Axle swap

Post by **roadrunner** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:01 pm

Can any of you Zook gods answer a query as to how hard would it be to graft a live axle onto a SWB Vitara and if so what axle is the norm.

I was thinking hilux axles front and rear modified to suit coils but I drive a Nissan and am only allowed to drive my girlfriends Suzuki on occasion

and according to her wouldn't know a Vitara if it ran over me :shock:

Any info would be helpful

Post by **N*A*M** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:03 pm

cool!!!

SAS'd vitara! go for it 8)
figure it out as you go along

Post by **camskizook** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:22 pm

Celia Barry had a Sierra front diff (i think) in hers and a 5 link....it didnt seem to flex very well at all but

Post by A1 » Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:31 pm

Ya been smoken smack again cameron

Ive been on a trip with celia and Eugene and a few of the others from nsw zook club(thaoldman ,peter haasmann,and others)

This was wen she still ran the sierra front axle housin and vitara rear and it had bulk flex and im sure they even ran limiting straps on the front let alone the rear ,her truck is in a 4wd monthly edition and im sure it shows a decent amount in the write up .

And yes its a five link setup

She now runs lux front and rear housings :shock:

And fuk she can drive 8)

On the trip we were on she ended up breakin a the front panhard bar i think at the point where its adjustable

Cameron :finger:

Cheers Dan :wink:

Post by **camskizook** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:55 pm

Sorry POOMAV but you are hereby banned from making posts in the suzuki section! Go make quotes in the Failed On Race Day section Hehehe.... :finger:

I was only making judgements based on what i saw through my beer goggles at tuff truck last year....

I thought celia was sellin it tho? But if she has gone hypolux axles then i guess not

Post by A1 » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:09 pm

sorry still zook at heart :finger:

not sure bout the sale but i had heard she wasnt very well and was gunna give up doin comps :shock:

Dan ex A1ZOOK

Post by **camskizook** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:15 pm

Yeh thats what i thought too.....but wacking in hilux diffs doesent seem like something you would do if u had a good setup already and were no longer going in comps?

Anyway...

Post by **OVERKILL ENG** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 6:46 am

Celia changed the diffs because the Sierra stuff wasn't strong enough.
She had a lot of dramas getting the car to drive at speed with the setup but I think they have figured it out know though.
I think a sierra diff would be the easist option.
SAM

Post by **thaoldman** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:54 am

Celia will be competeing in this years Outback Challenge at Broken Hill in Mid May.
Hopefully the old Vit should do well.

Post by **Zookymatt** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:23 pm

The sierra diff might be the easiest option but unless you were staying with 31's or smaller I wouldn't even consider it.

If you were going to do all of that work just use hilux diffs and be done with it. If you ever break CV's just buy some longfields and you would have a pretty hard time breaking anything with that weight and potential tyre size (say 1300kg and 33's-35's).

Also, the Vit rear diff is several inches wider than a sierra diff meaning that spacers or greater offset rims would be needed on the sierra diff.

Do a search on pirate, there have been a few SAS'd Vits on there. One recently had a tube front done.

Regards,
Matt.

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