p38 2.5 diesel convert to 2.8 daihatsu lump

roddy4 · May 7, 2012

well have got the conversion kit and so far so good, no need to worry about becm hard wired in, engine still fires off key,glow plugs come on engine starts,only prob so far is no rpm gauge yet,working on that tho.
your thoughts gentleman please. and it is a manual gearbox.
this is an early one 1995,so a little bit easier,

Datatek · May 8, 2012

You should be able to time the accelaration with a sundial with that motor if it's anything like the Daihatsu motor I had.

blue beasty · May 8, 2012

Datatek said:
You should be able to time the accelaration with a sundial with that motor if it's anything like the Daihatsu motor I had.

Rather than the continental drift the rest of us use

jerrytlr · May 8, 2012

LOL at Data and BB ;-)

.... but I must admit, when I first saw the OP's post, I did wonder - why?????

Cheers

Jerry

eightinavee · May 8, 2012

What a horrible combination,time is a very important thing - in my opinion best spent on more useful things.

zippo 1962 · Oct 14, 2012

roddy4 said:
well have got the conversion kit and so far so good, no need to worry about becm hard wired in, engine still fires off key,glow plugs come on engine starts,only prob so far is no rpm gauge yet,working on that tho.
your thoughts gentleman please. and it is a manual gearbox.
this is an early one 1995,so a little bit easier,

hi could you tell me where you got the conversion kit to put the diahatsu lump in your p38 cant seem to find any body who makes them

Datatek · Oct 14, 2012

zippo 1962 said:
hi could you tell me where you got the conversion kit to put the diahatsu lump in your p38 cant seem to find any body who makes them

Obviously you have been very lucky so far

If you are going to do an engine swap at least use a decent one, M57 for instance would be much easier and more powerful

zippo 1962 · Oct 14, 2012

hi does any body know where i can get a conversion kit to put a diahatsu 2.8 lump in a manual p38 cant seem to find where to get one they must be out there some where

dogsbody · Oct 14, 2012

Philips Engineering in Coalport Shropshire were the boys for the conversion plates for fenders but I believe that they may have stopped doing them. I think they also traded as Disco Breakers.

seanmull · Oct 14, 2012

why oh why would anyone want that conversion ?? sorry if im annoying anyone here but if you are going to put a different power plant under the bonnet fit something with a bit of grunt

mark 4x4 · Oct 14, 2012

i had one in a classic, slow and forever blowing head gaskets when giving it some lol

p38 2.5 diesel convert to 2.8 daihatsu lump

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Leaks an prone to bits dropping off

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