my bung 1991 l200

[cornflake]

hello people been reading this place for a year or 2 so i desided to finaly join

i have a bit of a Delmar i spat a bearing into the sump out of my l200 the astron2 2.6 motor and they are like hens teeth to find

my question to u guys is with out going bla bla do a search ive red the hole forum every page every thing u name it very interesting info that ive used for a while
what other mitsi/other motors will just bolt up to my gearbox like pajareo v6s ect as i still want to run petrol

and i cant rebuild

i would love any info u throw my way

[Crash bandicoot]

hello people been reading this place for a year or 2 so i desided to finaly join

i have a bit of a Delmar i spat a bearing into the sump out of my l200 the astron2 2.6 motor and they are like hens teeth to find

my question to u guys is with out going bla bla do a search ive red the hole forum every page every thing u name it very interesting info that ive used for a while
what other mitsi/other motors will just bolt up to my gearbox like pajareo v6s ect as i still want to run petrol

and i cant rebuild

i would love any info u throw my way

4G63 wide block mitsi lancer/evo engine.

it will have more power and less fuel useage then the astron 2.6 too.

well to be specific it will produce more power for the same amount of fuel.

I'm not a mitsi man only owning a mid 90's vr4 and a v6 94 pajero but it would be cool to see a pajero gearbox GTO v6 turbo engine combo in a ute.

[cornflake]

yea was talking to a few people about that conversion

or a evo motor as i can get them cheap as chips but the conversion will be a down the track thing found a replacement block in the south island for 200 or so but will rebuild bottom end witch is easy as

what about pajero stuff any ideas on that

[cornflake]

so found me another replacement 4g54 for 150 bucks with a crack head no biggie as my head is mint as
will give the replacement a good old sprinkle with new goodies and remove the balance shaft as they are 90% or most mitsi problems when they stop doing there job properly i been told my a mitsi builder

[cornflake]

bit of a up date found out the what killed my bottom end was them stupid balance shaft bearings failing from a blockage in there oil gallery

sum thing so simple can cause so much damage

mean while fully rebuilt the new bottom end with all the goodies for under 400 bucks and removed balance crap from it

[churchill]

Find out what caused the blockage otherwise it'll just block somewhere else and destroy the engine again.

[cornflake]

Find out what caused the blockage otherwise it'll just block somewhere else and destroy the engine again.

the blockage was in the balance shaft ive removed them and blocked off there oil galary so should be sweet and getting a new oil pump engine builder said it is very common for them to block

so i should be sweet with no balance crap and a smaller oil pump chain less things to go wrong

[cornflake]

bit of a up date

head rebuilt new valvs springs seals lifters cost me about 130 for parts
bottem end new rings berings seals cleand pistions honed boars
gave it a slight port polish

removed balance safts maid oilpump chain smaller and welded up hole in stub shaft

just waiting on head gaskit
and got to get flywheel off old motor

ported ext manifold for better flow

total cost 255 bucks

[cornflake]

so bit of up date to day after sum little wireing iuses and setting the lpg back up with new lines and wot not

crankd over first crack once got the dizzy set to the right spot

sounds way better then it did taking the balance shafts out takes away that stupid wining noise u here from them

full rebuild cost including oils berings rings valve seals gaskits including buying spare motor + shipping from down south for motor
$467

would i do it again NO

[mazdamike]

should have bought the lower compression pistons and bolt a turbo on

[cornflake]

na already got a evo 8 motor comming from japan for later on just going to keep it around till this one dies or i get board

and not realy need to go fast that what my track cars for

[cornflake]

bit of a up date truck is getting 400kms to a tank on 31s and that is not being a nanna

[smurf182]

Does the engine feel any different without the balance shaft? More vibration, rattle, noise, harshness?

Just asking purely out of interest.

[cornflake]

at first i felt it and was like oh yea that's weird but after a while there isnt any

drives a hole lot smother
in 5th gear u can put sum gas on and ill will just pull with no hesitation

with the balance crap in i could get it past 3200 not gose to 4000 rpm mint and is just alot more responsive

[cornflake]

bit of an up date just cracked the 5000km on the motor mark

95 98 is getting 10l for every 100km

lpg for 20l is about 120km

that is atmo

looking at doing a carb conversion

[zed]

I've got the same Astron II 2.6 in my pajero. Mine is still carby but a bit if a special motor. Runs a nitrided crank, stump puller cam, no bal shafts etc. I didnt notice an increase in vibration after removing the shafts either.

I'm nearly ready to do an efi conversion (have the magna already) which should make it more uniform in terms of performance (especially when up on odd angles lol). They are a good, simple, torquey motor. If you're wanting to go efi let me know we can swap info.

Only thing to watch is the top bolt on the long chain guide...very often breaks after constant vibration over the years. Most timing kits come with an upgraded (larger) bolt which solves that thought.

I personally dont know if I'd want a turbo 2L evo motor in my truck...have a very high hp one in a rwd which is hard enough to hang onto at the best of times...forget it in the wet

[cornflake]

yea i looked at doing that conversion but was like i love my lpg

looked at the evo conversion and have the motor in a box but i dnt need to be going fast or draw attention my self

ill probably be going twin carbs running lpg and normal gass just for the fact the rebuilt motor is relibale as now and only cost sfa to run and i have a spar everything in parts for it now

just the factory carb lets it down

[zed]

Make a manny for twin 45s and a decent extractor setup and you'll be off like the proverbial bride's nighty...

I think there is a 16L twin manifold you can buy which shouldn't need much mangling to fit. Dont waste your time with the twin solex etc setup do it once do it right.

[cornflake]

nope dont like the solex ones will use 2 different ones wont be hard making up a manifold got 2 of them here to cut up

[cornflake]

bit more of a up date my secondaries went opening properly cos i didnt play with the vac lines left them as they were wen pulled motor apart so did sum Google and rubbish he always tells me Google that is

go to my secondary little mushroom wtf had a t piece in it with hole lot of other lines so relocation blabla bam fixed and feels so much more better to drive with tad more power

[cornflake]

so since im slack and been looking over the net and cant seem to understand the rubbish some people put on there

simple answer for a simple question

will a desil 4d or 4m motors fit on my 2.6 gearbox as it is a wide block

as im over the petrol and lpg these days

[wildplumdx]

i'm pretty sure there different but if it where me i would sell what you got and buy a diesel one rather than piss around with the conversion and cert and all that jazz, ive got a diesel gearbox i can take a picture of it if you like if that would help, its 2wd but still 4d56

[zed]

Diesel 4d56 and petrol 4g54 fit same gearbag. I took the diesel out (seized) and replaced with petrol bolted in sweet as. If you are doing it I'd be keen to suss a deal on your petrol motor?

[cornflake]

i'm pretty sure there different but if it where me i would sell what you got and buy a diesel one rather than piss around with the conversion and cert and all that jazz, ive got a diesel gearbox i can take a picture of it if you like if that would help, its 2wd but still 4d56

conversion wont take me sweet f all when i got all the parts and ill have to cert it any way when i put my budy lift in and all the other cool crap i have found on the way for it

yea im not sure about the 2wd ones been the same as the 4wd as mitsi beeing odball wideblok and narrow block
will check out to morrow when i got to the hut and look at the selection of motors we have on the shelf

chers for info

[cornflake]

Diesel 4d56 and petrol 4g54 fit same gearbag. I took the diesel out (seized) and replaced with petrol bolted in sweet as. If you are doing it I'd be keen to suss a deal on your petrol motor?

was urs a wide block or narrow block
what caused ur motor to seize ?
i would be doing the conversion after feb next year and will be selling hole motor and lpg set up as one package

[zed]

Rwd 4G54 is wide, fwd 4G54 is narrow. Guy before me cooked motor didnt notice it until it siezed

[cornflake]

bit of a up date after over 20,000kms of cool driving got board of the lack of power time for 4d56t

so lpg and gas motor set up will be up for sale after conversion

[cornflake]

is now running a diesel just got to sort out the kinks few 2 leaks should be good for the run in

will be taking lpg tank out the back if any one is looking for one

[cornflake]

bit of a up date
runs all good
body lift done with out having to mod the gear levers
went to bigger rim size 17 just need bigger rubber
duel fans for cooling huge difference
fitted subi b4 seats
going to fit electric power steering pump

just got to fit roof lights make new bar , air shocks switches remote control for lights and other things the 8 way controller dose
summer raptor line it