{"id":132,"date":"2008-02-11T23:14:17","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T04:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2021-01-13T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:59:57","slug":"suzuki-samurai-with-harley-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Suzuki Samurai with a V-Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Suzuki Samurai called “Groundhawg” was brought to the United States in 1985 and came with a 1.3 L four-cylinder engine producing about 63 horsepower. Unfortunately the factory engine blew and the owner wanted to swap an engine that matched their personality. At first the owner considered using a diesel VW engine or a Geo tracker engine but none of these seemed unique enough. Finally the owner settled on a RevTech V-twin from South Korea that produces 115 horsepower and 120 lb-ft of torque.<\/p>\n

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This Suzuki Samurai called “Groundhawg” was brought to the United States in 1985 and came with a 1.3 L four-cylinder engine producing about 63 horsepower. Unfortunately the factory engine blew and the owner wanted to swap an engine that matched their personality. At first the owner considered using a diesel VW engine or a Geo… Read More »Suzuki Samurai with a V-Twin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":66199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycle","category-samurai"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Suzuki-Samurai-with-a-RevTech-V-twin-01.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14196,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14196","url_meta":{"origin":132,"position":0},"title":"Suzuki Samurai with a Rear Mounted SR20DET","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There is not much left of the original Suzuki Samurai besides some panels up front but the combination still makes for an interesting project. 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