because it's more popular for swaps into smaller vehicles, and the landcruiser can be fitted with bigger engines quite easily, and in spite of having seen many diesel-powered 40-series landcruisers i have never seen any with a volkswagen engine
cripple_rooster that is what I thought before also. But after talking to people that little motor with a simple turbo and injector upgrade has more power than a 350 chevy. The other thing I thought was that I will be losing weight on the vehicle rather than making it a tank. In stock form the fj40 and the 02 Jetta weigh the same.
After doing a TDI swap in my Ranger and now my Cherokee I have a few TDI adapters on my web site. http://gastodiesel.tdconversions.com/
It includes the adapter, crank hub and starter.
The adapter uses the original dowel pins on both engine and trans for perfect alignment.
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