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Can I bolt a complete 5.12 rear out of a 1.6 carby vitara into the rear of my j20a 2.0 vitara or will I need to change r&p over?

I already have a complete 5.12 front to go in & I'm wanting to correct the gearing due to larger tyres.

you'll have to hot-rod the front axles a little for the front to fit.

atari4x4 wrote:Can I bolt a complete 5.12 rear out of a 1.6 carby vitara into the rear of my j20a 2.0 vitara or will I need to change r&p over?

I already have a complete 5.12 front to go in & I'm wanting to correct the gearing due to larger tyres.

what ratio have u got now?

j 20's have 4.8's.

The only issue is making sure that the front has 26 spline sidegears fitted. The manuals have 4.625's like the H20A I thought, the 4.875's were in the auto 2.0's.

and manuals...got a couple here....

nicbeer wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:Can I bolt a complete 5.12 rear out of a 1.6 carby vitara into the rear of my j20a 2.0 vitara or will I need to change r&p over?

I already have a complete 5.12 front to go in & I'm wanting to correct the gearing due to larger tyres.

what ratio have u got now?

I've got 4.6's in the vitara now. I've still got the 26 spline 5.12 front I got from you, that should bolt straight in & I've come across a 5.12 rear from a carby vitara so I should be back to almost stock gearing.

yours a shorty?

joeblow wrote:yours a shorty?

yeah, it's a 97 j20a SWB.

that would explain it then, the j20 lwb's are a 4.8.

Thanks all, it looks like I'm changing diff ratios!!!

when u do take note of your fuel economy and let us all know.

I'll try my best, but I'm a bit of a throttle jockey + I'm thinking of stepping up from 30x9.5 MT/R to 31x10.5 MT/R's around the same time....