The North American continent and petrol engines...

[245dlc]

As Bruce can tell you on this side of the pond and this side of the equator getting a decent motorized vehicle whether car, pick-up truck, or SUV usually means one engine type and that's it. What I'm getting at is that it is very rare for us to be able to choose diesel unless we buy either a Volkswagen car, or a 3/4 ton or bigger truck that has a diesel engine fitted instead of a gasoline or petrol engine. So for those of us that can't afford such a large truck and don't care for Volkswagen cars we are stuck with a lousy mileage gasoline engine. My brother who also owns a small pick-up truck (1/4 ton size), and I were talking about diesel conversions and one of the more popular ones is replacing the petrol engine with a small Cummins 4 cylinder diesel but doing a little research on the topic last night I found a few more interesting choices including using a Kubota 4 cylinder diesel which makes the vehicle sound much like a tractor. lol I also came across this site this morning and this guy likes using Isuzu diesels as GM rebrands Isuzu commercial trucks and so also uses it's distribution network for parts supply. Before I head off for the afternoon here's a few videos and a website.

http://www.isuzudieselswapper.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-33fAJk70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kqwwPZ8Ra8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3MiGxtcGA0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLfs9MgbVcg

[B4D2USA]

Truth told, Bert. GM tried to put smaller V-8 diesels in cars during the 80's and it was a failure. Both the acceleration and the reliability were issues. That and the fact that the American public was not too keen on driving luxury vehicles with stink diesel motor in them.

I had a friend who once put a Detroit 4-71 into a Ford F-250 because at the time, Ford didn't have a viable option for a reliable diesel. Shortly thereafter, Ford started building the Powerstroke motors that were quite popular (in trucks).

[245dlc]

Yeah the Powerstroke engines were good up until they replaced the reliable 7.3 L with the 6.0 L engine, then they went to a 6.4 L which I heard uses as much fuel as a gas engine and now they have the Tier 4 6.7 L which I heard through a friend is quite problematic. To bad Ford is signed with Navistop instead of something reliable like Hino or Detroit. lol I do like the idea of the 4-71 in your friends truck that must of LOUD!!

[ianoz]

Not related to Swishy ,was he by any chance Bruce .

[245dlc]

http://www.importperformanceusa.com/...-diesel-swaps/

Diesel swap for Toyota trucks... And something for converting lousy Ford diesel's to a Cummins power plant.

http://www.fordcummins.com/

[B4D2USA]

Not related to Swishy ,was he by any chance Bruce .

LOL! I do miss that deef Detroit lover.

[245dlc]

I found out that Dodge will be putting a V-6 diesel engine in their 'half-ton' size trucks for 2014. This was posted on a forum local to where I'm from:

http://www.trackshare.com/forum/show...037#post639037

I myself am considering upgrading to a larger truck in the near future once the wet weather and flooding have stopped and I've got some steady money coming in. I recently got some safety tickets that will allow me to work on oilfield roadbuilding and lease construction jobs as well pipeline work. If I have a truck that I can put a slip tank (portable fuel tank) in the box I can make $200.00 a day tax free for living allowance and the companies pay for fuel. So a proper sized vehicle would pay for itself pretty quickly.