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Originally Posted by acy76
I've read through a few threads on this conversion and sent an email to David @ Isuzudieselswapper.com but still have a couple of (stupid?) questions, as I am not very familiar with GM drivetrain:
If I purchase the GM 700R4 adapter kit from the website above, will I be able to attach an NV4500 to the Isuzu? Would this require another adapter kit (something like Advance Adapters' NV4500-to-Chevy V8 kit) in order to work? Ideally, I'd like to attach the Isuzu to the NV4500 to the Toyota transfer case.
Thanks for any insight - I am currently planning my next project, which will be a Land Cruiser. I had to sell my half-completed FJ40 restoration nearly 10 years ago to return to college and am just now completing an Isuzu diesel conversion (2.8l diesel into 1988 Trooper - www.dieseltrooper.blogspot.com), so the Isuzu-powered cruiser is a natural for me. |
If I understand correctly, David's adapter kit was originally designed to mate a GM automatic to the Isuzu diesel. The kit requires that you use the flywheel from a manual transmission 4BD1/2. A spacer that David provides as part of his kit bolts to the face of the flywheel and then the GM flex plate bolts to this adapter. If you use the kit to mate a GM manual tranny to the Isuzu, you will need to replace the flex plate with a GM flywheel. The end result will be two flywheels attached to the crankshaft separated by the spacer. IMO, that is a lot of spinning weight but then maybe it will work fine.