Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday!

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Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday!

Post by Harker » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:00 pm

Hey guys just brought myself a nice (not so shiny) sj. This is my first one so I might need a bit of help as I have never worked on car before. My first question is, will a 970cc be be good good enough off road, until I have a chance to upgrade the engine?

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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by turbo-tom » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:05 pm

Harker wrote:Hey guys just brought myself a nice (not so shiny) sj. This is my first one so I might need a bit of help as I have never worked on car before. My first question is, will a 970cc be be good good enough off road, until I have a chance to upgrade the engine?

Kind regards

Alex
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970cc engines are very strong engines i think scottiej will tell you how strong there are :lol:
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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:22 pm

:welcome: to :suzuki:club UK

and Yes I love the little 970cc lumps! spend your money on the suspension, some good tyres and maybe a rocklobster transfer box before bothering with an engine upgrade!

Sometimes I wish I'd left my sj on 31" tyres with the 970cc and just fitted a rocklobster not got so carried away with all mods :lol: (very rarely though :lol: )
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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:16 pm

Hi and. :welcome:

Get some photos up of the new beast when you can.

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Post by ROBBIE » Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:48 pm

Hi :welcome:
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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by Highlander » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:25 pm

We ran a bog standard 410 for years with nothing more than a set of mud tyres on it, excellent wee truck it was.

Suffered slightly with ground clearance but was more than capable offroad and would often go the same places much more modded motors went :lol:

So yes, get a good set of offroad tyres and get stuck into some mud :lol:
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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by Harker » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:12 pm

Wow cheers for the warm welcome!! Very excited to be picking it up on Sunday. Spoke to the guy selling it and he changed the engine to a 1300 crossflow? Still not bad for the pennies I brought it for. I will try and get some pictures up of her soon! Damn iPhone won't let me upload :(.

Thanks again for the welcome!! :)

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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by Harker » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:34 pm

http://bit.ly/LTPsdW sorry only way I could get a few pics of her on here.

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Post by Darrell » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:58 pm

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Re: Hi everyone for the newbie! Picking the new SJ up Sunday

Post by dan_2k_uk » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:29 am

Those wheels really suit that truck.

U planning on getting it legal or is it just an offroad toy?

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