Hi all!
I was checking out the latest FJ70 on Toyota's Australia page and was impressed with what I learned about their new 4.5 Liter V8 Turbo Diesel Engine. 20% more power. 30% less weight. 20 to 25 mpg.
So it got me thinking... how cool would it be to get my hands on one of these engines w/ the manual 5 speed transmission and swap them into my 97 fj80? Since diesel's are much more efficient than gasoline engines at low RPMs, this would make an awesome trail rig.
Thoughts?
Has anyone else already tried this?
Links:
Toyota's Page
Interesting Article
I was checking out the latest FJ70 on Toyota's Australia page and was impressed with what I learned about their new 4.5 Liter V8 Turbo Diesel Engine. 20% more power. 30% less weight. 20 to 25 mpg.
So it got me thinking... how cool would it be to get my hands on one of these engines w/ the manual 5 speed transmission and swap them into my 97 fj80? Since diesel's are much more efficient than gasoline engines at low RPMs, this would make an awesome trail rig.
Thoughts?
Has anyone else already tried this?
Links:
Toyota's Page
Interesting Article
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