Engine Options for my '90 sierra

[wickedstix]

hi guys

i've just picked myself up a '90 sierra and the 1.3 engine needs a bit of attention,

i'm thinkin should i just rebuild the 1.3 or upsize??????

i was wanting to put in the vitara 1600 like i had in my last sierra but want to know if that is going to be the best bang for buck?

i'm not after a street machine nor something built for highway speed just something with a good amount of torque for off road,

does anyone know of a small diesel that would fit?

any advise would be great

thanks

wickedstix

[alien]

best bet would be to tell us how much you have to spend on it... cos theres tons of options, but some pretty different cost factors!

I went 1.6 bottom end, Jimny top end and vit injectorss with 4-2-1 extractors and get a bucket load of torque.

[wickedstix]

well i want to get out of it as cheap as possible,
and also i would like to get out of it without changing gears,

[nicbeer]

cheap, without changing gears (transfer i am guessing you mean),

is the 1.3 dead or usual rattle and smoke?

i would go the MPFI 1.6 vit motor but for the $$ being cheap see if u can pickup a swift motor and swap the bits over into your sierra and run smaller tyres to negotiate gearing.

I run 31s stock gearing and the mpfi 1.6, it is ample of power/torque and gearing for what i do. lower in low range be nice but it does it fine, but terrain dependant of course between states etc

[wickedstix]

yep its got the rattle and a little smoke,
what sort of mods do i need to do to swap over to the efi 1.6 vit motor?

or should i just keep with the 1.3 and give it a rebuild ?

and go for rock hopper gearing???

[get it up there]

heres a step by step guide for a 1600 conversion.. did mine about 5 months ago.. bloody beautiful conversion for a sierra!!

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... conversion

[wickedstix]

thats awsome thanks guys :-) now where is the best place to get a 1600 efi engine from ??