G'day guys...I need some help (advice) as to the easiest and as always the cheapest way to modify my 96 coily Sierra 1.3 for a bit more sustained grunt.
Reason is that I am towing a trailer made from the chassis and tub from a soft top Sierra..a new axle hubbed to Sierra rims. Not heavy, but the Suzi does struggle a bit.
Any thoughts ? ie; the extractors ( configuration) and maybe carby from a Vitara .Think I read somewhere about a bolt on 1.6 carby?...heck..yeah I know how silly it is to tow a trailer, but I'm an old bloke not in a hurry to get anywhere, retired and open to abuse from holding up the traffic..mmmm, I could join the 'grey nomads'.
OK gang...give me heaps...Cheers
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Mid range grunt wanted.
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Re: Mid range grunt wanted.
The 1.6 carby is a great mod ... leave it bolted to the 1.6 intake, head, block etc .. great improvement in midrange gruntOle Grizzly wrote:G'day guys...I need some help (advice) as to the easiest and as always the cheapest way to modify my 96 coily Sierra 1.3 for a bit more sustained grunt.
Reason is that I am towing a trailer made from the chassis and tub from a soft top Sierra..a new axle hubbed to Sierra rims. Not heavy, but the Suzi does struggle a bit.
Any thoughts ? ie; the extractors ( configuration) and maybe carby from a Vitara .Think I read somewhere about a bolt on 1.6 carby?...heck..yeah I know how silly it is to tow a trailer, but I'm an old bloke not in a hurry to get anywhere, retired and open to abuse from holding up the traffic..mmmm, I could join the 'grey nomads'.
OK gang...give me heaps...Cheers
Seriously unless you are doing exactly what I typed above dont bother ..
Get a cam regrind, decent exhaust thats about it for the cheap easy stuff .. then you need to look at some more $$ on head mods better breathing etc..
There are heaps of threads about head mods ... after that your best of increasing cubic capacity with a 1.5 kit or swap in a 1.6..
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