Hey nice forum you all have here and lots of info. I have been searching for hours now and believe I have found my answers but I will throw this out at you all.

I have 6 throttle body 2 door model tracker/sidekick's. All in different stages of rusting out. So they are all roughly 90 91 92 models. 8 valve 1.6 right? 
 
I just got a phone call today about a 95 2 door I was looking at with the motor gone. The body and chassis are clean, no rust. Well u know there might be some hiding but its a lot cleaner than any other one I have. I believe from what I have read that its a 1.6 16 valve because of the year, multiport fuel injection and different exhaust ports. Would this be right so far?

The owner is selling because a local garage has replaced the engine and the engine they put in destroyed itself in minutes and the owner killed the first engine beyond rebuildable. They have been searching for a couple months now locally and can't find a replacement motor.

So what I have learned is that the trannys are the same, and I gathered that it would bolt up from examining the bell housings and motor mounts. But I guess I have to change the whole wiring harness, computer and header so far. Do the fuel pump need to be changed? In one thread I read that they changed the dash aswell, do I need to do this or is it all plug and play?

Thxs in advance. I wanna build this rig to DD for awhile and eventully a fully capable offroad machine I can tow to the trail behind my 78 K5 Blazer.

Cyril

Short story, not worth the time.  Long story, you have the parts and it might be worth the time. 

It is the 16v, so you are going to have to swap your tank, cluster and computer.  But the dash didn't really see a major revision until 96 when they switched to the ODBCII.  I don't know how much of the wiring you are going to need to swap over, but probably most of it.

I am waiting to hear back from the owner. I think I am gonna pick it up. Plus I know for a set of yota axles. I do have a 81 diesel Datsun 2wd 5 speed that may fit in there.

Diesels are sweet, but it might be difficult to adapt it to 4wd if it's 2wd.

I figures a Samuri divorced transfer case mounted to the diesel would work. Any input.

As long as you know how to make (or where to go to get) custom one-off adapters for your jack shaft if that becomes necessary... then go for it.

Still waiting for the owner to call me. Now that I wants it. All the custom stuff is pretty easy. My father owns and operates a fully functional welding and fab shop. Watch my luck dude dont wanna get rid of it now.

I have a diesel (vw 1.6 out of an old vanagon) I was thinking about putting in my kick.
Here are some links that might help if your thinking about swapping for a diesel
http://www.rocky-road.com/diesel.html
http://www.keltecsystems.com/hardware/suzuki.html
http://www.acmeadapters.com/index.php?sound=Y

There are some trackers running the 1.6 turbo diesel, that are lifted and saying they are getting 36-38 mpg