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Vitara Pwr Steer into Sierra
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:30 pm
by jtraf
What have others done when installing the vitara
pwr steer setup into a 1.3lt sierra. What pulley have you used as the vitara pump is serpentine and the sierra is single v type....
Is there a pulley that can be used or have others used a toyota type pump when doing the conversion?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:37 pm
by christover1
my swift/barina engine uses multi v belts, which I believe are same as vitara. It also has a duel pulley, which will be for my ps in future. if thats any help. water pump is different, tho, so not real sure how transferable it is to sierra blocks... I had toget stevie g to make an adaptor boss for the fan, as swifts dont use them .. but harmonic balance pulley is transferable.
the alternators on swifts are better, and less dirtied than sierra type. pulleys aren't transferable, tho, I tried.
christover
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:29 am
by jtraf
I found this from the States and wonder if there is anything llike this avaliable here?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:12 pm
by greg
Hi James,
my suggestion would be to hunt around to find another box that you can use instead... for example - the humble ford falcon came in various different belts i believe, and the same is true of the holden commodore.
these items are pretty cheap from a wrecker, then you can just sell off your vitara pump to someone with a vitara?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:21 pm
by sierrajim
good excuse for a Vitara engine conversion.
Can you just change the pulley on the pump to a v belt?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:39 pm
by alien
did the 1.6L 8v Carby Vit come with power steer?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:26 pm
by sierrajim
My old 1990 JLX had power steer
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:56 pm
by alien
anyone got a price on these before? wrecked or new?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:37 pm
by jtraf
did the early 90's vitara have a v belt pulley or where they all serpentine?
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:39 pm
by CHOPZUKI
i used a power steer pump off a ford, uses same v belt as sierra pulley
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:13 pm
by Rhett
my power steer pump is off an old 253. it has single v belt but I don't like it Im gunna convert it to multi v so it doesent slip when steering the cig locker.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:34 pm
by jtraf
OK then did any sierra come out with a double V pulley on the crank??
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:41 pm
by CHOPZUKI
all air conditioned ones
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:44 pm
by christover1
jtraf wrote:OK then did any sierra come out with a double V pulley on the crank??
I have a double V pulley on a Sierra motor sitting in my garage, so yep they must do.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:25 pm
by RB zook
coilys habve the dopuble v pully
i think also swifts do as well