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Thursday, January 20th 2011
Good morning
I hope you might be interested in my thoughts and a letter I sent to a kit maker for installing Isuzu NPR (delivery trucks we see em everywhere) in SUVs and PUs.
I managed to sleep in to the most reasonable hour of 6:00AM and now Nell is off to work and it is time to go over to my parents. The nurse has mom checking blood sugar every morning before she eats, and writing down what she eats, frankly it is a little more than she can handle on her own, so I really hope this letter suffices, and perhaps it will help display the Brianization perseverance we have all come to know and love.
Howdy, I saw your link (http://www.isuzudieselswapper.com/)on the 4BTswap forum, I am desperate to get back into a diesel, my 1986 Trooper TD threw a vibration Dampener a few weeks ago. I’ve been making biodiesel since 2005, first our Peugeot, went south, then a Rabbit or two, now my work vehicle, the only thing I have left to run my fuel in is my 92 Dodge dually.
In desperation I was trying t figure out what I could fairly easily install a 4BT, which I might be able to buy off a buddy, but that was looking like more work and I don’t have that much time right now.
Your site is inspiring, thanks. I’ve done one engine swap, I know how much effort it can take. Oddly that was back in a time before I knew the value of a diesel engine: I installed a 4.3ci EFI auto tranny in a 84 240D. Funny where life takes us, now it looks like I might be looking for a vehicle, (SUV) that had a 4.3ci engine .
I was looking at the Jeep Liberty, but the cargo area is small, I am a rural (mountain) and urban wireless Internet installer, I carry two to three hundred pounds of tools and gear, and in the warmer months 30 gallons of WVO.
I am probably being naive, but this engine will mate with a tranny plus a transfer case right?
I’m helping take care of my elderly parents living next door which is putting a damper on my time in my shop, so I’m looking for a SUV which will require the least amount of mods to work with the diesel. For example I’m not now a pro mechanic, but when I was, my specialty was electronics, I later did a stint at our local university and studied electronics further, so dealing with electro-mechanical issues is a breeze, I can weld and fabricate, but I have this time constraint.
It just so happens I have a 2000 Blazer (4.3), but my plan is to sell it to buy what I want. The size is fine, I can no doubt find one with a bad engine, if the Isuzu NPR engine will generally fit, by this I mean it was a lot of work getting the 4.3 in the Benz, I had to change the steering to rack and pinion, I definitely do not have tome for that kind that much modding right now.
So my question is if the Blazer is a good enough fit and a 223t Isuzu was adequate before can you say which body would suffice?
Above is I must say, a really beautiful Isuzu NPR engine.
This is very encouraging, it means I may be able to get the best of both worlds: European diesel engine mated to a mid size US made SUV.
Brian Rodgers
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Thanks Paul, I need all the encouragement I can get. I like the sounds of this, “4BD2TC used an intercooler and has 135hp.” I mean it ain’t the kick from a 4BT Cummins, but at least it is modern. I’d probably go with a non-intercooled model, for a better fit, but now that I know what I’m looking for, I’ll take what I can find locally, at a good price. Now I need to pick a body. We’ll see how the 2000 Chevy Blazer mom is giving me to sell works for me. I need to look and see if there is room for a diesel engine rear sump in the Blazer. Actually I am on my way out to the shop now, to build a fire, and finish up the work for the first stage repairs of mom’s Blazer. I have the ball joints in, but I pulled the inner fender to look at the damage from the accident. But I am ready to drive the vehicle in for an alignment.
Brian
Yeah Bri that seems the way to go. You can’t beat those Isuzu engines, my 4JB1 has done many thousands of hours of running, smokes badly but starts instantly and goes and goes and goes. Paul.