I thought I share my Build with you all!... Some variety for ya.
First off, its a 1998n European Suzuki (Santana) Vitara (Sidekick) Metal Top, 3door, 1.9 Turbo Diesel...
Santana is the Spanish Builder, that assembled the Turbo Diesel versions of the Vitara. They are a bit different than the US/Cdn sidekick in frame(yes, has one!), and accessories, and under the hood of course.
Its a Vitara, same as a sidekick/tracker, Suzuki used the original name in Europe, The NA OE partners like GM or Geo changed the name for US/Cdn to Sidekick, Tracker a and Sunrunner. Also, North America didn't get metal top 3dr versions.
The Engine, which is why some of you are here... Turbo Diesel!
Suzuki didn't product a TD until 2002 ish and therefore used engines that were already smog certified. 1995-98 they used a Citroen / Peugeot 1.9L inline4, IDI Turbo diesel made by PSA, called the XUD9(te, Sd, tey).
Great engine, and lots out there, used in the Pug 306's 205's and a bunch of European cars, with different injector pumps, injectors and turbos changing the power levels. Whats great tho, internally, not much changed, and most parts can be taken from a Sporty donor and applied.
Lightly modified (Stage 1 say), they product lots of Torque (200+) and some HP (125).
125 HP doesn't sound like a lots, but HP depends on RPM, and XUD's don't REV! But the Torque is almost alway on Tap. 2500rpm is near max torque and stays there till the limiter.
Driving one is like having two engines, Off boost, its slow and very easy to drive, really CALM! with enough torque to idle crawl... Get on the Boost and its a little monster.
Enough about that!... I'm a Diesel Convert, so I can go on and on!
The Actual Build Thread is already a couple pages long on another Forum, I'm gonna Transpose it to this Thread over the course of time, and at one point, my Portuguese and XJtalk will sync up.
Lets start with the Normal "BEFORE" photo!
Here she is Stock (with some MT's)
First thing to do with any Build, Suspension. Coming up!
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