how much wiring is it to put a 1.6 16 valve sidekick motor in a 88 carburated sammi? I have like a 89 side kick sittn in my yard would this motor be wrth puttn in my sammi or shld i just save up for the other motor ? wat years and vehicles have these motors? i heard 92 and up trakcer and 94 and up side kick is wat in need.  Has any one done this swap in there zukie if so how bad is it?  cuz i just need somethn with a lil more power cuz i live 8 miles from the closest town and another 15 miles to good trails, and my speedo only reads im going 45mph. any help would be greatley appricated. I dont drive it that much cuz its so f..... gut less. please help

If you've already got the 1.6, and it runs okay, and you've also got the entire donor vehicle with wiring harness etc.......I'm not sure how this isn't a no-brainer.  I'm no expert on mating this engine to the rest of the Sammy drivetrain, but if you've got everything else, transfering the wiring harness over would be a relative snap.

all you need is the adapter to bolt it to the tranny  and motor mount adapters ,  fuel pump

i need to find the motor the sidekick at my house is 13.8 thrrltle body intejection or some bs i dont have the donor vehicle. a guy on trai-gear told me that u have to have the harness built to put the 1.6 16 valve in me sammi cuz its carburated idk i just need more a bigger motor in the lil silver back gorrila zukie....

You can fit the 1.6 8V and use the Sammy carb and exhaust setup. You just need to rig up an electric fuel pump.
What size tyres and what gearing are you running on the Sammy? Big tyres and stock gearing will make the speedo under read.

i have 33 1250 15 swampers and she has spoa with some home made drop shackels. i am planning on it the futur getting the 6:5:1 trail gear transfer case gears. But i wanna get the motor out the way. the heart of the beast once we kno she can move those tires up to high way speed then we will go for the gearing

The 16v is a easy install if you get a kit like the one from Trail Tough. You can figure out the wiring for yourself for cheaper but, I would recommend the kit. I drove my sammy down to Eric's shop with the 16v on the trailer and drove it home with the 1.3l on the trailer 10 hours later. That also included a run to the parts store for a belt and lunch.

so its not a hard swap at all then ? just wiring ? does this trail tough kit include electric fuel pump and wiring harnesss instrunstions to wire up the injectors and all since mine carbutated.. i kno it has the adapter plate so i can run stock tranny but im just wondering about wiring thats the only thing that i dont have a handle on yet .... do u kno any place that has detail instructions on how to wire it in???

i had Brent at trail tough do my harness. it was great just plug and play. all labeled and easy as hell
give him a call he'll talk to you on what you need to do

i thought i read somwhere about dropping a kick /track intank fuel pump into a sami tank, dont know , the only thing i have with ifs is a thrasher vette, but im sure someone on here has the answer, efi pumps push better than pull, and if you have the rig and this works, youre down to the wiring and trans adapter
good luck dude, alot of guys love that 16v

Brent has a universal inline pump with the kit. You can pick it up at NAPA for like 89.00. They work but are noisy as hell. I am planning on doing a in tank pump with a 02 tracker tank I have laying around. The wiring is plug and play. You have to splice a couple wires under your dash but you use the kick ECM and engine harness. You also need to put a speed sensor on your cluster. Again Brent can give you more details on all this.

The difference in power is great. I can cruise the freeway at 80 M.P.H. easily. You do lose a little low end torque though so gears are nice.

Picture from a top speed run on the freeway I did last year.


I probably got a little more out of it but, The motor had a few miles on it and driving a sammy that fast is not fun.

give me a call when you check your thread

damn 90 mph shit the bed thats hard core........ thats wat i want screw torque im about the hp and the revs i have a 88 crx with a 99 honda si motor in it 8200 rpms hahahah i luve to rev  haha .... brent at trail tough is the man i need to talk to then huh ?  If i can have a print out of the wiring i think i cld do it cuz i had to make harness for me honda but buy one that is for sure is better tho.... any know were i can get a good 1.6 16 valve or is any one saleing one ??

You should not have a problem finding one there. They are kinda rare up here in Oregon. Look for 4 door kick's for cheap. They all had the 16v. As far as the HP goes, they only have like 90. But the sammy's light weight makes it feel like a lot more.