Carb help

[keyring]

Can someone help me, do one of these engines(if they're the right one) have the correct carb for my 1.6 8v vitara engine i've bought.

One is a '98 and one is a '99 so i just wanted to check before buying the carb

Cheers

Ciaran

[ScottieJ]

Neither are carbs are they? looks like single point injection to me and they look the same.

[twiss]

He's right... The vitara carb looks pretty similar to the standard SJ carb

[keyring]

I did think they might of been spi, but thought I'd post up and double check
Awk well :(
Can't believe how hard it is to find a standard 8v carb :(

[Jordi]

Do you need a standard carb have you considered going straight to SU? Even if you fit it on an elbow adaptor it'll get you away.

[timwilks13]

how different is the intake on the 1.6 manifold from the 1.3, will a 1.3 carb fit on or are the mounting holes different?

[keyring]

Will the SU fit under the bonnet with an elbow adaptor?

I couldn't tell you how different the mounting holes are between the 1.3 and 1.6, hopefully someone will know

[Jordi]

Some adaptors clear the bonnet, some don't. Mine didn't but that was the way I fitted it, I was missing a carb to adaptor spacer so had to use a adaptor to manifold spacer which raised the carb up.

The 1.3 carb wouldn't be set right for a 1.6 and would probably end up running badly / under powered.