Found another subtle difference between the Swift and Sami blocks. [Review: My girlfriend, Arleen, and I are replacing her hardtop's poorly maintained 170K mile engine with a 12K mile Swift engine. Sami cam, distributor & mount, and fuel pump & pushrod must be transfered to Swift engine]

Issue: Clutch cable bracket on engine block

Problem: Extra casting w/threaded hole on Swift block interferes with proper installation of the Samurai clutch cable bracket

Solution: Angle grinder used to remove a "small" amount of material from the bracket. Does not appear to dramatically affect the strength of the bracket.

Which Swift motor are you using??

I would suspect that it´s NOT the 1.6 16 valve, as with this engine, the "problem" with the clucth cable bracket is not as you describe. The interference is with the motor mount.

BTW, what are you doing for the disty and water outlet??

It's a 1298 cc bugger from a Swift (her Sami is 1324cc). No bellhousing adapter required here. Wild guess: a 1.6 Swift swap would be akin to a 1.6 Kick swap (but I really don't know).

Distibutor: Use the Sami camshaft in the Swift head with Sami distributor and 90* distibutor "adapter"(???) off the Sami head.

Fuel pump: Remove block-off plate from Swift head, install Sami pushrod (another reason you must change cams), install Sami fuel pump.

Haven't noticed any issues with the cooling circuit.

It´s a completely different animal to what I´m doing then. The 1.6 16 valve Swift motor has a few additional issues that make it a bigger PITA to swap in.

1) Like the 1.6 Kick motor, you need a tranny adaptation. Instead of using a flange, I´m welding two tabs to the tranny bell housing. It´ll be stronger and look more professional.

2) The Samurai 90 degree disty housing doesn´t bolt up to the Swift 16 valve head, an adapter is needed. I couls make one myself, but there´s a guy in Belgium that sells the adapter complete for 150 Euros, a decent price considering the precision involved. I´ll have to pull the gear off of my Sami camshaft and press it on to the adapter.

3) The wiring harnesses are a major PITA. I´ve currently both the original Sami harness and the Swift EFI harness draped across the engine compartment of my rig. Happily, since I have the FSMs for BOTH vehicles, it´s just a matter of taking my time to carefully hook it all up. My objective is to create two SEPERATE harnesses, one for the EFI and one for the diverse electrical systems on the rig, interconnecting the two only as much as necessary.

4) The fuel pump on my 1998 Samurai is electric, installed in the fuel cell, as is the Swift. I may have issues with fuel pressure, but I´ll find this out when I get it running. If I do, then I´ll switch out the fuel pump, installing one from a Volkswagen MPFI system.

5) Another "problem" is that the water outlet from the engine is located directly below the distributor, on the very back of the engine. Here, I´ve to cut and weld the connection housing to rotate the outlet 90 degrees to clear the firewall.

I think that´s all...:p

Sounds almost like work to me:)