2.4 and 2.4t

rangimotors · Post by **rangimotors** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:16 pm

hey guys im sure this is a basic question for many but a bit of help would be good, have a friend building up a cheap hilux, he has a newer 2.4 turbo with a blown head and he has an old 2.4 with a shagged bottom end, since these are both similar and L series engines is there any reason we can't build one out of the two by taking the bottom end of the 2.4t?

truck-fixer · Post by **truck-fixer** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:13 pm

Not sure myself but don't see any reason why it should'nt work. I'm pretty sure they are exactly the same engines, one with a turbo, one without. Someone on here should know for sure.

rangimotors · Post by **rangimotors** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:16 pm

yea thats my thoughts as well, just wasn't sure if they changed anything beween new one's and old one's

truck-fixer · Post by **truck-fixer** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:26 pm

Let us know how your mate gets on there buddy. A little more knowledge is always good. :wink:

timo · Post by **timo** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:21 pm

Late 2L's [tin top] have completely different head design to early 2L [alloy top], bottom end similar though

rangimotors · Post by **rangimotors** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:58 pm

oh ok cheers, think we'll have a go at combining the new head with the old bottom end, as usual get a big rangi with it :lol:

but get the job done

smurf182 · Post by **smurf182** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:11 pm

FYI,

A 2L head is an adjustable tappet type head with adjustable rocker arms.

A 2LT and 3L head are both shim tappet adjustment bucket style heads.

rangimotors · Post by **rangimotors** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:30 pm

it seems the two engines we have are a 2l-t (85/86) with a stuffed bottom end, and a 2l-te (89/90) with a stuffed head, its looking like we can put the older head on the newer block, we'll hopefully anyway