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LJ motor swap?

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Offline jesse.rx7

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LJ motor swap?
« on: December 28, 2010, 09:56:36 PM »
I found myself a 79 LJ pickup with stock 850cc motor. I was wondering if anyone knew if it's reasonably feasible to swap in the EFI 1.6L from a sidekick/tracker.

any info would be great!!

thanks
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Offline SnoFalls

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Re: LJ motor swap?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 07:41:50 AM »
might wanna sign up at http://lj10.com/

Congrats on the lj pickup. IMO the best body style of those ol' rigs
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Re: LJ motor swap?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2010, 12:29:17 PM »
It can be done but its not an easy swap like a 1.6 into a Sammy, you'll need the Sammy gearbox and you'll have to sort out props as the LJ has a different bolt pattern. The hole for the shifter will be in the wrong place and you may need a body lift or the trans tunnel cutting to get the 1.3 box in there.
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