What kind of adapter are you making?
I was wondering why a 1.3 engine could not be adapted to a sidekick/tracker transmission. I could buy a tracker, yank the engine and TBI & computer, reinstall my samurai 1.3 with weber or pony carb, and give it to the wife to drive.

 

Kerry Wittig already makes an adapter for that....

im sure one of the other board members will chime in here for that....i will reveal what im doing after i know it will work

 

Some say the design is poor. Others say its over priced. I myself have never seen a photo of it so I don't what to think.
I still would like to couple a 1.3 engine to a tracker tranny.

 

what kinda adapter are you trying to make. i'm making adapters for the 1.6 motor to the 1.3 tranny.
the adapter should be the same as the this for the 1.6 trany just flip the counter sunk holes and mount to the engine instead of the tranny and use the 1.3 flywheel and you could use the stock 1.3 starter

because it's for the 1.6 motor to the 1.3 tranny i dont see why you cant do the reverse but remember the tranny is heaver less the flywheel weight and you will have to change the r/p
i have a guy who did the 1.6 16v and the auto tranny in a stock zuk and he said it sux he has stock 3.73 and he said it's about the same as the 1.3 with a grs1 with his 31's. the autos gears are the prob. also you have to shorten the shaft to the t/case and you should have it rebalanced if you are going to drive it on the street. i will post a copy of the plate i'm making. it is my own design NO COPIES OF ANY OTHER VENDORS but i paid someone to draw it in auto cad because it was the only way to have it laser cut. mine is wider all around for strenght and i stamp it on the drivers side
the first one is the plate i have been selling and the second one is the first one i made out of aluminum and i currently run this in mine and it has been TELLICO and ZUKI MELT 2002 TESTED and it has had a crash test. i was doing 45mph and rearended by some one doing 70 to 85 mph and it cracked my fylwheel and the adapter plate was fine

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after looking at the pictures it looks like the starter will be the prob. it bolts thru the plate to the tranny. the 1.6 tranny is wider i guess you could mount the plate to the engine and then the flywheel and then tap and thread the plate to bolt the starter to the plate this should fix the prob. because the 1.6 starter area will be way off

 

Charles,
While looking at the nice quality painted steel adapter plate you sold me (shamless plug for you)
It looks like if I use a tracker tranny with bell housing, plus the tracker flywheel and your adapter, a 1.3 should bolt right up to it.
From your experience, is this in fact true? Can the 1.3 starter be used in this application?
I would think the adapter plate needs to be bolted on before the flywheel is added.
The starter would bolt to the starter holes in the bell housing as normal.

 

big thanx for the plug. hope you like the plate


I WOULD SAY NO.


because when you do the 1.6 swap you use the 1.3 flywheel
i dont think the 1.6 flywheel sticks out enough to put the adapter behind it the the 1.6 flywheel is bigger so the holes for the starter will be out of place.

i would say you could use the 1.3 flywheel and reverse the plate but you would have to have the holes countersunked on the other side to mount it to the motor and then the tabs to the tranny. then you could use the 1.3 starter but i would use the 1.6 starter they say it has more torque.
but why is this to add the auto tranny if so i'm not sure if the 1.3 flywheel will work with the auto tranny (have not seen one) if like a gm tranny it should have a torque converter to bolt to the flywheel.

then it is longer so you have to mod the drive shaft to the t/case.
then you will have to change gears big time. if you keep it stock i would say you would still have to change the gears and if you want larger tires you will prob have to go 5:38 or something in the t/case or you can do the auto with 4x4 and then into the sammy t/case but i dont know about the messurements and what has to be done

so i would say 1.6 tranny and 1.3 motor with 1.3 flywheel and adapter bolted in reverse

 

so i would say 1.6 tranny and 1.3 motor with 1.3 flywheel and adapter bolted in reverse

i dont think that will work quite so easily i think the starter holes in the adapter would need to be countersunk on the cluch side and probably tackwelded in place making them studs and 2 more holes drilled to bolt into the bell housing where the 1600 starter location holes are