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Date:         Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:41:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Sinclair <neeemo@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Sinclair <neeemo@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Unexplored engine swap possibility?
Comments: To: rhepher@TELUS.NET
In-Reply-To:  <1128006872.433c04d8d7222@webmail.telus.net>
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Not a diesel but maybe the mounting is the same.

http://www.roadcow.com/

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 >

http://www.TomSinclair.com

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