[Terry Isaak]

I have an 81 zuk and putting in a full toy drive line but I wan't to put ford 5L in it to push some bigass tires any suggestions???

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suktoy

 

[AIRZUKI]

Please make sure your life insurance premiums are paid up....... just in case
that being said you're gonna have to ditch the stock frame...... the bellhousing will not fit between them.... trust me, I know about shoehorning engines into LJ's...

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[jo-jo]

Originally posted by AIRZUKI:
Please make sure your life insurance premiums are paid up....... just in case
that being said you're gonna have to ditch the stock frame...... the bellhousing will not fit between them.... trust me, I know about shoehorning engines into LJ's...

Hee hee, I was thinking about a witty comeback to the question, but that one will surfice!

A 4.3L would turn your tires just fine. Other than that.....me have no wisdom...


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jo-jo
http://island4x4.com

 

[KEV]

Or a twincam might be the way to go?

 

[zukibrother]

Originally posted by AIRZUKI:
Please make sure your life insurance premiums are paid up....... just in case
that being said you're gonna have to ditch the stock frame...... the bellhousing will not fit between them.... trust me, I know about shoehorning engines into LJ's...

I am working on putting a 2.8 ford motor into my samurai, and i got ahold of a v8 bellhousing with one of the transmissions that i got. There shouldn't be any problems with fitting it inbetween the frame rails. It isn't any wider than the bellhousing for a v6 chevy. It is significantly bigger than my 2.8 bellhousing. You will need to widen the trany tunnell.
i think that the 5.0 would make for an verry interesting swap, but probably be to heavy for a samurai. I don't think there would be any reason to have that much power in a little samurai, but boy would it be fun. I would do it if i thought i could make it work.

 

[AIRZUKI]

a 1981 Suzuki is a LJ80 not a samaurai ( SJ413) the frames are wayyyyyyyyyyy narrower on LJ's and a chev bellhousing will not fit. as far as the trans tunnel goes , cut the whole freakin thing out of the way, install what you want and then artfully craft some sheetmetal over it to keep the mud off you. don't try to work wihin the tiny confines of a stupid zuki size tunnel.

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[zukbondo]

His truck is actually a 82 SJ410

 

[Paul]

Originally posted by jo-jo:
A 4.3L would turn your tires just fine. Other than that.....me have no wisdom...

The 4.3L Chevy is wider than the 5.0L Ford



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Paul Gagnon
Calgary, Alberta
"No Brain, No Pain"
A page from my book.

 

[Terry Isaak]

Doz any one know how hevy a 5 L ford is in comparson to a 4.3 or even 22r

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suktoy

 

[Wil]

Here is a website that has basic weights. The engines you listed aren't specifically mentioned but you can get a rough idea of what your looking at. There is an even better one but I can't remember the URL.

http://www.classiccar.com/tech/engine_weights.asp

 

[Terry Isaak]

Thats a real cool site so the cev. 4.3 is 425 lb and the ford 302 is 500 lb and i think the 22r must be close to 400 lb

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suktoy