[bradzuki]

The time has arrived!! Got our first project vehicle in the shop today. Guy dropped it off & wanted it done within one month------we jumped the gun & told him it'd be ready to go on a ride with us on Sunday. NO PRESSURE!!

'88 samurai, all stock with 215/75/15s.

By Sunday it'll have a 3" lift (SPUA w/ trailmaster springs), rear Lock-Rite, removable doors, 15x8 wheels w/ 31s, and we gotta fix the VERY bad fuel problem.

This thing is running MEGA rich. Even at idle, it's puffing black smoke. Give it some gas & it POURS black smoke everywhere. It'll foul plugs within about 30 minutes. Timing is off by 2 degrees. It has a stock carb with an electric fuel pump. Guy said it had a 1.6L head put on & no lobe on the cam to run a mechanical pump. We're gonna start by checking the fuel pressure & adding a regulator if necessary. If that's not the problem, we have a good running stock carb sitting on the shelf to swap out.
Here's a view of the engine & electric fuel pump.

The guy is only using this as a trail rider/ hunting vehicle. He says he has no intentions of going anywhere near the mods that we have. Keeping with the K.I.S.S. rule on this one.

I'll post progress pics. as we go. We're going on a ride Sunday & he's taking this as long as we can get it done. Start the stopwatch, this is gonna be interesting.

Brad.

 

[zooky]

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He says he has no intentions of going anywhere near the mods that we have.

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Daxe only wanted snow tires, look at him now!

Good luck.

 

[2781]

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He says he has no intentions of going anywhere near the mods that we have

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LOL!

I started off with a stock zuk that had a tired motor that would no longer pass emissions inspection. Figured a motor swap was the best choice, and if I was going to do a new motor I should go with a 1.6, but to clear the oil pan I needed to go SPOA, can't have a lifted zuk with little tires so bigger tires were purchased, bigger tires mean gears...

It's such a slippery slope!

 

[bradzuki]

Seriously, we tried to convince him to go SPOA right off the bat. Even told him it'd be cheaper, but nope, not what he wanted. So, Chris sold him the set of trailmaster springs he had & here we go. $250 for a 3" spua lift against $200 for a spoa.

Oh well, we get to keep the factory springs.

We'll get to do the spoa in a few months anyway.

Prolly get the 3" springs back too.

Whatever makes the customer happy...................

Brad.

 

[daxe]

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Daxe only wanted snow tires, look at him now!

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HEY! I have snow tires. What are you implying exactly??

mumble....mumble...coil conversion...mumble..mumble..

~daxe

 

[bradzuki]

Day 2

Got the Doors off. Tore rearend down & installed locker. Guy came by & checked on progress. Chris showed him some rust under the plastic rocker guards, so we took them off & had some diamond plate sheered to cover it up. Had to order a fuel pressure regulator, no one had them in stock. Hopefully it'll be here tomorrow. Here's a shot of what's happened so far.

Springs go on tomorrow along with the press. regulator. Saturday will be a tweak day. Shocks, brakelines, & fluid changes. Tires should be in by Sat., wheels have a fresh coat of paint. We'll be riding Sunday!!

Brad.

 

[bradzuki]

Well, got it done in time. Tires didn't come in till Tuesday though. Here's a pic. with the 3" lift & tires that he had.

Still looks small though. Check it out sitting next to mine.

Brad.

 

[bradzuki]

Final pic. with tires on. Ordered a Weber carb that should be here by Mon. or Tue.

Brad.

 

[2781]

Lookin' good!

Tires don't look like they have much room, is rubbing a problem? And it may just be the angle of the pic, but it looks a bit sloped towards the front.

 

[bradzuki]

Yeah, tire rub is a problem. We added an extra 1 1/4" to the shackles. Running 4" center to center shackles on front. No pic. of them yet. Trimmed the bumper and beat the lip flush. Not much flex on them Trailmaster springs, so I don't think he should have any problem. We've driven it around the neighborhood & tried to flex it out with no problems. As said before, this is not going to be a wheeler, basically a big 4-wheeler to get him to his campsite & carry some gear.

Give him some time, it'll be back.

Brad.

Oh yeah, TOTAL cost on this project, including purchase price is $2200. HALF what a 4-wheeler would cost.

 

[2781]

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Give him some time, it'll be back

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Are you taking bets?

My guess:

time frame = 2 months

first additional mod = gears

Any other takers on this?

 

[1388]

We should come up with some kind of "Stock Samurai Longevity Award" for the guy who's had the Zuk in stock form the longest!

I had mine 6 years before any kind of mod; and the first mod was a Calmini safari rack!!! Soon afterwards went SPOA, then GRS t-case, etc. etc. etc.

Once you start, there's always "one more thing".

SAS