Toyota 3B engine in s2a?

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I'm planning to put a Toyota 3B diesel in my s2a LWB, I know that adaptor rings are available through www.dellowauto.com.au. I haven't found any other company that sells them. I was wondering if anybody has experience with fitting that engine, and has pics of the conversion. I want to connect the engine to the original gearbox in the beginning but will prob fit a LT77 and LT230 it the future (with range rover axles). Is the bolt patern the same of those gearboxes, so i won't get in trouble later on!?

engine specs can be found here: http://www.off-road.com/tlc/faq/engine.html

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mark
 
Did you ever go ahead with this conversion as I was thinking of doing the same thing? Thanks Matt.
 
Ah dont you just love threads that get brought back from the dead :)

It it really worth going to that engine? - 90BHP from a 3.5 litre doesn't exactly sound awe inspiring.
 
Yeah, for that small BHP gain, you might aswell just tune the 2.25 a bit, maybe get a stage 2 cylinder head and a racing camshaft etc...
If you want an engine transplant, do a rover V8 in whatever size you can get, probs 3.5 and super charge it or something.
 
jmattley said:
Yeah, for that small BHP gain, you might aswell just tune the 2.25 a bit, maybe get a stage 2 cylinder head and a racing camshaft etc...
If you want an engine transplant, do a rover V8 in whatever size you can get, probs 3.5 and super charge it or something.
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"And fit lyk unda glow neonzzzz and bucket seatts and a big shiney K&N nd' da dump valvvveeee" :D :D :D Chav :p :cool:
 
A "racing camshaft" in a Series 2a. I wonder what it could race? LOL

I like the sound of Supercharged V8 though....weeeee....shame about the whole rubbish handling/stopping/ride/ issue that will probably cause soon death.
 
Yes i did go ahead with this conversion. did it twice now actually.
Although i did change my plans a bit.. instead of using the original gearbox i used the toyota 4 speed gearbox that usually goes with the early 3B engine. It can handle the power, is a lot stronger. Also an advantage is that you can engage and disengage 4wd while driving. This conversion is quite a lot of work, it is a lot easier to get the conversion ring and keep the original gearbox. I will send you a link with the entire conversion proces of the first car that i did.

Engine swap

I like the 3B engine for several reasons.
- power/torque( not from turbo's or electrical stuff)
- no timing belt or chain... but gears!!!
- it's japanees.. so it won't break down very quickly. specially because i want to use it for expeditions.
- its a 4x4 engine.. so torque at right rpm... oilpan that is deep enough to handle extreme angles
- parts are available everywhere.
 
Exactly... landy looks great it's got character, jap 4x4 are ugly!
Best of both worlds...! At least now it's a proper expedition vehicle..
2.25 diesel can't handle the weight of an expedition vehicle.
No fun going down into africa with a land rover that is reving like crazy at 50 mph.
 
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