New Member, new Grand Vitara

[andyecoli]

Hi all, just registered on here, I've just bought a Grand Vitara 2004 petrol 3 door, its going to be a project vehicle but I know nothing about the car, so need manuals, been looking online and found some but don't know what the engine version is, any help and pointers welcome.
I'll also won't be needing pretty much all the bodywork, interior etc so will be selling that as it comes available. What is the likelihood that someone would want the complete body, doors the lot.
Thanks
Andy

[Rankine]

Sounds like a interesting build coming? Buggy?

[andyecoli]

I was looking at doing a Land rover restoration but decided that was just a battle against rust, then saw this
[youtube]https://youtu.be/mZSSl_XX-mw[/youtube]. Had to have ago. Don't know if the link will work

[maxaret]

Looks like a fun project Andy
We have an early 2005 SWB 1600GV so probably very similar to yours,ours has the G16B engine I believe.
Even as a standard GV it is a fun vehicle to own,although not necessarily as practical as the 5 door version.

[andyecoli]

Yes it should be fun, I've started stripping it out but need to hang on a little as I'm going to build a gantry crane in my garage to allow me to lower the new body on and off to get it to fit, so I will need to move the car out of the garage while that gets built. Itching to get into it. I did a compression test on the engine, its only showing 125 psi on each cylinder so maybe an engine rebuild on the list also. Or a bigger engine. Or the tester is duff. But all that's for later.

[maxaret]

I hope all that goes ok.
Our 1600 Auto could sure do with more power LOL but I am now too old to take on engine conversions etc (too many aches and pains ).