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Hey all, i'm looking for a Vitara in adelaide at the moment for a female friend of mine, and she wants an auto.

we've found a manual short wheel base one with the carby motor that is in impeccable condition, i was wondering how much i'd be looking at to get the parts to convert it to auto. a friend of hers said 3 grand, but he's trying to talk her into a commodoor (he's a holden nut).

so realistically. i can get parts from melbourne NO ISSUE, so i'm not dependant on the slim pickings in adelaide, what would be a realistic price (without labor costs) for the bits to do the conversion.

i guess this really depends on what auto...

the 3 speed (to match the carby engine) is a direct bolt in with no computor issues to sort. but these are getting hard to find therefore the cost is going to be anywhere from $500 (very cheap prob missing parts) to $2000...


the 4 speed will still bolt on but it is computer controlled.. lots of work from that side of things and will be around what your mate states for a decent to top job.

cheers mark

bad_religion_au wrote:Hey all, i'm looking for a Vitara in adelaide at the moment for a female friend of mine, and she wants an auto.

we've found a manual short wheel base one with the carby motor that is in impeccable condition, i was wondering how much i'd be looking at to get the parts to convert it to auto. a friend of hers said 3 grand, but he's trying to talk her into a commodoor (he's a holden nut).

so realistically. i can get parts from melbourne NO ISSUE, so i'm not dependant on the slim pickings in adelaide, what would be a realistic price (without labor costs) for the bits to do the conversion.

hey there dude, ive just got a front cut g16b injected and 4 speed auto from sydney for 1500 bucks and going to swap the whole lot over, how much do they want for the carby one?

I wouldn't recommend the conversion. Auto's run a different wiring loom, carby, kickdown cable, pedal box, radiator (has the auto cooler in it) and a gazilliion other little things.

Even if you get a gearbox for $500, i'd reckon $3K to get it set up exactly like a factory auto carby would be about right.


In any case, the efi auto is miles better - if you added the conversion costs to the cost of the car you're looking at I bet you could buy a 16V auto SWB.

Steve.

Gwagensteve wrote:I wouldn't recommend the conversion. Auto's run a different wiring loom, carby, kickdown cable, pedal box, radiator (has the auto cooler in it) and a gazilliion other little things.

Even if you get a gearbox for $500, i'd reckon $3K to get it set up exactly like a factory auto carby would be about right.


In any case, the efi auto is miles better - if you added the conversion costs to the cost of the car you're looking at I bet you could buy a 16V auto SWB.

Steve.

all the auto ones round here (including 3 speed carbie auto's) are upwards of 7 grand for ones that have not been maintained.

did these things have gold plated chassis or something?

bad_religion_au wrote:
all the auto ones round here (including 3 speed carbie auto's) are upwards of 7 grand for ones that have not been maintained.

I bought a '98 2.0 auto swb with 129,000kms for that. Found it on the internet in Sydney, flew up in the morning and drove it back to Melbourne that day. Done the same for the last four cars.

had a look at one in a car yard yesterday, LWB 92.

apart from the cracks around the top of the front shock mounts, the smokey engine that had no guts, the steering box that sounded like it had sand in it, and couldn't go more than half a turn of the steering wheel to the left, it was pretty straight.

guy wouldn't budge from 6,850 tho.