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Nah, it shouldn't create problems. I have been running a pod on my 16v vit for quite a while (took a lot of plumbing out for my supercharging project, as it was getting in the way) The pod is only temporary. The only thing that I found it bad, is that mine is not supported very well, and the pod ...

Btw, does anyone know if you can connect the existing four wire O2 sensor to a standard single wire one? I know that the four wire ones on the Vit, have a heater in them to get them up to temp faster, but there is still only one signal out, so I am wondering if I can just connect that to another ...

My Vit seems to stutter or shudder at about 2300 rpm. It happens when my foot is at about 1/3 throttle. But goes away when I take my foot off or press it down full. I have an air fuel ratio meter in the car, and I can see the mixture going normal, none (i.e. when the engine is at vacuum), normal ...

Hi guys, After a 2 hour drive to Queenstown for some snowboarding last weekend, my oil has lost it's milky look and the catch can was overflowing with dirty water. I checked the radiator fluid again, and it still doesn't have any oil in it, and no water has been consumed. So this all leads me to ...

We did have a day out doing a 4wding course, but that was just driving up slippery slopes etc, littles puddles of water etc. But no full on water crossings. I can't think of anything places water could get into the engine, apart from the intake obviously, but I would have thought any water that got ...

Hi, I was just having a quick check of my engine last night, and there seems to be water in my oil. (oil has gone milky) I checked the radiator and there is not oil present there, and it is not using any water. The engine is running fine, and I haven't noticed any power issues or funny sounds. So I ...

Sorry to hijack the thread a little. But I am just wondering why you are specfically wanting to put an auto box in with the CA18DET? I have always preferred manual, and I always though manual was better for 4wding.... then again, I have only been 4wding myself for a year or so, so I may be missing ...

Just plain old engine oil Mobil 1?? (I have the SC12 supercharger about to go in)

You can just buy the oil from Toyota, I emailed them a while back, and it was only $12 for 50ml, not the outrageous $50 or more people had been talking about. You are meant to be able to substitute it for something else, but I searched around, and couldn't find out what is was. So it would be ...

Yeah, the whole time I had been looking for an actual nut. But it was a round 'nut', which you need a special tool for, but a couple of screws drivers in the holes, and wa-la. No more bearing movement!!! Well, hopefully not enough for them to fail me again on the warrant. So yeah, I ended up getting ...

Thanks for that, its given me hope that it is possible. I went to the mechanic today to see if he had time, and he said 'umm, maybe end of next week', so that's useless. So I might get an impact driver and see what happens, otherwise, drill it out and hope it works. I might post a pic tonight, to ...

I went to buy an impact driver today, but the bits look too big. I might just bit the bullet and get a mechanic to do it!!!, cos I am running outta time at the moment. I am going to forever hate myself for paying someone to do this!!! I tried the other side today aswell, and all those screws are ...

Yeah, all those things would work, but they are quite small, and in a difficult location beside the end of the drive shaft, the bit that goes into the auto locking hub.

Hi, I was trying to tighten my wheel bearing nut, but before I could to it, I had to remove a round plate that covers it. Secured with four screws. (I have a 93 Vit). But the screws have been stuffed. Any ideas on how to get the plate off so I can tighten the bearing??? I need to tighten it for my ...

Yeah, i have been running that for a couple of months, but I am not sure if there is actually anymore leakage, or maybe it is just left over from before.

Hmm, interesting idea.

I know that putting powersteering fluid in the brake reservoir is very bad, I supposedly messed up my mates car doing that (back when I was a little more naive about cars). haha

haha, nah, it is really leaking. I might try give it a wash down before I take it in to check the other problems, so that might work.

Hi, Just went for my WOF and they picked up a couple of things, ball joint needs fixing, easy, tighten wheel bearing, easy (I think), tighten rear suspension bush, easy, But they also said my power steering unit was leaking (the bit which directly attaches to the steering arms etc). Anyway, has ...

Hi, I have done the same thing, But I finally got mine off without rounding the nut part too badly. I just used lots of CRC (I guess you lot call it WD40) and a ring spanner, which I hit many times with a hammer. But I would recommend heat, but try to heat the manifold more than the sensor (I think ...

Hi, I read the little instructions beside my transfer case stick a while back and it said you can change from 2wd to 4wd while rolling if the front wheel are straight. Well, I have tried it with varying degrees of success. Sometimes it goes in straight away, no probs, no grinding etc, at about 25km ...

Hi, Thanks for that info, how much boost were you running? Do you know what your fuel conditions were like? I am just wondering if the rings went due to too much compression or if it was detonating etc from running too lean. Are there turbo pistons available for the Suzukis? Well, other than custom ...

Haha, nah, havent touched the engine yet. So I will just see how it goes, and if it blows, buy a new engine, and rebuilt the old one stronger, better, faster.

Fair enuff, well hopefully I will be a fair way through my built and be able to sort out some of the EFI problems we are likely to run into, and be able to help you out when the time comes.

Haha, yeah, my name is Jeremy

How far through are you?
Have you seen the guy Baldur's build? It looked quite good, but haven't found any recent info about how it is going now.

Hi,

I have started a thread on Offroad Express 4wd forum for my build if you want to follow it.

I will try to keep it up to date, and will try post some pics etc on it here aswell.

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... 1237#41237

I put some S13 springs into the back of my LWB Vitara, and I got about 20mm of lift. So they may be too soft for a LWB, I did some rough checks of the spring rates, by loading the back with about 65kg of weights, and the S13 spring rates are softer than the stock LWB ones. So that will account for ...

cool, thanks for that. So would you know if it will automatically advance timing, even under boost conditions? Or will it stay the same? If it will be advancing timing under boost, would I be able to just disconnect the 'controls' for the ignitor so that it is only sparking at what is set on the ...

Btw, does anyone know what kind of Timing Advance does G16B have? If any.

Also, do they have knock sensors?

Hi, I am the 'guy' that is going to fit it to my Vitara, hehe. I have the G16B engine, 16v, mutli point injection, with 180,000k on it, but still going strong. There are quite a number of considerations for supercharging / turbo charging a NA engine. Mostly fuel really, as you don't want to be ...

Ok, thanks for that. Why did they heat them? Most other O2 sensors I have seen only had one wire so I was a little suprised.

Anyone know which of the four wires is the O2 signal? i.e. 0 - 1v (i think)