Had engine rebuilt.
Added Calmini 3" lift and replacement suspension
Power Steering and tilt steering column from 93 Tracker
Full calmini skid plates.
93 Tracker 12 bolt rear axle, with 5:12 gears and ZOR crab installed
Ford aluminum rims, with 10.50 X 31 BFG AT's
5:12's and axle housing from newer Tracker installed
Manual hubs installed in place of auto hubs
Installed luggage rack from S10 Blazer, narrowed to fit
CB Radio and CD/Radio with USB port installed, can play digital music off road without CD skip using USB port.
Replaced front hood, LF Fender, painted Finder, grille & F & R Bumpers.
Tracker is a 2 Dr hardtop, which was in sad shape when I bought it for $900, as a project and toy. It has a 3 speed GM Turbo Hydro. Went with the differential gears from a manual transmission tracker so I could more easily run 31" tires. This vehicle (a re-badged Suzuki Sidekick) has never let me down. All the modifications or rebuilds listed above are to make it a more capable off road vehicle. The engine did blow a head gasket so with over 200,000 miles I decided to have the engine rebuilt. It had had an under hood fire which is why I got it so inexpensively. Numerous trips to wrecking yards found me all of the parts necessary to replace burned items under the hood and dash. Hope to add a cage, aftermarket F & R bumpers, and a winch, along with protection for the rocker panels in the future. Intend to keep it for a long time.
You are deluding yourself if you think your Geo is the equal of a Jeep off road or on.
Really? There hasn't been any problem keeping up with any Just Empty Every Pocket so far. I paid $900 and I've got maybe another $3000 in it. It's cheeper to run, cheeper to fix, and I don't have to have $30,000 in it to make it very, very good off road. If that's delusional, I'm happily deluded!
I've owned my Tracker for six years now. It's hasn't done me wrong at all. One of the best little jeep/truck/cars I'll ever own. I only now want to get something else, not because it's a piece of crap, but because it's time that I myself move on from my lovable little Tracker.
The only problem I've had with it is oil leaking, the only really "big" problem I've had with it was that it didn't start at -50 C... but not a lot of vehicles did at that point.
Other than that, couldn't do better for my first vehicle!
I love my Tracker LSI, AND it doesn't Empty Every Pocket when I go looking for parts.
The only problem that I have had with mine is the MAP sensor, but it was bad when I bought it.
Trackers are great little ridge runners.
I got a good-looking hard top convertible that read 63k miles. Most have been from towing. I bought it for an everyday putt putt, & have done lots of off-roading & 2 minor fender-benders. This is my 5th Tracker & only one was automatic. I think they are the best for the money, & they tend to hold up great. I just have a 1., & when gas was $4 per gallon I could have sold it 100x; 1990 was a good year.
What Ford model rims fit the Tracker?
Ford Rims. The stock older aluminum rims with a 5 on 5 1/2 bolt pattern from the pickup. They're either 7" or 8" wide 15" rims.
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