hey yall i just got a 1988 sameria and the boy i got it from blew the motor all the hell and what motor should i put in it i have talk to some people and they say a 22r and other 4.3 vortec and i had one boy tell me a 318 or a 350 chevy idk what too do I think i got my self in to a pickel with it lol

22r are hard to beat for reliability.

22r man would be the best for that little thing...

go with a 1.6 geo tracker or suzuki sidekick motor or a 4.3 votec man i have been building them for a few years.   or check this out maybe you can find what your lookin for    www.trailtough.com    or    www.rockyroad.com. pictures of mine are posted in my gallery. i went with the 1.6 geo tracker motor good fuel and with the right gears these things are unstopable.  mine is an 86' lifted 6 1/2" SPOA YJ lift from trail tough power steering set up 4.62 front and rear gears with a hybrid rear end. sittin on 33x12.5x15 cooper stt's. bushwacker fender flares, doug thorley header solid alluminum radiator, heavy duty motor mounts, solid transfercase mounts, 4.16 rock crawler t-case, but when i wanna go muddin i put in a stock t-case takes about 15 minutes to change it, good choice gettin a sammy man. and as far as the motor swap the toyota motors are alot more work to put into a sammy than the 1.6 and they dont have much more power. but my advice is to take your time cause if you build it right you will have an unbeatable rig.

go with a 1.6 geo tracker motor from a pre 94. those motors can hold rpms all day long.

hey man what u gota do is get the motor swap kit from calmini for the 8 or 16 valve tracker motor if u can find one nd u can use the stock rears but dont put anything bigger then 32s othere wise u start blow rears apart trust my i found out the hard way but yea that will work for ya keeper muddy man.

rebelmudder.

 john. 

i have the 1.6 16v tracker motor now dont really like im putting the 22re-t in mine with yota  everything tranny and geared and twin stick t-case  the tracker doesnt take the beaten