The venture and publicity stunt generated a national ad campaign for Chevrolet's Geo Tracker. Cautious articulation kept that joint together for the balance of the trip out. Much to his credit and our friendship, Steve Kramer came along and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with me on episodes like the blowing apart of a front half-shaft in the dark of night on the trail.We picked CV balls front the dirt and salvaged enough clean CV-grease to repack, reassemble and re-boot the hyper-extended shaft. I made and broke down camp on the nights we slept, and I drove both vehicles through the roughest stretches, all the while maintaining team moral over endless days and nights on the Rubicon. I served as camp cook for myself and three other men: Steve Kramer, the photographer sent by Chevolet and one of the two Geo engineers. The two Trackers turned a typical 12-hour Jeep 4x4 trip into a 46-hour marathon, complete with high-lift jacking and repeated winching of the stone stock (as per a G.M. An aluminum belly pan skid plate was attached to each vehicle's vulnerable undercarriage.I raised the bar by toting a USA VenturCraft Sportsman trailer behind the support/lead rig. capacity Warn winch fitted to a custom tubular front bumper.
#1989 SUZUKI SIDEKICK LIFT KIT MODS#
Mods were limited to a pilot 2-inch lift kit, 29" tires on stock rims, a Lock-Right rear differential and a 5000-lb. The consulting gig that resulted was the first-ever traversing of the Rubicon Trail with a Geo Tracker-actually a pair of Trackers! On a shoestring budget, I had Steve Kramer, co-owner of Calmini Products, lightly modify one of the Trackers, providing our "recovery" and winching source. Confident that they meant a properly outfitted and modified Tracker 2-door 4x4 model, I answered, "Yes!" As a result, I was in line for a very unusual request: Two Geo Tracker engineers (actually procurers) asked whether I thought it feasible to take a Tracker over the notorious Rubicon Trail. In the mid-'nineties, I did a considerable amount of guiding and consulting work for Chevrolet and GMC truck, including media runs and instructing at Tread Lightly 4WD Driving Clinics sponsored by Chevrolet. needed to satisfy a hungry sub-compact 4WD market, albeit, the origins of the Geo Tracker. Mechanically I think your rig is great the way it is for now, even without the preferred/required t-case gears, exhaust&cam upgrades and rear locker.The Sidekick and Geo Tracker were Suzuki's answer to the Samurai's safety concerns: a wider-track, lower center of gravity, with more steel and a larger engine- just what G.M. Lower geared R&P changes beyond your factory 5.13s are costly, weaker and likely become a longevity issue as well if you do distance/highway drives. You may need a new ecm etc though for either if you're so inclined.
Totally stay away from the early 3spd auto, it's a POS, if you want an auto go with the OD 4spd. A good cam really helps mid range power as well as potentially helping mpg too depending on driving style. Like all, Suzuki oem exhausts (mufflers/tail pipes) are very restrictive, you can still have quiet as well as significant power/econ gains with just a cat-back set-up.
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