On or around Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:13:59 +0000, dave <dave@hotmail.com>
enlightened us thusly:

>>
>>I know someone who has a 2.8 Daihatsu engine and box in a 90, seems to go
>>all right. The vehicle is an ex-UN one, bought with no engine/box and
>>thereby cheaply.
>
>
>i had a 2.8 daihatsu in up untill xmass then it , kinda , blew up.
>
>so now ive got a 2.8 turbo sat outside waiting to be stripped..
>
>the only problem i thought about the 2.8 was the rev range/gearing. I
>know they are linked .
>
>i put defender diffs in to up it a bit, but with 7.50`s on and towing
>my van fully laden it was a struggle to maintain any reasonable speed
>up hill. slowing down to 10 mph on some not so steep but long drag
>hills.

the 2.8 non-turbo isn't super-powerful, mind.

>this has to be a concoction of the engine-gearbox-final drive diffs.
>
>my idea so far is to put in the engine and its associated box,
>therefore it would pull as good as it should, the only limiting factor
>then would be my final diff choice, which at the mo are standard
>series diffs.
>
>do you think im on the right tracks here? or maybe inviting disaster
>later on, or,,,,,just talking complete ball**ks.
>
>what would you do if you had the choice??

if I had the money, 2.8 powerstroke and a R380 box :-)

find out the final drive ratio of the diahatsu, taking into account that
they run on smaller wheels. I'd suspect that you're better off with the
series diffs, 'specially if you're runnign 7.50s.



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