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FTE! FTE! Are you also going to Unichip it?
OP and I are Canadians. 15yr rule here, we get all the good stuff 10yrs sooner than you!30k Euro will get you not one, but 2 great condition late models, minus shipping & import
But AFAIK you can't import them in the States yet. How did you mnage to get the engine though and how are you going to register it?
1HDFTE, baller. I assume it's much easier to swap this into a 1FZ equipped 100 vs a 2UZ.
Curious though, you can get a factory LHD manual 100 series diesel from europe for 15-30k euros, wouldn't you be better off going that route?
Man that is really clean. How did the intake look? Clogged up or not so bad? EGR delete is the 1st thing these need IMO. Let it breathe!!!
Hi GN. I've been enjoying this thread greatly. It is quite a dramatic turn to the story to be putting in a black-top, 24 valve diesel into the beast.
It resonated quite a bit because last weekend when I was prospecting the salvage yards of Sharjah I ran across a 100 series half-cut with a turbo black top diesel in it. My 105 has a regular 1HZ in it and although I love it and I'm getting just over 19MPG, it is lacking a little in the 'pep' department. I asked about the motor and the owner, who is pretty darned knowledgeable about it, discouraged me from trying an engine swap. He said that with the electronic fuel injection (mine is a mechanical, 1-wire motor, essentially), and especially the Toyota immobilizer, it would be a real bear to swap. He said all the computers had to change and the implication was that especially the immobilizer would be problematic. Could you fill us in a little on what the engine came out of and what you've learned about getting it up and running in a different vehicle. If it turns out easier than the Sharjah yard operator felt then maybe I will give a look at that again myself. I can't quite recall, BTW, if the engine I saw was exactly the same as yours--it may have been a silver top turbo.