sierra conversion - g16b swift motor

[wildmouse]

Almost finished the motor rebuild, welded oil pick up,
New problem , there are bracing rails bolted to the crankshaft bearing caps, they touch the sump, do I cut out the sump baffles or take off the bracing, too clear ,anyone know about engine rebuilding???
Has anyone came accross this before???
Help appreciated thank you

[nicbeer]

cut the baffels out.

same as i did to mine.

[11_evl]

yep cut the sump. the bracing is there for strength. v8 guys PAY lots of money for there motors to have that sorta bracing

[wildmouse]

Thanks for that ,the tin snips are ready and waiting.

[gtizuk]

you got it going yet?? im in the the process of putting one of these in my zuk did you cut a hole in the firewall or get the dizzy that faces up??

[wildmouse]

not going yet ,still waiting on the distrubutor angle drive kit, plus the gearbox is in having tags welded on it.
In the meantime I have rebuilt the motor ,thats taken 4 weeks.
Estimate at least another 20 hours work,mostly on the wiring side of things.
Probably be May before its going, Hope its all worth it,spent 5 hours lapping in the vavles today, vary stressful getting those vavle spring collets back on.
Seen someone in the quokka selling a1600 conversion for $650, by the time I have finished it will have cost me $2000

[t_e_z_a]

lol who laps valves these days

[WasabiPimpNinja]

Are you doing the wiring yourself?? I'm about to start putting a 1.6 16v mpfi in my coilly this week and was wondering about wiring. I've got an auto sparky mate that reckons he can do it (just wired a blown 1UZ-FE in a Hilux) but does anyone sell a complete harness??

[nicbeer]

I did it myself.

Fun fun. strip out what u dont need first.

Nic