Kev, Brit is crazy! The original video you did explained everything perfectly for anyone who has wrenched on a motor and understands the basics of how everything works. The end take wasn't needed, but was funny to see the two of you interacting like a normal married couple. Thanks for the laugh!
In my experience with similar issues i found that the radiator was plugged up so when the water pump was turning moving coolant it would act like it was over heating. Just a little tech tip
I had the same issue with my jeep… 98 zj 5.9... I think it was my water pump sucking air in under load. After replacing the water pump my issues went away
Admittedly the Jimny makes a great stockibng stuffer, so keep it around. Since you want to keep it cute, audacious upgrades are out of the question (a Jimny that rolls coal?). You might just have a bad formed block - the question is where is the head leak and if you get it repaired, will it last. Also check the lower because if you have a crack it will just keep blowing heads as the engine twists. Weigh that against an upgraded engine (etc) and you might wind up with a stealth ass-kicker. I'm with you no matter which way you go. Remember Kevin whatever you decide, Chris will eventually have to fix it. LoL! Merry Christmas everyone!
We have done several 1.6L 16V swaps out of a Suzuki sidekick into our samurais on my channel. We are about to do a 2.0L swap into another one. Casey over at Zuks of Hazard UA-cam channel has been doing some 2.0L content lately so you could check that out. John Browne from Zookie Freak garage up in Alberta is building harnesses for the 2.3L out of an Aerio. You have lots of Suzuki options to choose from, don’t LS swap that thing please.
Have you tried do a vacuum fill on the coolant. Sometimes even the breeders don’t get all the air out. Pulling a vacuum will also let you know if you have leaks
Get the block decked and if you have enough cylinder wall, get the cylinder O-ringed. Are stainless steel head gaskets available for this engine instead of a composite gasket? Otherwise, a can of the old fashion Bars Leak with the pellets fixes a lot of things. The copper or aluminum powder version IMO a waste of money. The old formula pellet Bars Leak is also good for a trail fix.
Jimmy Crickets, I heard you the first time. Never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over! Two wild and crazy guys - in the shop! How long did it take to find that hood bolt? Just deck the block and redo the head - keep it simple. Brit’s Two Cents? Priceless! I’m so compressed.! LiteBriteNationBoilsOver!
Always enjoy your content. You gyes have fallen in the open deck trials and tribulations. Always always. Put straight edge corner to corner side to side . That being said. Chris did a good job but particulars matter on open deck . I agree with Kevin fix what you got it's neat. Tear it down pistons and all other parts are probably perfect. Reuse all parts if they pass inspection . It does give good content. One day eng out tore down. One day rebuild one day install.
Also a bad rad cap can cause it to overheat especially underload, cause with a working cap it allows the cooling system to pressurize and raise the billing point
You are correct but it should of over heated idling with out the rad cap also because they let it idle for quite a while they said. Also it started to over flow right when he started to get in to boost it seemed like. So I think it is pushing boost past the head gasket. But im no expert im just a shade tree mechanic and only 30 but ive had quite a few vehicles and i seem to have mastered breaking everything i posibly can off road (& on road lol) so i spend quite a lot of time in my shop fixing shit lol. So i verry well could be totally wrong and you may be right. I'm never afraid to say I'm wrong and learn something new
Also, you guys should do overviews of customers cars in your shop. What they need, what you’re doing, customers end goals, stuff like that. I’m sure many others noticed the OBS Bronco in the back of your shop. I’ve noticed a square body in the background before. Never a mention of what they’re in for. You’re missing the boat on sharing some good stuff!
The Bronco belongs to Chris’s girlfriend, but she hasn’t wanted to really film it or be on camera. And the square body is a project that Chris brought with him when he moved here.
ive had so many bad thermostats in a row before maybe take it out and try it also common swap is 16 valve sidekick motors twice the motor and there was a company out of florida that did 4.3 swaps in them
Kevin, you can only get that small motor in Japan. Everywhere else, it has the 1.5L turbo and not turbo. 2023, they even came out with the 5 door! The only issue is that none of them are sold in the US. Would love to see a mini build with this one. Lift kit and all. If it's anything like the Samurai's. It will go places your Jeep won't fit!
Here's an idea how about putting a V6 engine maybe Aluminum block would be cool. Oh take a look at Ed's Suzuki he works out of Matt's off road towing. I believe has Chevy GEO engine in there. I say give him a call or go through all of his old videos. Oh also you could call Paul Cox at Fab Rats. He did most of the work on that vehicle.
When they were sold in Australia (as a Sierra), they came standard with the 1.3, it is extremely common to swap in the bigger engine from the Vitara (Sidekick/ Geotracker) and there's plenty of off-the-shelf stuff available to do it. I've also seen them with Toyota 2TR engines (less common).
Chris isn't lying that K swapping it would make it incredibly reliable. I think Honda's B16's with only 1.6 liter had 160hp stock and were well known for going 150k to 200k. The 8000 rpm redline might be fun just don't put the buzzy I hate the world exhaust on it. Lol
Oh I see... it's not the head Gasket... it's the inlet manifold gasket that's leaking! the second you hit boos it was blowing the boost into the cooling system
dumb question, I had a machine shop that didn't notice a hairline crack before, did you all inspect the head for cracks after resurfacing? also if the engine is toast I'm a big fan of little diesels, a TDI or a kabota would give you plenty of torque.
I have an F-150 and they changed the thermostat. Not realizing that the thermostat needed to go in backwards. I had the same issue until they figured out. They put the thermostat in wrong. After the thermostat was flipped over properly. It worked great
Hey those 3 cylinder Motors they're in notorious for screwing up my friend went ahead and yank that motor out and put a different motor in it and never had a problem after that ...thats what we did
I like the idea of the Tracker swap for the ease of repairs, parts availability and reliability. The 13B-T or REW would at this point be about the same in terms of parts sourcing and is completely nonsensical. But the JDM nerd in me would geek the F!@# out if I saw that at a car show. I can only imagine the butt pucker factor of driving that thing with 200 +/- HP. That's a lot of ponies for those skinny little tires...
It looks like a Wet Sleeve motor, with removable cylinders, so check that the bottom of the sleeves are properly sealed to the block,... Speaking as someone with an R16TS that had the cylinders lift (due to a person, not the design) when the seals at the bottom go, it behaves exactly like a blown head gasket. MoPar did Aluminium Slant Sixes back in the early 60's with similar open-top design for the block, they cancelled them after 50,000 units made because they couldn't keep the head gasket sealed on too many. Core shift during casting became an issue.
For the Ecotec route you have a wide range of engines to choose from. You got your 2.0L engines that are all turbocharged except one version that has a Eaton supercharger. Then you have your 2.2Ls, 2.4Ls and 2.5Ls. Of coarse the newer they are the more HP and TQ they start to make. Basically you have engines running from 140HP/140TQ up to the new in 2024 325HP/325TQ. All I4 engines with turbo, super charger or naturally aspirated spanning three generations of engines spanning from 2002-2024+.
This probably won’t work, but when drag racing Dsm’s years ago when we would lift a head/ blow out coolant only under boost. We would over torque the head bolts by 10ft-lbs. Most of the time it would hold enough. I dunno if that’s an easy thing you guys can try first. But it really depends where the bolts are in relation to the failure of it will be successful. As far as engine, I vote 13b.
I agree I've done the same on a 12v cummins I sold a buddy and ended up building for his pull truck. But only reason I did thay was just for the weekend to get through the even we was at. The next week we had a fire ring installed with the head and block cut for the ring. Also I had installed the more expensive set of are head studs (sorry I forget witch set they are. I know they were the more expensive of the head studs sets that they offer.) I forget what we torqued them to but it was a good bit over the ARPs specs. It was enough to make u pucker up on every bolt as we torqued them down lol
That little engine block reminded me of the old Vega engine with the OH cam. That aluminum block would always warp… usually you could see daylight under a straight edge it was so bad. Good luck and keep up the good work/fun
I had a car running hot like that after a head gasket. I had put cam to crank timing mark to mark (TDC), checking specs and setting 10° offset solved my problem.
In my opinion, if you want to keep it as a nice little classic daily to cruise around town in and hit the gym with, go with a small engine that's boosted, but not what you have now. Something with 200hp+ and totally bring it up to current standards mechanically, but keep the classic look. All new break suspensions, wheels, and tires and clean up the entire undercarriage with rustproof paint, sound deadening the cabin, drop a stereo sytem into it and you'll have a modern classic that has the nostalgia, but functions at a higher level. Just food for thought. Good luck and personally I love the Jimny's, Samurai's and Sidekicks, they have just lacked big time in the motor department and are now discontinued in the America's, so no buenos. 🤘
The HP on the ecotec depends on the ecotec motor you use. The original 2.2l was in a Saturn. That put out 170hp in Saturn only. However you can build it with external bolt on's to put out up to 400 hp. You can rebuild them to over 1k HP with the original crank. The 2.0 super charged Saturn Ion was 205 HP. The Sky Red Line had the 2.0 Turbo. It had 260 hp. I'm looking for a wrecked Sky RL to convert our 2001 Saturn SC2 (300k miles original clutch/trans and T-chain/motor) to a rear wheel drive ecotec. The Astra had a 1.8L that had 180 hp.
I say restore that one or at least get it running and driving then find another one to make a rock buggy out of so Chris is happy that he gets to modify one..
Would be cool if you give chris a budget price for a budget build and he can do what he can with what you give him. That would be awesome to see how far he could go with it with the skills he has.
Hey Chris, try Australia for parts for the Jimny. They have them too! Also ask Matt and Paul if they have any parts left from the Golden Nugget. It may be a little older, but alot of stuff will be similar.
My Samurai got the 1.6 tracker/sidekick engine in it! Noticeable horsepower, but you should get the Samurai transmission or retain the sidekick/tracker 5 speed 2wd transmission. There's many performance options for the Suzuki 1.6 8 and 1.6 16 valve engines.
Magnaflux is amazing. It will find the smallest cracks in the head and or block that will swell and open with heat. Buy a wrecked Tracker and use the drive train.
This video was far from terrible, it is real; this is the stuff that happens in real life. My friend has a Duramax Chevy that was having engine problems and it was an intermittently leaky turbo gasket: easy fix but tough to find
Put a VW 1.9L Turbo Diesel. Very common swap for the samurai. I had a 1988.5 Sami and I swapped in a 93 1.3L Fuel Injected motor, then swapped in tracker 1.6L and ran the Sami fuel injection. Awesome ride. Had my Samurai for 15 years
On a pretty easy budget and tuning side of things you could swap a 2.0 ecotec gm inline 4 with a supercharger or turbo setup for pretty dang cheap and stay really reliable at about 200-250whp/wtrq and also have super easy to find parts from the s10 or cavalier or whatever it needs to fit the swap and being a divorced t-case the t5 trans from s10 should have awesome gearing for wheeling depending on the axle ratios??? But that's one fairly simple swap that would be all in less than 5k fully fresh and built to handle 300+whp all day long with ecu and everything like brand spanking new I believe? If your Chris lol wanted to do some mild refreshing I bet you guys could do it less than 3500
Probably a warped or cracked block. Should had it decked from start as its an open deck engine and those are prone to warp. As for the money worth stuck in the car it dont matter if it dont get sold and its kept as a cute little off roader.
My first samy I put a Chevy v6 auto in it with the same case and it ripped. That was in the early 90s. I had 47 Willy's rears with 538 gears and 36in sx swampers
Merry Christmas, everyone, and happy new year .Light Brite Nation. Thanks for the videos they are always amazing . Love the off-road stuff, but I'm looking forward to seeing the corvette back in action. This is strange because my only experience with drifting is when I got on my dually a little hard and went across the five lain in front of the feed store in the rain sideways . Is that drifting or crab walking in the rain? Humm . Have fun, ya'll .
You guys might have already done it. But I use to have an SR swapped S13 that had a bad boost leak that would cause overheating. Not as fast as you guys did, but it happened only under boost as well. Try a boost leak test before tearing it apart.
understanding that Kev , doesn't want to do a full build, meaning bigger axles, and big motor and all that stuff... how abou going the diesel route like a cummins 4bt, or vw or what ever you can easily put a turbo on it and have all the torque you need for such a small vehicle..... lots of other builders in the 4 wheeling community have done small diesel swaps with great success, and the added fuel milage you would get would be huge.... Just thinking outside the box here... but I do like all the options you suggested, love the content, happy holidays
Give Chris free range to do what he wants and let him surprise you.
Unfortunately, that’s not an option, although we wish it was. We’ll explain why in a video in the near future.
@@LiteBrite I hope it isn't bad news.
Fix the little vehicle
Dont let him go unchecked! That is how you end up with Rolls Royce Merlin engines in Samurais
Thats an idea, I love it...Chris is the man
Kev, Brit is crazy! The original video you did explained everything perfectly for anyone who has wrenched on a motor and understands the basics of how everything works. The end take wasn't needed, but was funny to see the two of you interacting like a normal married couple. Thanks for the laugh!
In my experience with similar issues i found that the radiator was plugged up so when the water pump was turning moving coolant it would act like it was over heating. Just a little tech tip
I don't know what you plan on doing but remember, if you sell it that's only short term money. Keep it and work on it that's content.
I love my 91 K1500,
Thx for the laugh😂
I had the same issue with my jeep… 98 zj 5.9... I think it was my water pump sucking air in under load. After replacing the water pump my issues went away
You gotta keep it and fix it! Or give it to me for Christmas! 😂
Turbo 4 banger TDI, and Trans adapter plate. All the Torque you need.
Admittedly the Jimny makes a great stockibng stuffer, so keep it around. Since you want to keep it cute, audacious upgrades are out of the question (a Jimny that rolls coal?). You might just have a bad formed block - the question is where is the head leak and if you get it repaired, will it last. Also check the lower because if you have a crack it will just keep blowing heads as the engine twists. Weigh that against an upgraded engine (etc) and you might wind up with a stealth ass-kicker. I'm with you no matter which way you go. Remember Kevin whatever you decide, Chris will eventually have to fix it. LoL! Merry Christmas everyone!
Oh I like that idea. Turbo diesel!! Yes yes please.
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you guys! Thanks for all the entertainment you have provided me.
We have done several 1.6L 16V swaps out of a Suzuki sidekick into our samurais on my channel. We are about to do a 2.0L swap into another one. Casey over at Zuks of Hazard UA-cam channel has been doing some 2.0L content lately so you could check that out. John Browne from Zookie Freak garage up in Alberta is building harnesses for the 2.3L out of an Aerio. You have lots of Suzuki options to choose from, don’t LS swap that thing please.
Petroworks makes a great swap kit for the sidekick motors
Have you tried do a vacuum fill on the coolant. Sometimes even the breeders don’t get all the air out. Pulling a vacuum will also let you know if you have leaks
Get the block decked and if you have enough cylinder wall, get the cylinder O-ringed. Are stainless steel head gaskets available for this engine instead of a composite gasket?
Otherwise, a can of the old fashion Bars Leak with the pellets fixes a lot of things. The copper or aluminum powder version IMO a waste of money. The old formula pellet Bars Leak is also good for a trail fix.
volkswagen TDI with the Turbski noises!!
Do a vw 1.9tdi swop. I think an ALH engine code with Mechanical diesel pump.
Zukis for life ! Never get rid of the rig
The tracker motor is good swap. I’m happy with mine. 87 Samurai on 33’s
It all made sense to me. Just take the coolant out, and it will be air cooled.😅 my drag motor was block filled, and ran just fine in 1/4 mile trips.😂
Jimmy Crickets, I heard you the first time. Never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over! Two wild and crazy guys - in the shop! How long did it take to find that hood bolt? Just deck the block and redo the head - keep it simple. Brit’s Two Cents? Priceless! I’m so compressed.! LiteBriteNationBoilsOver!
Look what your buddy Matt did with the little Jimmy. They use the guts out of a sidekick including the axles
Keep it! Definitely worth it
Always enjoy your content. You gyes have fallen in the open deck trials and tribulations. Always always. Put straight edge corner to corner side to side . That being said. Chris did a good job but particulars matter on open deck . I agree with Kevin fix what you got it's neat. Tear it down pistons and all other parts are probably perfect. Reuse all parts if they pass inspection . It does give good content. One day eng out tore down. One day rebuild one day install.
You could put a diesel in it or if you go rotary get the Vargas Bros to build it. That would be a blast.
Put a 2.3 EcoBoost from a 5 speed Mustang. With the divorced transfer case you can just pull engine and trans from junkyard
i went the1.6 suzuki tracker (VITARA in the UK) in my build...what a difference...pure fun!!!...and a fairly easy swap...🤠
Go the Suzuki Sidekick or Geo Tracker route. You won't be disappointed by the increase in horsepower. Like Chris said he can still boost one of those.
My 12 year old Yamaha Rhino
Has a bigger engine !
And
It runs always😮
I vote fix it. Keep it simple. Unless the block is cracked it wouldn’t be that bad to resurface the deck.
hey the radiator cap not being on it will boil over at 220 degrees you need a pressurized cap i went thru this before.
Also a bad rad cap can cause it to overheat especially underload, cause with a working cap it allows the cooling system to pressurize and raise the billing point
You are correct but it should of over heated idling with out the rad cap also because they let it idle for quite a while they said. Also it started to over flow right when he started to get in to boost it seemed like. So I think it is pushing boost past the head gasket.
But im no expert im just a shade tree mechanic and only 30 but ive had quite a few vehicles and i seem to have mastered breaking everything i posibly can off road (& on road lol) so i spend quite a lot of time in my shop fixing shit lol. So i verry well could be totally wrong and you may be right. I'm never afraid to say I'm wrong and learn something new
Also, you guys should do overviews of customers cars in your shop. What they need, what you’re doing, customers end goals, stuff like that. I’m sure many others noticed the OBS Bronco in the back of your shop. I’ve noticed a square body in the background before. Never a mention of what they’re in for. You’re missing the boat on sharing some good stuff!
The Bronco belongs to Chris’s girlfriend, but she hasn’t wanted to really film it or be on camera. And the square body is a project that Chris brought with him when he moved here.
Rebuild the engine properly and keep it stock. Its a cute little rig 👌
Don't sell it, fix it however but don't sell it!!
ive had so many bad thermostats in a row before maybe take it out and try it also common swap is 16 valve sidekick motors twice the motor and there was a company out of florida that did 4.3 swaps in them
Kevin, you can only get that small motor in Japan. Everywhere else, it has the 1.5L turbo and not turbo. 2023, they even came out with the 5 door! The only issue is that none of them are sold in the US. Would love to see a mini build with this one. Lift kit and all. If it's anything like the Samurai's. It will go places your Jeep won't fit!
Get a little Kubota 4 cylinder diesel engine, something like a V2203 that are found in everything from bobcats to mobile tower light systems.
Here's an idea how about putting a V6 engine maybe Aluminum block would be cool. Oh take a look at Ed's Suzuki he works out of Matt's off road towing. I believe has Chevy GEO engine in there. I say give him a call or go through all of his old videos. Oh also you could call Paul Cox at Fab Rats. He did most of the work on that vehicle.
When they were sold in Australia (as a Sierra), they came standard with the 1.3, it is extremely common to swap in the bigger engine from the Vitara (Sidekick/ Geotracker) and there's plenty of off-the-shelf stuff available to do it. I've also seen them with Toyota 2TR engines (less common).
Thank you Brittany. I assumed that's what they were doing but I wasn't sure.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's to you all
Id say drop like a 3 cyl yanmar diesel in it that would get your torque for off roading purposes
Chris isn't lying that K swapping it would make it incredibly reliable. I think Honda's B16's with only 1.6 liter had 160hp stock and were well known for going 150k to 200k. The 8000 rpm redline might be fun just don't put the buzzy I hate the world exhaust on it. Lol
Need to fix that thing up. Have fun with it.
Oh I see... it's not the head Gasket... it's the inlet manifold gasket that's leaking! the second you hit boos it was blowing the boost into the cooling system
dumb question, I had a machine shop that didn't notice a hairline crack before, did you all inspect the head for cracks after resurfacing? also if the engine is toast I'm a big fan of little diesels, a TDI or a kabota would give you plenty of torque.
I have an F-150 and they changed the thermostat. Not realizing that the thermostat needed to go in backwards. I had the same issue until they figured out. They put the thermostat in wrong. After the thermostat was flipped over properly. It worked great
Hey those 3 cylinder Motors they're in notorious for screwing up my friend went ahead and yank that motor out and put a different motor in it and never had a problem after that ...thats what we did
Thanks for the extra explanation because I was left confused without it.
If you didn’t deck the block after a head gasket that also over heated then that can be the issue for sure
Merry Christmas and Happy Trails to all at LBN.
I love the idea of a rotary engine. have some fun with it.
Thanks for the update, I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 🎉🥃🥃. Going to be fun to see what you do ❤️❤️💯🤙
Merry Christmas to you as well! 🎄🎁
Merry Christmas @LITEBRITE NATION!🇺🇸🇺🇸🍻
I like the idea of the Tracker swap for the ease of repairs, parts availability and reliability. The 13B-T or REW would at this point be about the same in terms of parts sourcing and is completely nonsensical. But the JDM nerd in me would geek the F!@# out if I saw that at a car show. I can only imagine the butt pucker factor of driving that thing with 200 +/- HP. That's a lot of ponies for those skinny little tires...
The ending explaination was rudundant!! I got all that from the vid! 🙂
It looks like a Wet Sleeve motor, with removable cylinders, so check that the bottom of the sleeves are properly sealed to the block,... Speaking as someone with an R16TS that had the cylinders lift (due to a person, not the design) when the seals at the bottom go, it behaves exactly like a blown head gasket.
MoPar did Aluminium Slant Sixes back in the early 60's with similar open-top design for the block, they cancelled them after 50,000 units made because they couldn't keep the head gasket sealed on too many. Core shift during casting became an issue.
I’d put like a little kabota turbo diesel or a Volkswagen Jetta diesel, just saying 👍😊
1600 + transfer case gears + hilux axles + lockers + 35s = far more capable that you could ever imagine off-road !
I had the same issue with my Dodge come to find out I had a cracked exhaust on that and it blew into the coolant area
For the Ecotec route you have a wide range of engines to choose from. You got your 2.0L engines that are all turbocharged except one version that has a Eaton supercharger. Then you have your 2.2Ls, 2.4Ls and 2.5Ls. Of coarse the newer they are the more HP and TQ they start to make. Basically you have engines running from 140HP/140TQ up to the new in 2024 325HP/325TQ. All I4 engines with turbo, super charger or naturally aspirated spanning three generations of engines spanning from 2002-2024+.
This probably won’t work, but when drag racing Dsm’s years ago when we would lift a head/ blow out coolant only under boost. We would over torque the head bolts by 10ft-lbs. Most of the time it would hold enough. I dunno if that’s an easy thing you guys can try first. But it really depends where the bolts are in relation to the failure of it will be successful.
As far as engine, I vote 13b.
I agree I've done the same on a 12v cummins I sold a buddy and ended up building for his pull truck. But only reason I did thay was just for the weekend to get through the even we was at. The next week we had a fire ring installed with the head and block cut for the ring. Also I had installed the more expensive set of are head studs (sorry I forget witch set they are. I know they were the more expensive of the head studs sets that they offer.) I forget what we torqued them to but it was a good bit over the ARPs specs. It was enough to make u pucker up on every bolt as we torqued them down lol
That little engine block reminded me of the old Vega engine with the OH cam. That aluminum block would always warp… usually you could see daylight under a straight edge it was so bad. Good luck and keep up the good work/fun
I had a car running hot like that after a head gasket. I had put cam to crank timing mark to mark (TDC), checking specs and setting 10° offset solved my problem.
In my opinion, if you want to keep it as a nice little classic daily to cruise around town in and hit the gym with, go with a small engine that's boosted, but not what you have now. Something with 200hp+ and totally bring it up to current standards mechanically, but keep the classic look. All new break suspensions, wheels, and tires and clean up the entire undercarriage with rustproof paint, sound deadening the cabin, drop a stereo sytem into it and you'll have a modern classic that has the nostalgia, but functions at a higher level.
Just food for thought. Good luck and personally I love the Jimny's, Samurai's and Sidekicks, they have just lacked big time in the motor department and are now discontinued in the America's, so no buenos. 🤘
Turbo 13b would be cool
A rotary would be badass on the sand dunes.
The HP on the ecotec depends on the ecotec motor you use. The original 2.2l was in a Saturn. That put out 170hp in Saturn only. However you can build it with external bolt on's to put out up to 400 hp. You can rebuild them to over 1k HP with the original crank. The 2.0 super charged Saturn Ion was 205 HP. The Sky Red Line had the 2.0 Turbo. It had 260 hp. I'm looking for a wrecked Sky RL to convert our 2001 Saturn SC2 (300k miles original clutch/trans and T-chain/motor) to a rear wheel drive ecotec. The Astra had a 1.8L that had 180 hp.
I say restore that one or at least get it running and driving then find another one to make a rock buggy out of so Chris is happy that
he gets to modify one..
The underside of that one is incredibly clean. Most of them in my area turned to dust years ago and it is a shame............
It would be cool to see the Jimmy fixed up; however, I get the time and other project crunch.
I know you had tried Blue Devil. But I used this stuff called Steal Seal. And it was amazing. Fixed my blown head gasket, almost instantly.
Would be cool if you give chris a budget price for a budget build and he can do what he can with what you give him. That would be awesome to see how far he could go with it with the skills he has.
Hey Chris, try Australia for parts for the Jimny. They have them too! Also ask Matt and Paul if they have any parts left from the Golden Nugget. It may be a little older, but alot of stuff will be similar.
My Samurai got the 1.6 tracker/sidekick engine in it! Noticeable horsepower, but you should get the Samurai transmission or retain the sidekick/tracker 5 speed 2wd transmission. There's many performance options for the Suzuki 1.6 8 and 1.6 16 valve engines.
Magnaflux is amazing. It will find the smallest cracks in the head and or block that will swell and open with heat. Buy a wrecked Tracker and use the drive train.
This video was far from terrible, it is real; this is the stuff that happens in real life.
My friend has a Duramax Chevy that was having engine problems and it was an intermittently leaky turbo gasket: easy fix but tough to find
Thank you Britny!
Good first Morning!
Don’t get rid of it… Fix it!!! Maybe VW turbo diesel??
If I was in your situation I would keep it and do a engine swap are just redo the original motor My opinion that rig is pretty cool looking.
Put a VW 1.9L Turbo Diesel. Very common swap for the samurai.
I had a 1988.5 Sami and I swapped in a 93 1.3L Fuel Injected motor, then swapped in tracker 1.6L and ran the Sami fuel injection. Awesome ride. Had my Samurai for 15 years
I understood the concept of the test right away.
On a pretty easy budget and tuning side of things you could swap a 2.0 ecotec gm inline 4 with a supercharger or turbo setup for pretty dang cheap and stay really reliable at about 200-250whp/wtrq and also have super easy to find parts from the s10 or cavalier or whatever it needs to fit the swap and being a divorced t-case the t5 trans from s10 should have awesome gearing for wheeling depending on the axle ratios??? But that's one fairly simple swap that would be all in less than 5k fully fresh and built to handle 300+whp all day long with ecu and everything like brand spanking new I believe? If your Chris lol wanted to do some mild refreshing I bet you guys could do it less than 3500
Probably a warped or cracked block.
Should had it decked from start as its an open deck engine and those are prone to warp.
As for the money worth stuck in the car it dont matter if it dont get sold and its kept as a cute little off roader.
I put a chev s10 drivetrain in one years ago. Was a hack job but worked well. A buddy used a Toyota 22r in his but kept breaking the transfer case.
My first samy I put a Chevy v6 auto in it with the same case and it ripped. That was in the early 90s. I had 47 Willy's rears with 538 gears and 36in sx swampers
Merry Christmas, everyone, and happy new year .Light Brite Nation. Thanks for the videos they are always amazing . Love the off-road stuff, but I'm looking forward to seeing the corvette back in action. This is strange because my only experience with drifting is when I got on my dually a little hard and went across the five lain in front of the feed store in the rain sideways . Is that drifting or crab walking in the rain? Humm . Have fun, ya'll .
You guys might have already done it. But I use to have an SR swapped S13 that had a bad boost leak that would cause overheating. Not as fast as you guys did, but it happened only under boost as well. Try a boost leak test before tearing it apart.
Call Matt off-road recovery he had the Samurai get a Geo motor
did you put a pressure gauge on the radiator and see if it builds pressure
That lil Jimney would go pretty good with a BMW K100/K11/K12 motor with a turbo kit
The boost is getting in the coolant but I would go with a 1.6l tracker motor with a Suzuki samurai transmission and transfer case
i understood it all great job
Your shop needs a weather vane. It’s light enough. Put up on a pole on top of the shop.😁😬
Wow Kevin I thought maybe you could check and see if you can get ARP head bolts.
TURBO-ROTARY IT!!!!!
Put in a forklift diesel engine and turbo that.
understanding that Kev , doesn't want to do a full build, meaning bigger axles, and big motor and all that stuff... how abou going the diesel route like a cummins 4bt, or vw or what ever you can easily put a turbo on it and have all the torque you need for such a small vehicle..... lots of other builders in the 4 wheeling community have done small diesel swaps with great success, and the added fuel milage you would get would be huge.... Just thinking outside the box here... but I do like all the options you suggested, love the content, happy holidays
K swap!!! I loved the style of video. It was great. Super real feeling
A Jimny conversion sounds way more exciting.
Y’all have a merry Christmas and happy new year
1089-92 Suzuki swift GTi 1.3 liter DOHC 100hp NA. Badass little engine.
Intake can be a source, heated throttle body? And under boost only, intake to head? That much air from cylinder would likely be smoking off throtte
I'd put a TDI or some other small diesel engine in it! There is a large amount of aftermarket support for the TDI..