Its a 3cyl engine that looks like its mounted inline. I would presume with it being a Suzuki that it is from a Kei car, I think the Caterham 160 does conform to Kei car standards as well if memory serves correctly. There's a review from a journalist who daily drove it for 13 months as part of an extended review. You can find it here: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-re...aterham-seven-160-2014-long-term-test-review/
I was talking to a friend of mine earlier, and he brought up a good idea. While I was planning on putting $700-$800 into the SBC in the Blazer, He said that I can get a low-mile, running LS engine for less than that, and after a quick look on Craigslist, he's right, I found four on the first page, a 4.8, two 5.3's, and a 6.0, all with less than 150K on them and with their complete wiring harnesses, around $400-$600. I'm just unsure as to how much would be involved with getting into the older truck.
Well I've found out that isn't that hard at all to make the LS work with it's factory fuel injection work in the older truck, the main thing I'd have to do is get the PCM reflashed. And I've been looking on Copart, and I'm thinking if I could get a wrecked truck for a few hundred bucks, I could pull the engine, wiring harness, PCM, and front accessories, then part out the rest of the truck and get my money back. Here's a few I've been looking at.
It's getting auctioned off on Copart, (insurance auction) and like I said, If I can get it for a few hundred bucks I can everything I need from it, and then sell of what's left and probably get most of my money back. Being a 2014, it's going to be an aluminum block, with variable valve timing and displacement on demand, and while those would be mildly interesting, but ultimately unnecessary, and it's just that much more stuff to go wrong. After talking to some people who've done it, it's an awful lot of work to get rid of. But it's a 28,000 mile aluminum 5.3
I've been reading about what's all involved with putting the LS with it's factory fuel injection, wiring harness and PCM into the old carbed truck. Mechanically it seems quite straight forward, motor mounts, notching the crossmember, and an aftermarket flexplate. What seems a bit more daunting, is the wiring, you ultimately end up ditching about 75% of the harness, but wiring gives me a headache nonetheless.
Yeah screw that. See if rywire has something for your application. I promise it's worth it if they do.
According to California, everything. Prop 65 Warning: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
