Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi all,
I've been searching through the bible but keep getting conflicting answers for this.
Do i need a body lift to fit a 1.6L 8v engine to my sierra? I currently have the 1.6L installed and a 3" body lift but i want to take the lift out to lower COG (i also have a SPOA) will the engine clear or do i need a small lift? have read that atleast 1" is needed but also read people have done it without one.
cheers

you can get an adaptor kit from sean at lowrange that you wont need body lift otherwise you need bodylift i think 2 inch i have 2 inch lift and mine only just clears

and you either need 6 inchs of lift to clear the 1.6 sump or change the sump to 1.3 and change the pick up aswell

i had the conversion done a few months ago
got away with 2 inch body lift
they modified my sump and pickup and all fits fine
my extractors cleared and the air intake on the vitara just hits my sound deading on the inside of my bonnet
but that dosent bother me.

good luck

racehorse - does the adapter kit lower the engine mounts? I used one of BenT's adapter kits to install the engine.

i have a SPOA so the sump clears no probs. I kept the 1.3L sump and pickup just incase i run into problems further down the track.

I've seen three sierras with 1.6 carby motors with no BL.

Steve.

1.6 carb u can get away with just spacing the bonnet up at the back to clear the carby hat.

also depends on how high the motor is sitting.

mpfi then yes 2" for the inlet manifold. or heavy massaging

nicbeer wrote:1.6 carb u can get away with just spacing the bonnet up at the back to clear the carby hat.

...and no spacing of the bonnet.

Steve.

mine had no BL and no bonnet spacing.

the drivers side mount was a bit lower from memory. it was a bolt in job, like flat bar then the engine mount. instead of the raised bit for the engine mount nut to clear the bracket on the chassis rail, the engine mount was bolted to the flat bar and a clearence hole put in the mount on the chassis for the nut to fit into, then the flat bar was bolted onto the original mount on the chassis.

if it doesn't make sense then ill look for a pick of it! if I have one

ashley

I did mine with a conversion kit of ebay for $200 from a bloke from NZ, the kit worked well and with the 1.3 sump no bodylift needed. Mine also has a weber 32/36 with the stock filter adapted to fit.