Not a diesel but maybe the mounting is the same.

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Tom

--- Rob Lawson <rhepher@TELUS.NET> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As a fan of both Vanagons and Toyota Land Cruisers,
> I'm just curious if anyone
> has ever considered the Toyota 2L-T engine as a
> possible swap for the Vanagon.
> It's a 2.4L turbo diesel (indirect injection, i
> believe) that puts out about 97
> hp and 139 ft/lbs of torque.  Even in a 4200 lb Land
> Cruiser, the thing can get
> up to 35 mpg.  I don't think the engine was ever
> really sold in cars exported to
> NA, but was used in Japanese domestic market HiLux
> trucks as well as the Land
> Cruiser LJ-78, so they wouldn't be hard to get.
>
> Anyone ever heard of such a swap?
>
> Robin
>

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