>From the Landcruiser mailing list...
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>I'm sure I'll get flack for this one, but the other day I was chatting
>Diesels with a co-worker would been looking up engine swaps on heaps.  One
>of my favorite engines for a while has been the TDI engines that VW makes.
>How horrible an idea would it be (I don't have the money, so I'm just
>theorizing) to put a 2.0L TDI in an FJ40?  The important specs are 134hp @
>4,000 rpm, 247 ft*lbs at 1900rpm, which moves the 3500lb wagon pretty good.
>For comparison the 2.7L 5cyl mercedes engine in the Dodge Sprinter Van makes
>154hp @3800, and 243ft*lbs at 1600rpm. That moves a really big truck down
>the road at a top speed of 90mph according to R&T, though it's got to take a
>week or two to get up to that speed.  Performance specs aren't that far off
>from a 2F, though the weight has to be about half, or less.  It'd make for a
>nice light weight rig.  Part I'm having trouble with (other than the actual
>mechanics of such a swap), is getting my mind around a 2.0L engine in a
>Cruiser, even a 40.  The output specs. say it'd work.  But 2000cc????
>Anyone want to kill my daydream?

I can't believe this engine would be anything like competitive witha
Toyota 1KZ-T  3-liter four EFI turbodiesel from a Hiace (which are
reputed to really fly). And even these do not perform so well in
Prados.
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Regards
Andrew