![]() ![]() This is the perfect vehicle for someone who wants to drive their fourwheeler to the hunt club or to the woods. There is no rust on this truck, none on the frame and none on the body. It drives great at highway speeds, doesn't shake, bounce around or wander on the road. It shifts perfect, clutch is great, and 4 wheel drive works great. The Sidekick does not leak any fluids, burn any oil, make any funny noises and has no check engine lights. It starts right up, idles perfectly and has plenty of power on the highway or in the woods. The rims are black aluminum eagle alloy wheels. It has an offroad bumper, 9000k pound SmittyBuilt winch and 2 KC lights. It has been wrapped in a military camo vinyl wrap and it looks great. It has a 2 inch suspension lift and a 1 inch body lift with 31 inch mud terrain tires. This is the fuel injected 1.6L engine (very reliable engine). (Granted a few items are swappable.) For the best parts car, try and pick up same year, model and possibly color.This is a 1996 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4 with only 87000 miles. Do not expect anything under the floorboards or forward of the firewall to interchange between Sport/Non-Sport. ![]() (We on this forum are not MOST people.) Good time to pick up some parts cars. I think this is temporary, as they have started to wear out to the point they are not economical for MOST people to want to repair them. Right now, in the "Great North-Wet" US, it seems that you can't swing a black cat (Halloween) with out hitting a Sport being parted out. Any more, in the US for ANY Suzuki, you'll want to get a couple of the same kind. But in the US market, it is getting harder to find ANY Suzuki parts, so this is getting less of an issue than before. I used to tell people not to PAY much (or anything) for a Sport due to the lack of support. after-market parts suppliers didn't support the Sport very well. (I blame Consumer Reports.) But the Sport model sales were even lower than normal for Suzuki. ![]() Suzuki never sold much, of any model, in North America. In non-US markets they have had V6 diesels in the same body. I suspect there is enough room for tight install of a small block Chevy. The engine bay was designed to hold a the larger J motor or even a V6. The Sport frame is wider, the nose is little longer. A bit more power and slightly better road manners but is harder to find parts than non-Sports. I have both a Sport and a few non-Sports. I know the 1.6 guys recommend not going with one due to that fact Just keep in mind there there isn't much support for them if you do buy one. The j18 has a really nice exhaust note for an inline 4 cylinderįrom my experience they have their quirks but they are robustly built. The engine reaches operating temperature very quickly and at operating temperature the heater is almost thermonuclear hot. (Kodiak and Goat have really nice lifted sports). 4wd (open diffs in front and back though but you can get lockers if you please) people who have turned these into full off road monsters don't have to do too much to them. Pros: in my opinion I'd say these things make wicked winter beaters. Since this is a "beta test" to the second gen trackers there seems to be little differences and changes made each year. At that mileage the timing chain tensiners start deteriorating (if you hear a grinding sound coming from the front of the engine at idle I'd replace them ASAP). That means SOME parts are interchangeable with the J20.Ī few other things to note. These vehicles are like the "Proto Grand Vitara" as they are more related to the 2.0L second gen trackers. (From what I know M, Fordem, max, aquanaut, kodiak, the goat and rhinoman and myself know about these cars on this forum bex has some knowledge but he is a 1.6 expert). ![]() They don't have as much support as the 1.6's either and there are less people on this forum that know about them. These are TOTALY DIFFERENT beasts than the more common 1.6 trackicks on this forum. ![]()
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