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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 06:58 PM
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I talked to a guy today about selling my auto tranny and one of my engines to him. He is thinking about using them for a motor swap into.... get this..... a

<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>suzuki samurai</span>
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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I'd do it. I always wanted to put a GSXR1000 motor in a suzuki alto works, too bad they dont come here..
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 07:03 PM
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I dont' blame the guy, the suzuki samurai only has like 67hp stock.



thats vs the what, 135 on a used n/a s5 rotary?
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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There was a guy here with that swap. I wonder what ever happened to him.
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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ya his name was like dak or dap or something. he lowered it tho. samari's are fukin bad for 4 wheel drive fun
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:07 PM
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this one is a 4x4, hes building a competition mudder out of it, the reason he wants a rotary is because thats the only way he will get any decent power, and still stay in the same class



they go by weight in mudding, not power
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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I've seen quit a few of those conversions here. They were popular in the late 90's
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 11:54 PM
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There's a Suzuki Samurai with a 13b n/a in it in my town, **** is pretty quick.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 06:57 AM
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That is a very common swap for zuki's. One of my fourwheeler magazines had an article about different engines people used and they were talking about the rotary into the samurai's.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 07:28 AM
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thats not that weird depending where u live. weird i though was the delorean with the 20B.



dudes name is dac and he has a sidekick...i believe his ended up a 2 wheel drive.



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