SU Carb

[zukmeista]

Been doing some reading lately, I see in the UK it is very common to fit an SU carb to an SJ, haven't seen one over here though. Just wondering if anyone has done it and if there was a power increase? There must be a reason why the poms like them?

[Sadam_Husain]

you dont really get power increases as such with a carb change mate you've got to do more to your engine to get it breathing to do that but you can get better performance, economy (or sometimes worse ) and throttle responses and in the 4wd world better performance on angles with reduced flooding

[zukmeista]

I realise there's more to it than just bolting a carb on, just want to see if anyone has done it is all.

[noexitroad]

my bazooki has one, it was on it when i bought it.
seems to go good.
it was an ex a class truck and i got it off derek smyth in palmy.
not sure who built it originally, think it may have come from the wanganui area???
i will post some photos if you want or pm me and i can email them to you

[Dirtydog]

dosent happen to be a little blue one with a fabric/canvas roof does it?

[noexitroad]

its a red one with a message on the back that says "if you can read this then please roll me over". the message is upside down
have tried putting photos on without success so best to pm me with your email address if you are interested to see how it looks and i will email them to you

[Dirtydog]

na its allgood, i knew a derek up there with a lil blue zuk, just seeing if it was a small world after all lol.

[zukmeista]

Plenty of pics on the UK forum I go on, just wanted to know if anyone in NZ had fitted one.

[lincooln]

su'z are good as they can pretty much run upside down. they don't get so affected by hills and sidlings etc. hence why teh get used on 4wds.

[chrome]

worked well on mine

[zukmeista]

So whats involved in the install apart from the adapter?

[SP450andLE]

Perhaps accelerator and choke cables? And maybe some bolts to bolt it to the adapter? Oh and air filters are commonly used when people put SUs onto Suzukis. Also fuel lines are quite important for some reason.

I can go into more detail if you like?

[Dirtydog]

dont forget the actual carby lol

[zukmeista]

[chrome]

have a look on difflock in the suzuki stickys,
got a couple of good write ups