Jimny swap engine help for a know nothing guy

[grego1]

Hello I have some question but first of all I must warn you I don’t know anything about mechanic staff so be easy on me. I found a jimny cabrio in a very good price and I’m thinking of buying it but his engine power is too low and I want to change it. I made a search and saw that some of you have change Jimnys engine with Vitaras. I saw also that some have change it with swift. And here is my first question. I can change his engine only from another 4x4 or a can change it with any engine that can fits? If the second it’s true is there any possibility to put a engine like vw tsi? Which other parts do I have to change? If I buy a gear kit and put it with his current engine if I change the engine do I have to replace them too? Do you have something to propose me? Thanks

[Swamp Donkey]

with reguards to the engine swap ask an engineer what mods have to be done to the car and what engines he will pass- bare in mind that every engineer is different eg; one engineer may let you put in a big block chev(not really, example only) and another engineer may tell you a vitara engine is to big..... so ring around.
with gears, if you put gears in your t-case and you use the zook case in the conversion then you will still have them...... likewise if you change the diff gears.....