v8 vitara?????

Post by **Charged_ZooK** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:57 pm

anyone done a v8 conversion in a swb vitara??????

i am looking at doing this and just wanted to see if people have done this and can point me in right direction.

ive been seaching for a while and cant find anything!!!!!!

thanks

Post by **Red_Zook** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:58 pm

Charged_ZooK wrote:anyone done a v8 conversion in a swb vitara??????

i am looking at doing this and just wanted to see if people have done this and can point me in right direction.

ive been seaching for a while and cant find anything!!!!!!

thanks

sam keck did it
rover v8 and auto

Post by **Charged_ZooK** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:14 pm

hey man um sam did it .... whats his nic name????

i was thinking more allong the lines of a holden 253????
i no heavy that stock vitara but its a daily driver

Post by **Red_Zook** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:17 pm

Charged_ZooK wrote:hey man um sam did it .... whats his nic name????

i was thinking more allong the lines of a holden 253????
i no heavy that stock vitara but its a daily driver

why a v8 anyway??
they are heavy and Grimace, everything u dont want in a zook
sam keck you know overkill engenering??

Post by **Charged_ZooK** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:21 pm

i previosly went supercharger and that turned to shit!!!!!!!!

i did that for more road power......now i want to put a v8 in to tow my dads boat and to hear the rumble and to be different..... do you think i would have to go about the engin to tranny??? engineeers to make up an adapter?

Post by **Polar_Bear** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:31 pm

something like this you mean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJSNFWiHeE

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFPq-7mmmzE

looks pretty heavy but sure does sound

Post by **Red_Zook** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:33 pm

in all honisty man, if you have to ask how to do it on here... it aint gona get done..
just buy a hilux with a comiV6 in it
zooks arent ment to have power..
live with it

Post by **Charged_ZooK** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:35 pm

yea yea....... ahh fark thats it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whats the deal with the tranny and gearbox to the standard zook one

Post by **Charged_ZooK** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:37 pm

ahh mate were there is a will there is a way!!!!!!!!

na this is only a thought!!!!!!!!!! but i will be doing more enquiries!!!!!!!

Post by **Polar_Bear** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:41 pm

whats the deal with the tranny and gearbox to the standard zook one

probably got no zook bits in it at all

i'm with red_zook.... zooks arent meant to have power, live with it

Post by **fordy1** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:17 am

I went to a wreckers in NZ and they raced a V8 Lexus in a Vitara 2 door on massive tyres .

I say go for it!! anytime u can stick it to a lux driver is good, imagine the look on a lux driver with a big lift and tyres and the im so tuff look being passed by a vitara towing a boat!!

I say Vitara's will take over!!

Post by **v840** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:25 am

Not a vit but alot of the hard works been done.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Suzuki-Sierra-V8 ... dZViewItem

Post by **Red_Zook** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:08 am

hey charged zook, what happed to your ideah of the supercharger??

Post by **Guy** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:19 am

a front heavy SWB vehicle towing a boat .. Not the brightest idea I have ever heard.

To tow properly you need more than just the horses to pull it .. you need the weight to control it.

For a dedicated off roader great have a ball .. but minimise its time spent mingling with the general public.

Post by **v840** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:35 pm

love_mud wrote:a front heavy SWB vehicle towing a boat .. Not the brightest idea I have ever heard.

To tow properly you need more than just the horses to pull it .. you need the weight to control it.

For a dedicated off roader great have a ball .. but minimise its time spent mingling with the general public.

In my limited (non-existent) understanding of towing, wouldnt extra weight over the front be a good thing?

So when the trailer goes on its putting weight over the rear, which, when added to the extra front end weight, balances the vehicle better?

Im not saying this is how it is, Im just curious.....

Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:14 pm

this would be more than plenty for a vitara

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 459744.htm

but its only rear wheel drive

Post by **Charged_ZooK** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:59 pm

hey

yea with the supercherge thing it turned to shit... the pully i was told was fine and then all of a sudden it shit it self and the shit hit the fan!!!!!

$$$$$$$$

so i am looking in buying a old assie mussle just for the roar... i think, y shouldnt i just put that raor into my vitara....

i want to go holden 253 as they are very simple motor and retivly cheap to mod up.....

i just dont no what diff to put under there or just keep stock ones!!!

???????

Post by **droopypete** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:30 pm

v840 wrote:[
In my limited (non-existent) understanding of towing, wouldn't extra weight over the front be a good thing?

So when the trailer goes on its putting weight over the rear, which, when added to the extra front end weight, balances the vehicle better?

I'm not saying this is how it is, I'm just curious.....

No it would be very bad, a properly set up trailer should have under a hundred kilo's on the ball (depending on total weight of the trailer), the rest should be balanced on the trailer (there are a few exceptions to this, utes being one),
this is especially so with a light towing vehicle and even more so with a short wheel base.
You want the car telling the trailer where to go, not the other way around.

if you were towing a 2500KG boat behind a 1000KG Sierra, things could get very ugly, very quick,
if, on the other hand you were towing a 2500KG boat behind a 2684KG F250 with a gcm of 7369KG you would a high level of confidence.
if however you had an International CXT that tips the scales at a sniff under 12,000 KG you may forget the boat was even there

You pick.

Post by **nicbeer** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:57 pm

Droopy.

U actually own one of them or just the love of them going by your sig.

Nic

Post by **v840** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:59 pm

droopypete wrote:
No it would be very bad, a properly set up trailer should have under a hundred kilo's on the ball (depending on total weight of the trailer), the rest should be balanced on the trailer (there are a few exceptions to this, utes being one),
this is especially so with a light towing vehicle and even more so with a short wheel base.
You want the car telling the trailer where to go, not the other way around.

if you were towing a 2500KG boat behind a 1000KG Sierra, things could get very ugly, very quick,
if, on the other hand you were towing a 2500KG boat behind a 2684KG F250 with a gcm of 7369KG you would a high level of confidence.
if however you had an International CXT that tips the scales at a sniff under 12,000 KG you may forget the boat was even there

Fair enough. It makes sense when you apply reason and logic.......

..........show off

Post by **Try_Me** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:38 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3vIiSf0CLk&NR

check that out

Post by **droopypete** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:19 pm

nicbeer wrote:Droopy.

U actually own one of them or just the love of them going by your sig.

Nic

I actualy have 2, one for me and one to carry my huge crayons around in

Peter.

Post by **BenT** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:51 pm

http://www.4wdparts.co.nz/4wdparts.htm

Scroll to the bottom of the page... Lexus V8 powered SWB Vitara. And its for sale!

Ben

Post by **mysterioussasvit** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:41 pm

have you thought about this o0ld 253 vs newer v6 have to be the same power out put. v6 is smaller to start with . i am doing a v6 conversion atm was gooing to go toy v8 for the weight reason but the motor is just huge with the twin cam heads 700*700mm box round about plus the weight differnce isnt much different anyway and with a v6 most of the weight is behind the front diff well in my case any way

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