[LazyLS1]

hey, new here from illinois, I've gotten kind of bored with my car and have been looking into diesels, and actually came upon this site through a fsj forum. but anyway i tried searching on here and didnt get anything, has anyone put a 4bt into a dodge raider? or is it just too small of a vehicle? thought it would be an awesome combo, suprised i couldnt find anything on it

 

[Machman]

I don't think there's been any "I've done one" posts with any info on the board here, but did find a post from someone else interested in about the same trick (Given that a Mitsu Montero and the Dodge Raider are the same thing..):

http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=807

Also, found this while doing some sniffing around:

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=974425&page=&view=&sb=5&o=

 

[LazyLS1]

thanks for that find, i haven't really looked anywhere other than here

 

[LincTex]

Have you thought about swapping in an Isuzu Diesel?

 

[LazyLS1]

not til now heh. I literally just started considering swapping into something. Originally I just wanted a diesel ram, but really dont need one. So once I looked around more I figured a smaller engine would be easier to work with and a smaller vehicle can get good milage and still have some fun. Is there a certain Isuzu motor people are using in swaps?
quick search on ebay I found this engine w/ trans decent price
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-...009QQitemZ190190579671QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
looks kind of large

any isuzu swap forums out there?

 

[bigbillyboy]

I saw that too.

I've been lurking here for a while, I guess it's time to post.

I saw that isuzu engine also, and did a little research, but couldn't find much info on it. Anybody have any experience with it. Particularly I'm wondering about the mileage that setup gets in the original trooper. I'm assuming it would be about equivalent in my wrangler. I'm putting together the pieces now, but really wanted to hold out for the cummins 3.3T ($ is the big speed bump on that)

But I wonder about dimensions, and how it would hold up. It looks like it has a timing belt.

Anybody driven the diesel trooper?

 

[LincTex]

looks kind of large

Take the intercooler off of the top of it and it will look 50% smaller

You don't know what large is until you set a Cummins 4BT 3.9 next to it!!!!!!

 

[LincTex]

Y'all should learn to read ahead for more threads than just what is on page 1:

http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2693