Not a diesel but maybe the mounting is the same.
Tom --- Rob Lawson <rhepher@TELUS.NET> wrote: > Hi all, > > As a fan of both Vanagons and Toyota Land Cruisers, > I'm just curious if anyone > has ever considered the Toyota 2L-T engine as a > possible swap for the Vanagon. > It's a 2.4L turbo diesel (indirect injection, i > believe) that puts out about 97 > hp and 139 ft/lbs of torque. Even in a 4200 lb Land > Cruiser, the thing can get > up to 35 mpg. I don't think the engine was ever > really sold in cars exported to > NA, but was used in Japanese domestic market HiLux > trucks as well as the Land > Cruiser LJ-78, so they wouldn't be hard to get. > > Anyone ever heard of such a swap? > > Robin >
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