Recent content by DerpEng

It's proving to be surprisingly difficult to get a replacement engine/trans! The 4x4 engines are different than the 2x4 ones and there aren't many around :/ On top of that, a 3.0 engine for such a heavy truck makes me nervous

Yea I know they're not exactly a power house in standard form. The 200 series would be better but I think I'll probably go for the 79 series to avoid as many electronics as possible. I could live with 6 km/l tbh. I can't think of any other engines that would be a better fit. A big selling...

Haha I'd hope so! Particularly if it's the 200 series version with 6 speed auto. The truck is about 3 ton empty, 4.5 ton GVM, 8 ton GCM and runs on 37" muddies. So load on the engine will be pretty high. I had a look at the economy people are getting in LS patrols on 37's and it was pretty...

I've searched a fair bit but can't find much info on this. I've got an Iveco daily 4x4 rolling shell. I'm most of the way through putting and LS3 in it but fuel prices have made me change my mind :/ So I'm thinking about buying a wrecked 200 series or 79 series and putting a 1VD into my...