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Hi guys. Anyone know of a reasonably priced 2.8 Diesel engine out there somewhere? The one in my Mu is shagged. Turbo etc is fine so just need engine. I guess that stuffs up my plans to enter the Sheffield mudplug.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 355756.htm

or....
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farmi ... 381762.htm

6.6 litre is awesome but a little more than I was hoping to spend. Gm really know how to put together a diesel V8 eh.

Hey dude, motor shagged huh? Dude!

Thought about lookin for a shagged bighorn etc? Are they all the same?

I'll keep an ear to the ground.....

Yeah. The Bighorn has the same motor. It could actually be better to get a Bighorn engine cos they have an Intercooler. May consider buying another truck if this way is too expensive. Then chuck all my gear onto it.

Dude! ads from Buy, sell and exchange
2.8 TD, "in exc order" $1100 0274334648
Bighorn wrecking "still drivable" 0273047001
DG2 motor (is that diesel?) $700 03 3272804
Irmscher "all parts avail" 0274334648
Isuzu Elf ( good 2.8motor) wreck or sell complete 03 3442056
bighorn (doesn't mention motor) 03 3127796 0276033719

hope this helps

Goose wrote:bighorn (doesn't mention motor)

Keep away from those personal columns Goose .

hahaha, yeah, the wife goes all septic when I start talkin about bighorns...

"but there thoooo pwetty!!"

Cheers Goose. I'll make some calls.

[quote=". May consider buying another truck if this way is too expensive. Then chuck all my gear onto it.[/quote]

if i remeber rightly it was not long ago that u sold ur hilux and bout the mu ? and ur getn rid of it already? lol get a hilux dude or last resort get steve to do a 'sas'

cheers

nice achievements guys...

This was not a planned thing. A bit like your landy I guess. How is your truck coming along?

yea thats tru my truck is well we bought a 5m supra engine but turns out that its got a posible crackd head and so we on the look out for another supra engine at the moment i have put steves old flat deck on my truck and so once the mota is in shell be back on the road and out to the waimak to stut her stuff

Matt

autoparts in rangiora have broke a couple of isuzu 4x4s they might have a motor could find out monday if you want

on another note daz has got wheel and tyre now
and i have got winch on and all working fine

kev

May consider buying another truck if this way is too expensive. Then chuck all my gear onto it.

if i remeber rightly it was not long ago that u sold ur hilux and bout the mu ? and ur getn rid of it already? lol get a hilux dude or last resort get steve to do a 'sas'

cheers

Last Resort???!!! It should be way further up the list than that...

Have a trademe search for 4JB1 - thats the 2.8 engine code. Bighorn would be good, although not sure if the intercooler scoop will fit the bonnet profile very well

Also have an ask on http://www.clubisuzu.com as there are some guys on there who might have a few tips on where to try.

Oh, and you will wish that the truck was SASd by the time you get the engine out - if its anything like a Bighorn you will either need to drop the front suspension or pull half the bottom end off the motor before you can get the motor out of the bay...

As an afterthought, also have a look at the 3.1 motors - you can buy MU's with them in dereg'd every now and then for silly money... like around $2k... lots of spare parts when you're done swapping donks - hell, I'll buy the doors off you... want to make some cut-down doors for summer rock trips.

Steve

Hey!! its supralux!! Now I can ask more dumb questions!!! YAY!!!

Like; The isuzu 3.1, I had heard rumors that they were a bit weak... true, or a bit of a wives tail??

They have a weak turbo.. but the 2.8 turbo can be retrofitted... they also have a rep for doing heads if not well maintained... Otherwise they are about as reliable as any other modern high-output diesel.

Any other dumb questions?

Steve

(The only dumb question is one you don't ask)