Diesel swap: help needed

[Chopper]

I know a guy who has an 86 Trooper Turbo D for sale in MN...almost 47 HP & high twenties for mileage. Not the fastest vehicle on the planet, but still chuggin' along with well over 100,000 miles on the clock.
Yes, it's the little red Trooper that could & for $900.00, it's yours.

He said 47 hp. Come get some!!!

[Ldub]

He said 47 hp. Come get some!!!

LOL...I'm glad SOMEBODY got it, it never occured to me that an engine churning out 50- HP would even be considered...

[etlsport]

haha.. i just assumed you meant 147

[Joe_Black]

It's all about the TORQUE baby!

When you get into diesels it's a whole different language and mindset. Our new Mk5 Jetta is actually a mid-size car now, quite roomy and a bit on the hefty side, but the 1.9L diesel it has churns out only about 100HP and it scoots like nobody's business. Almost 200 pounds of torque make it happen. Glad I didn't get a red one! Think about it though, that's almost as much torque as our VX but at half the weight.

Best part of course was averaging 49 MPG from this last tank.

A local friend and Golf TDI owner met with me today about pooling our time and resources to get a biodiesel processor assembled. We've both been accumulating components and information for several years so have just about everything we need. I wasn't ever in a rush before as my plan is to grow the source oil where he's more interested in using waste vegetable oil (WVO), but if he'll collect it I'll process it. My older Mercedes will run on straight vegetable oil (SVO) but the newer diesel have to have biodiesel, and we both have PD TDI engines which have even tighter tolerances than previous TDI engines and also run higher fuel pressures.

[Rogue]

Here is a nice place to start....

http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/index.php

J

[Triathlete]

I know a guy who has an 86 Trooper Turbo D for sale in MN...almost 47 HP & high twenties for mileage. Not the fastest vehicle on the planet, but still chuggin' along with well over 100,000 miles on the clock.
Yes, it's the little red Trooper that could & for $900.00, it's yours.

Dub, if you guys didn't live in another world I'd be knocking on the door cash in hand. That would be a great project vehicle. 4 link and 1 ton axles, some 36 inch crawlers and a cage and it would be unstopable!

[Chopper]

My yellow 3406 would mostly fill a pickup bed and it's only making about 450 as it sits now....but it will pull a freight train. Torque IS the game.

[Joe_Black]

My yellow 3406 would mostly fill a pickup bed and it's only making about 450 as it sits now....but it will pull a freight train. Torque IS the game.

LOL, my 8V71 puts out about 1000 lbs and is just shy of 400HP. Then again it's a 2-stroke supercharged diesel and QUICK! You can row through the RTO-915 so fast you'd think your arm would fly out of its socket, especially since using the clutch is optional.

[Ldub]

This may be of interest if anyone is still looking for a donor motor,saw it over on the wire...

Here's a good local deal, in Port Ludlow, WA. Just have to drive thru 6-8" of snow to get to it!

http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/pts/496071645.html

"Isuzu Trooper Diesel 3.1L Turbo 4x4 and auto tranny, very nice - $3200

this Little motor was a 3.1 Liter with inercooler and Turbo. Model 4JG2 50K miles. I bought it on ebay $3500 and had it shipped to my home. I bought new glow plugs ($100) and started it up on the motor stand... she runs great. Was going to put it in a trooper but it cold quicker then I thought it would and won't have time to do the engine swap in spring...

call with questions...

Paul 360-301-9962

Port ludlow is just accross the Hood Canal bridge close to Bremerton, poulsbo, bainbridge, Port Townsend, Hadlock, Kingston, Silverdale, Sea Beck Seattle, everett, edmonds, Sequim, and Port Gamble, Tacoma. Towing 4x




* Location: Port Ludlow"

If it had a 5-speed I'd seriously consider it, however the auto tranny would be a great setup for 4-Wheelin'. Tons of clean Gen I & II Troops up here in the PNW with bad engines/trannies for cheap.......ed

[Joe_Black]

If it was off of eBay I'd definitely want to see it running before purchasing. I just cringe when I see the pictures of those poor mills sitting on concrete with half the accessories squished.

[alanbradley]

It's all about the TORQUE baby!

When you get into diesels it's a whole different language and mindset. Our new Mk5 Jetta is actually a mid-size car now, quite roomy and a bit on the hefty side, but the 1.9L diesel it has churns out only about 100HP and it scoots like nobody's business. Almost 200 pounds of torque make it happen. Glad I didn't get a red one! Think about it though, that's almost as much torque as our VX but at half the weight.

Best part of course was averaging 49 MPG from this last tank.

Please don't post these sort of things - as someone who's just agreed to trade his 50mpg Yaris diesel for a 3.2 litre petrol beast you're not helping the cognitive dissonance...

Meh, I don't do the mileage I did and diesel's 5p/litre more expensive than petrol here in the UK. Anyhow, I;ll be watching this thread with interest...



Alan

[Tone]

Sorry to be nay sayer but Posts like this rarely pan out. 40 posts already and no action taken. If they were going to do it, they would have already done so. Asking for assistance over the net on a project of this scale is questionable at best. Talk is cheap. DO it first and then TELL us about it....

[ZEUS]

I found this interesting: http://www.isuzudieselswapper.com/index.html

[Joe_Black]

Nice link Zeus, thanks! The 4B series of Isuzu diesels are great engines but more suited for full-size pickups 3/4 ton and up as they're fairly hefty engines. I've scoped out some NPR's locally that I've been offered in trade for my Mack Midliner and it's just not suitable for the VX. The 4J series however is another ballgame as that's what came in the Trooper and Rodeo so is a bolt-up proposition. I was sooooo close to getting two of them for one of our VX's and a Trooper but putting our daughter in private school was more important. Oh well, hopefully I'll have a job in a few years!

[Ldub]

Sorry to be nay sayer but Posts like this rarely pan out. 40 posts already and no action taken. If they were going to do it, they would have already done so. Asking for assistance over the net on a project of this scale is questionable at best. Talk is cheap. DO it first and then TELL us about it....

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