[f7 patriot]

I have a chance to get a 76 eltigre 5000, free air suzuki motor. were these a decent ride???? would it be easy to clone into a Z machine, It looks alot like my old 75 z340, just different motor and hood grill???? any advice
Thanks

 

[catfan]

I have a 77 eltigre4000 with a 79 5000 motor in it fun sled the hood and motor bith say its still a 4000. I also have a 75 440Z that is for sale

 

[gbarchives-eltigre]

A friend claims he saw the later six port top end adapted to this older engine for a 76/77 Pantera and it ran a solid 85mph on top after that. So, yeah, the older 4 port 500s have some potential. One mans junk is another man's Maserati.

 

[CatsN'Doos]

i dont know if the bigger suzukis are like the smaller ones, but the 340s are even a fairly scary ride, much more than you would expect from a small engine like that. But when theyre being tempermental, theyre miserable little things to get running again...