I ment take a 2.7l motor and bolt it up to the GV auto like you did.... But you can use the GV t-case aswell if you want... I think you can based off TT add in the home page... When we talked to Brent about installing the 2.5l we were gonna use the motor trans and tcase out fo the GV.

Right, you could use the GV automatic t-case instead of trying to locate a late model Sidekick t-case.

-Eric

Well look at that... there's a site outside the forums here

So when I start calling around salvage yards, what I'm looking for is an XL7 2.7L V6 with computer and wiring, and a 4wd Grand Vitara automatic transmission, correct?

Also, automatic GV's came with 4.88 gears, with a Sammy tcase behind a 1.6 tcase, would 5.12s work with 33-35's, or so?

If you want to do the swap I did, then yes. 2.7 V6 / GV 2.5 auto trans. I'd suggest trying to get similar years. JUST IN CASE!

I think on the gearing question that is a matter of running the numbers and personal taste. For me, I think that would be a little too low for highway driving but I 'd run the numbers and see.

With the V6, there's a paradigm shift in the way the rig works. You don't need the super low mega crawl gears to get the rig motivated. For example, I'd like to have a dual case set up not for the ultra-low mega-lightining-babe crawl ratio but for the stock 2.0:1 or something light low. Which would be more useful to me now than ever before.

FWIW, -Eric

If you want to do the swap I did, then yes. 2.7 V6 / GV 2.5 auto trans. I'd suggest trying to get similar years. JUST IN CASE!

I think on the gearing question that is a matter of running the numbers and personal taste. For me, I think that would be a little too low for highway driving but I 'd run the numbers and see.

With the V6, there's a paradigm shift in the way the rig works. You don't need the super low mega crawl gears to get the rig motivated. For example, I'd like to have a dual case set up not for the ultra-low mega-lightining-babe crawl ratio but for the stock 2.0:1 or something light low. Which would be more useful to me now than ever before.

FWIW, -Eric

It's true, there becomes a point when power over gear prevails.  
It's wierd to crawl over something with an auto and have it shift from 1st to 2nd to 3rd to 4th because you can go that fast, but you've got such low gears, you've got no choice but to let if shift.

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To fix the slip yoke issue there is a company in British Columbia can modify Kick t-cases to be able to bolt up either a Sammy or Toyota t-case behind it.
Dual cases, w/ flanges.  

That'd give ya a 2.7L, v6, auto, and to top it, it'd have gears until the end of the earth.

Well, I've got a 02 XL7, with auto and 4wd. I've got 2 Toy cases and a single Sami case on the garage floor. Think they could work with the XL7 case? What is the name of the company? I didn't look too hard to see if Hawk's case gears would work within the case but they didn't have any experience with such.

Once I settle down on some other truck projects and the house, the deck, and finally the hottub, I was going to look into getting the front output machined off and add a plate to the stock t-case. Then add the divorce Toyota near the carrier bearing location. Get rid of that and have a little longer rear ds.

Well, I've got a 02 XL7, with auto and 4wd. I've got 2 Toy cases and a single Sami case on the garage floor. Think they could work with the XL7 case? What is the name of the company? I didn't look too hard to see if Hawk's case gears would work within the case but they didn't have any experience with such.

Once I settle down on some other truck projects and the house, the deck, and finally the hottub, I was going to look into getting the front output machined off and add a plate to the stock t-case. Then add the divorce Toyota near the carrier bearing location. Get rid of that and have a little longer rear ds.

OTT Industries is the outfit.  They are in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  It's a small shop, so sometimes they are a little slow on service/delivery.

We've been using one of their products, the 'Kicker 3', for over a year now.  It puts a Sammy t-case behind the kick t-case.  It's been fun having dual t-cases, when they work.  (For those of you who were in Moab with us.)

But they also have a unit that does toyota t-cases, behind kick t-cases, as well.

I bet that if you asked, they might be able to do a GV or even XL7 case pretty easily.

Thanks.

I knew about OTT and some of their products, but don't recall the Suzuki/Toyota case scenario.

But when you mentioned British Columbia, wasn't thinking OTT.....

Thanks.

I knew about OTT and some of their products, but don't recall the Suzuki/Toyota case scenario.

But when you mentioned British Columbia, wasn't thinking OTT.....

I think their kicker 2 is the one that uses the Toyota t-case.