when it comes to performance cars, only if your idea of a performance car is a GT starlet with a standard turbo and you are using 3 inch pipe........ I have built 400Hp competition cars, and played around with FMIC set ups on my ...

Suzuki..... how much are they?

with a front mount your making a whole lot more volume that the turbo has to compress due to extra piping etc, and at slow speeds, a water to air or a fan underneath will be able to get rid of the heat easier. spoken like a true keyboard mechanic...... do the maths for a 1HDT and CT26, work out the ...

as per my reply in the other thread.

Cool the intake charge = power and cooling
add water & meths injection = power and internal cooling

Has it ever been on a dyno? if so what did it make? You need to cool the intake air down. That is the first thing you NEED to do. it will drop your engine temp, your exhaust temp and put some long term reliability into your set up Change your turbo to something that isn't heating the air so much at ...

genuine toyota

why V8 it? what are you trying to achieve???

1HDT + turbo upgrade + FMIC + Big Bore + Water & meth injection depending on how much boost you run can put you over 600Nm

or if you want to spend more money you could do the same on a transplanted 1HDFTE + chip it and you should be around 700Nm.

if you keep killing window reg motors, buy a new window channel rubber (the piece the glass slides up and down in) in the past 4 years i've been through 4 RF reg motors (just as well they dont cost me anything) finally brought a new channel rubber for both front doors, my god what a difference, the ...

its worth whatever someone is prepared to pay for it, would be very hard to find another un-dented one. IMHO its worth about $200

Alltech in Auckland and a company in Dunedin/Timaru from memory.

1HDT injectors are 2 stage and there is only 2 places in NZ that can recon them properly.