Isuzu diesal

Good ideas Jason . Im hoping I can keep my t-90 and d 18 but you have some good options exspecially if i dicide to lift it which is phase 3 of my project. Right now my goal is to get it good running shape on 31s phase 1 . Phase 2 is bullet proofing full floaters , skids, air compresser , rear locker ,shakle reversle ,ps sagnaw,which is when i hope to try the isuzu swap . Phase 3 is lift , 33s to 35s , front locker, custom shafts and any goodies i forgot along the way lol.And btw mcguff Here in VA we think of ourselfs as the tuffest sourtherns because we are holding the line lol

 

dont forget the line is way closer to me. too bad im a yankee infiltrating the south trying to find out info.

 

Lots of places to hide a body at Tellico Jeff.

 

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I've been driving a Mercedes for over half a milion miles. Plus over 300K on 2 VWs, and 125K on my 25 year old BMW motorcycle.

The M-Class Mercedes do not represent the entire product line (or German Engineering in total), and despite the suburbanite SUV craze, many will tell you that the M class vehicles are to be avoided.

In all seriousness, the car companies are in business to sell cars - NOT to make familiy heirlooms that last forever, to pass from father to son - nor are they really interested in making the BEST of anything - just one good enough to make you buy. After that, it's all a hobby - just like old jeeps.

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i have a friend in colo. that put a isuzu diesal in a cj5 . he used the isuzu drive
train in it . it work good but it was a lot of cuting and welding to make it fix .

 

Matt did he use the whole drivetrain?
How much fab to set the engine in place?

 

Not all but most!

I love BMW motorcylcle engines, the guy who designed it must have been heavily influenced by the KISS method. I like VW stuff, most, not all of it, I guess I am just anti-Mercedes, I have just never seen anything they build that has impressed me, especially not for the price and the prestige they try to command. The so called German engineering is what torques me the most!!!!

Back on subject Isuzu = good diesel, can I say that enough!!

I think that taking an Isuzu bellhousing and cutting it and welding another bellhousing to it would work out pretty good unless making an adapter is easier, do to the Isuzu bolt pattern. My Isuzu transmission and bellhousing were all molded together and was pretty thick, you might be able to cut the transmission part off, machine the surface flat and add bolt holes and make a seperate bellhousing out of the old set up and then bolt your own transmission to it. (Worth some research anyway)

 

It seems to me that the easy wayto put a diesal into a early jeep would be to use a 3.8 (231) diesal engine that was made by GM in the early to mid 80's. I have seen a few of them here in Boise running around as well as a couple of them junk yards.

It would be fun if a person could hook-up a turbo to it using factory parts from a turbo 3.8?


71cjsixer

 

I'm not positive, but I don't think GM made a 3.8L V6 diesel. They did make a 4.3L V6 diesel, which if I'm not mistaking, is a 350 diesel with two cylinders lopped off. There is a website out there with nothing but 350 diesel, and the 4.3L V6 and V8 (they also made a 4.3L V8 diesel) information. I remember seeing it a while back. Do a search through Google for 350 diesel site or something like that. There might be turbo info there.

 

the 3.8 oilburners were in front wheel drive mid size cars

71cjsixer

 

Yeah that's what I've seen the 4.3L in. Once in a Chevy Celebirty actually driving around and another in a mid-'80's Buick that was for sale. I could be wrong about the existance of the 3.8L. Either way, I think they'd work well in a Jeep.