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Picking up parts for engine swap; What do I need?
Topic Started: May 9 2015, 01:50 PM (1,213 Views)
ZXTjato
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bass heads

me and my metro
May 10 2015, 04:28 PM
I used GA axles in my car, they have the same splines as Metros. GT outers have larger splines, hubs, bearings and brakes to tolerate all the extra horses.
Excelent post I did not know this, thank you for that information.
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t3ragtop
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker

actually, the gt axles have the same number and size splines on the outboard ends. it's the length of the splined stub that's different. as i recall, the splines on the outboard ends of the gt are shorter to fit the gt hubs. the outboard stub shafts to fit the vert and all other hubs are longer.

all the axles have the same inner splines so that any axle will fit the transmission's drive. the g13 uses an intermediate shaft that fits into the differential drive splines and bolts to the rear of the block.

if you have the vert hubs or the swift gl hubs you can use the 4 banger non-gt axles and they will work okay with a twincam swap. it's the same with the intermediate shaft, the twincam cars share the intermediate shaft with the g13ba 8 valve cars.

the gt hubs have more robust wheel bearings but i ran a twincam swap to a vert with the g13 8 valve axles for a season without any issues.

the thing to remember is that the intermediate shafts are different between the automatics and the 5 speeds with the automatic intermediate shaft being longer.

for the most part, you can use the parts from the later model g13ba and g13bb 4 cylinder cars on the g13b twincam swap - motor mounts, axles (with the vert hubs) and a lot of the various brackets.

for the twincam you will want the throttle cable for the gt.
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Ephemeral Glade
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I was wrong the Swift was a 1991. Engine for sale on ebay. I am on the hunt for a '96-97 Esteem...
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May 12 2015, 06:47 PM
Engine for sale on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331552986186
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Ephemeral Glade
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First of all, man, that was scary. Second of all, thank you Mythstae!
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Ephemeral Glade
May 12 2015, 07:01 PM
First of all, man, that was scary.
Nah, just did an ebay search for "Suzuki Swift DOHC Engine" and then sifted through the results for, eh, 30-45 seconds until I found the most likely candidate. Location being in Pasadena helped confirm... ;)
Ephemeral Glade
May 12 2015, 07:01 PM
Second of all, thank you Mythstae!
You're welcome!
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