Author Topic: AAZ going in a Samurai (Read 7694 times)

DonkeyWorx · « **Reply #15 on:** November 06, 2008, 08:54:30 pm »

hehe, Do I know Eric....

Why Yes... Yes I do: Close friend of mine.

dillenger1 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2008, 05:23:16 am »

Did the samurai or side kick ever come with a diesel engine option?Ive got e check here and was wondering if you guys deal with this.

zukgod1 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2008, 06:29:23 am »

Quote from: "DonkeyWorx"

hehe, Do I know Eric....

Why Yes... Yes I do: Close friend of mine.

That's awesome!!

Next time you see him tell him Dan from Utah says Hi.
I used to live up there, went wheelin with Eric several times, Moab as well.
Sky and the guys as well.
Good people.

zukgod1 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2008, 06:30:28 am »

Quote from: "dillenger1"

Did the samurai or side kick ever come with a diesel engine option?Ive got e check here and was wondering if you guys deal with this.

Nope sure didn't.

Just he anemic 1.3ltr sami and the 1.6 kick.

Um, "e check"? What are you referring to?

allsierra123 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2008, 04:03:46 pm »

He probably means emissions. Some states wont allow a diesel to be swapped into gasser vehicles.

Grunttorque · « **Reply #20 on:** November 07, 2008, 04:32:36 pm »

Quote from: "allsierra123"

He probably means emissions. Some states wont allow a diesel to be swapped into gasser vehicles.

I'm actually kind of worried about this since I have emissions here. I'm hoping they can just test off what engine I have instead of what its supposed to have.

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #21 on:** November 07, 2008, 04:39:32 pm »

I don't see why that would be a problem.
what difference does the car body make to emissions.
get it tested as a 1990 turbo diesel jetta. (or what ever the aaz was I don't know these things)

Talk about judging a book by it's cover.

mud and diesel · « **Reply #22 on:** November 07, 2008, 07:34:06 pm »

Grunttorque, you will love that motor in your rig

my opinion is get all the temp sensors, oil, water, boost, egt. run a front mount and an air to oil cooler, all these are neccessary because our rigs are shaped like bricks! Im running the AAZ in a uk vitara (sidekick escudo tracker) The torque of these motors with some light tuning is enough to kill a transmission in a very short time so i would think how much power you need before you go giles :twisted: Unless its more for economy :roll: :lol:
Oh and i would do the rear crank seal and throw it in, then go from there, it may have had a pampered life and still be good!
Good luck mate
Pete

jimfoo · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2008, 06:34:04 am »

There was a guy here who had one in his Sammy and he would have overheating problems on hills. I don't know the size of his radiator however. So x2 on a bigger one. He however randomly adjusted his timing with no tools at all, so who knows what it was set at either, which may have been his real problem.

dillenger1 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 08, 2008, 03:52:12 pm »

Quote from: "Smokey Eddy"

I don't see why that would be a problem.
what difference does the car body make to emissions.
get it tested as a 1990 turbo diesel jetta. (or what ever the aaz was I don't know these things)

Talk about judging a book by it's cover.

It makes all the difference.They vehicle in question(body)would have to have come with a diesel option somewhere in its production history.The epa wont allow a vehicle that never came with a diesel, to be tested as a diesel.Therefore failing emmisions and not getting your plates.It sucks

jtanguay · « **Reply #25 on:** November 08, 2008, 04:26:01 pm »

Quote from: "Smokey Eddy"

I don't see why that would be a problem.
what difference does the car body make to emissions.
get it tested as a 1990 turbo diesel jetta. (or what ever the aaz was I don't know these things)

Talk about judging a book by it's cover.

they aren't as lucky as us canucks!

we can simply change a car over to a diesel no sweat! just go to the DMV and get it changed over, then booya!

:lol:

the EPA are like nazi's... no worse... at least the nazi's had style :shock:

jimfoo · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2008, 06:50:25 pm »

Quote from: "dillenger1"

Quote from: "Smokey Eddy"
I don't see why that would be a problem.
what difference does the car body make to emissions.
get it tested as a 1990 turbo diesel jetta. (or what ever the aaz was I don't know these things)

Talk about judging a book by it's cover.

It makes all the difference.They vehicle in question(body)would have to have come with a diesel option somewhere in its production history.The epa wont allow a vehicle that never came with a diesel, to be tested as a diesel.Therefore failing emmisions and not getting your plates.It sucks

That depends on the state and maybe the vehicle. There have been quite a few newer Rovers that have been converted to diesel, most using engines never offered in the US.

dillenger1 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 09, 2008, 06:50:23 am »

as long as it was offered somewhere in the world,as you are allowed to import vehicles/engines.It doesnt have to be a rover engine per say,just a diesel.

Grunttorque · « **Reply #28 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:16:45 pm »

I finally got some pics posted.. I couldnt wait to install all the wiring so I ran some jumpers and fired it up. It sounds pretty good and snappy. My only problem was I had a bad head cold when I hooked up the remote oil filter system and connected the oil lines backwards.. not good. I think I took half the life out of the turbo by letting it idle with no oil. We'll have to see how it does after I get some lift so the oil pan doesn't hit. But its coming along!

DonkeyWorx · « **Reply #29 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:21:54 pm »

Ok, I have to ask this....

Did you have the original VW Flywheel ON when you received the engine?

Here is the deal, I did not see any type of timing mark "Transfer" on your engine picture. If you did NOT transfer the Top Dead Center (TDC) mark from the back of the engine to the front of the engine... You are going to have a HECK of a time when it comes time to replacing a timing belt and such.

Sorry I did not mention this earlier to you... :oops:

Oh, and one last thing that I learned from my swap: Did you put an EGT Sensor in the Exhaust manifold BEFORE you put the engine in?

Now that I have my engine in, I am kicking myself in the ARSE for not doing it when the engine was out.

Looking good man!