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Hi all,just joined forum,but havn't got a zuk yet
had quite a few Fronteras,got one for sale now with 3.1 trooper lump fitted
Usually go laning etc with lads form Muddy Frontera forum,but had a few long trips recently and the fronty's not what you'ld call economical(averages around the low 20's) also costs a fortune on insurance
I was in Wales at easter and saw an SJ on the lanes and was impressed decided its time for a change

to :S:cuk and the dark side, or is that light side as they weigh less than all the other 4x4s

You won't be disappointed with an SJ and how capable they are offroad, however they are 'entertaining' on road and not amazing on fuel considering their size, however you should see 25/28mpg maybe more if its well set up and the on road handling manners are fun, they are bouncy but nowhere near as bad around the twisties as people like to make out.

That sound's like I expected.Got to be honest,I will miss the space in the back of the Fronty,room enough to sleep in it and I'll definately miss the grunt from the 3.1,but minds made up
Are the vitara's any good off road?Just seems to be plenty of them available,unlike the SJ's

to the club. You've made a wise choise moving to the world of .

Welcome, Frontera's aren't a bad bit of kit, but as already said, Zuks ARE BETTER!!!

Don't know what they are all on about, my handles like a ferrari too.

Jordi

Vitaras can be pretty good offroad. In standard form they are pretty much the same as a standard sj. They are a lot better on road though apart from liking to go sideways a bit more they drift pretty well though

The bad points

The Independant front suspension, its pretty weak and doesn't like large tyres or to be lifted more than 1.5" without lots of mods.

Modifications aren't as simple or as cheap as they are on an SJ, for the same amount of money you can do a lot more to an sj than you can a vitara.

Also it's not as easy to lower the gearing for large tyres because of the transfer box set up internally and the fact the diffs ratios are already pretty low.

And well that's about it really

Best thing about a Frontera is you can graft a Frontera engine onto an SJ.

Well said Scott...

And Ed, that's an interesting idea...

I want a 3.5 v6 Isuzu Trooper engine... hmmmm
My dad had an old Trooper and it went pretty quick for the size of the thing!!

Well I would like a honda S2000 lump in mine




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welcome to scuk

twiss wrote:Well said Scott...

And Ed, that's an interesting idea...

I want a 3.5 v6 Isuzu Trooper engine... hmmmm
My dad had an old Trooper and it went pretty quick for the size of the thing!!

twiss if i known you wanted one of them engines this time last year , you could of bought our old vauxhall monterey which was vauxhalls version of the isuzu trooper only because vauxhall couldnt be bothered to make there own 4x4 at the time

only had 76,000 thousand miles on it pretty much bullet proof it was

then someone bought it and it went up to yorkshire