Daihatsu into 90 queries

Hi thanks for reading.

I have the oportunity to fit a Daihatsu diesel engine into my 90.
It has 3.5 v8 at the mo but as you all know V8's dont like the wet stuff.

Anyhow, have any of you done this conversion? Do you have any
advise/recommendations?

Any hints or tips or advise would be welcome to me and I'm sure, others of
the group.

TIA Roy.

On or around Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:00:33 +0000 (UTC), "LR90" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Hi thanks for reading.
>
>I have the oportunity to fit a Daihatsu diesel engine into my 90.
>It has 3.5 v8 at the mo but as you all know V8's dont like the wet stuff.
>
>Anyhow, have any of you done this conversion? Do you have any
>advise/recommendations?
>
>Any hints or tips or advise would be welcome to me and I'm sure, others of
>the group.

I know someone who's got a daihatsu 2.8 NA with its gearbox in a 90. He
bought an ex-UN 90 with no engine and box, cheap.

the 2.8 NA is OK. the older ones are I think smaller. The 2.8 turbo would
go pretty well. You'll probably need some form of adapter to the LR box,
but this is a conversion that people do, so they must be available
somewhere.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:00:33 +0000 (UTC), "LR90" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Hi thanks for reading.
>
>I have the oportunity to fit a Daihatsu diesel engine into my 90.
>It has 3.5 v8 at the mo but as you all know V8's dont like the wet stuff.
>
Depends how you define 'wet stuff'. IME the V8 is surprisingly good,
just so long as the ignition system is in very good condition. For
very long, or very deep, wading a diesel is obviously much better, but
I've been as deep as I dared without getting water in the intake of my
(previous) V8 Disco. It did misfire a fair bit on the second lap
round, but never stopped. It was totally standard without any
preparation.


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Thanks for replies guy's.

I am talking water up the screen basically, having done this last month and
struggling on everything from 2-8 cyls for a while after I have decided to
go diesel. Also the V8 is costing me a bloody fortune as I have to use it
daily.

I do have a 2.8 turbo but also the chance of a 2.5 with adapter fitted, so
will have all manner of engine for sale soon.

Whats the gearing like? anybody know? I don';t particularly want to be
screaming down the motorway at 60, I prefer not to give anybody the chance
to rear end me!

Regards, Roy.

"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:00:33 +0000 (UTC), "LR90" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi thanks for reading.
>>
>>I have the oportunity to fit a Daihatsu diesel engine into my 90.
>>It has 3.5 v8 at the mo but as you all know V8's dont like the wet stuff.
>>
> Depends how you define 'wet stuff'. IME the V8 is surprisingly good,
> just so long as the ignition system is in very good condition. For
> very long, or very deep, wading a diesel is obviously much better, but
> I've been as deep as I dared without getting water in the intake of my
> (previous) V8 Disco. It did misfire a fair bit on the second lap
> round, but never stopped. It was totally standard without any
> preparation.
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Hobbs
>
> '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
> '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
> '03 Volvo V70
>
> My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
> Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
> Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com