Reported problems with Samurai
I'm shopping for a Suzuki Samurai as a toad. Are there any common problems that I should be looking for? My preference is manual transmission and 4WD, fully enclosed (no canvas).
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I had to go back and look it up. Suzuki started putting in throttle body injection in 90.
You can put a wide variety of engines in the samurai, but the most popular and easiest is the 1.6. It comes in an 8 valve or a 16 valve version. The 8 valve with throttle body FI is easiest by far. The 16 valve is multi-port and far more complex. I think all of the various conversion engines are taller than stock and cause some fit issues. In my case it's a 1.6, 8 valve and I wanted to keep it spring under axle so I had to do a 2" body lift to clear the engine. Many just go to spring over to get the clearance.
You can put a wide variety of engines in the samurai, but the most popular and easiest is the 1.6. It comes in an 8 valve or a 16 valve version. The 8 valve with throttle body FI is easiest by far. The 16 valve is multi-port and far more complex. I think all of the various conversion engines are taller than stock and cause some fit issues. In my case it's a 1.6, 8 valve and I wanted to keep it spring under axle so I had to do a 2" body lift to clear the engine. Many just go to spring over to get the clearance.
