grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

does any body know if they are the same? could be a lower cost alternative to buying vitaras because sportage uses a 4 banger.

Re: grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

isnt the vitara have a chevy knock off?

Re: grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

tracker?

Re: grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

The Chevy Tracker, Geo Tracker, Asuna Sunrunner has always been a rebadged Suzuki Sidekick, and now Vitara. I'm pretty sure GM had nothing to do with the design of the truck, just the badges. I think the GM dealers normally just order the parts from the import dealer, so I dont think thats going to be the anwser. We get GM calls all the time for parts for the Pontiac VIbe (Toyota Matrix).

I think the closest match with the Sportage would be one of the KIA suv's, but I dont know which one.

Re: grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

What about the older Suzuki SUV? Samurai or Sidekick?

Also, what about using them (vitaras) for my Toyota (3E) , how could I check, is there some measurements I could take?

Re: grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

Dude their cheap already. Hell if you want anything cheaper then start hitting up the junkyard. Or hell be like Burt Munro and cast your own pistons from ---- in your garage. How much cheaper are you expecting to get a set of OEM pistons for?

Re: grand vitara = kia sportage?
 

i read about using toyota pistons in a d16, not sure how cheap they are http://www.knology.net/~jediklc/pistonnotes.htm