what engine to fit to jimny ?

hi looking for a bit of help as to what engine to fit for more power .. iv been reading up on online and so on .. and cant win .. there the 1.5 vvti engine out swift then ignis and so on .. but any one have a idea of what engine fits in with out all the hassle of cutting and welding and so on .. and what will gain a bit more power

im going to be doing the t-case transfer box change soon once iv worked out engine .. i know the vit use the 1.9 dt engine from a 306 would the jimny gear box bolt onto that with out mods ? any help would be great thank you all ..

i'd say do the transfer case first then see how you feel, it makes such a huge difference you may not feel the need for the engine conversion?

It depends what year your jimny is. There are some easy swaps.

thanks for your help mine is 1999 . one sohc so im guessing the t-case dose a hell of a lot i was going to before put it in put in the 113 cog into it or other way around cant think atm but it make's gearing 5-1 we have done it in our sj works great but its more for on road to i need mine for so it help on road to as our sj is only for off road event's .. thanks for the help thought much appreciated

You cant put a vvti engine into your non vvti car. Its a disaster believe me I learned from bitter 1st hand experience at the hands of some right monkeys

pm me if you need more details.

Smoggy wrote: You cant put a vvti engine into your non vvti car. Its a disaster believe me I learned from bitter 1st hand experience at the hands of some right monkeys

pm me if you need more details.

Out of interest, why?

Smoggy wrote: You cant put a vvti engine into your non vvti car. Its a disaster believe me I learned from bitter 1st hand experience at the hands of some right monkeys

pm me if you need more details.

What ever came of that smoggy did you get sorted in the end up or you still having trouble with it

it will be the loom side id of thought but i no idea hence the questions lol .. all thought if its loom change i don't mind doing that its just want something with a bit more go getting bored of chucking coal in it to get it upto steam . lol .

also the gear box i think are diff from the vvti to the one i have the sohc .. 1999 model least i think that's it so i read up .. but like say im not %100 so rather know what can do and just do it not waste money on something that wont work and just kill my jeep .

More power would always be nice on the road, and different transfer ratios are never going to change that.

I've been thinking an early MX5 engine might be a good swap. They are the same RWD layout, fairly light-weight and with lots of aftermarket solutions for engine management.

Keeping with the Suzuki engine, they seem to have a lot in common with the bigger engines in the Swift and Liana. One australian member on here has fitted a 1.8 from a Liana, although I don't think that engine was available in the UK. The bore is the same on the 1.3 as on some of the 1.6s, so it may be that you could swap the crank and rods but keep everything else stock. That sounds far too simple to work, though.

A few people have done diesel conversions. I can't see the diesel route making much sense for road use. The slower revving engine won't work with the Jimny gearing, and too much torque is just gonna end up breaking things. An equivalent diesel engine will also be more complicated and heavier.

I swapped out my m13a (2000 my non vvt) and fitted a m16a out of a knackered liana i bought,i did a 200 mile round trip sunday gone with 80 miles of that greenlanes and some very challenging ones at that,the 1.6 doesnt have to be revved as hard and the gear box up and down as much.its a simple swap no harness swap etc bolts upto the original gearbox just a fee basic parts need swapping over.well worth doing imo.

so when you say went right in .. and changed odd bits what was it you had to change around ? and was it a fast switch over ? just it's my daily car so kind of has to be in and out fast lol