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Awe, we were such kindred spirits. You with the 93 in Champaign and port installed leather and me with the 94 configured the same. And then you joined the steelie club... I’m a little sad.
That's pretty classy. I still use my third row.
I strap my Yeti 75 down to the floor where the second row seats go. I mounted tie downs to the vertical portion of the floor where the step is and I made a drain hose by drilling a hole in a replacement Yeti water drain plug and epoxying in a two foot long piece of clear vinyl tubing. Last year the Yeti sat in that position for three weeks while we toured the west and it never had to move.
Not only were our drinks reachable on the fly and the Yeti not in my way when I opened the hatch but all that weight was central in my rig.
Did you install a second battery?
I don’t think you will get more peak torque out of a stock Toyota Diesel than the 1fz puts out just a peak at lower rpm. There is the option to tune the Diesel up for greater output. I love Diesel engines and own a dodge Cummins myself but I really question the actual monetary return on doing a Diesel swap of any kind into the US spec 80. If you want it for cool points and money is no object then you certainly win there.
If I were to put a Diesel into an 80 that would be used primarily for overlanding and no serious rock crawling, I would do a Cummins 6bt and enjoy lots of power and better mpg at the same time. Tuning a Toyota Diesel up to anything close to a mildly tuned 6bt would be cost prohibitive imo.
Landcruiser reliability is unquestionable no matter the equipment list. You can install a second gas tank for more than double the range and save your bank account.
Again, if cool points are what you are really out for then pump the money into a Diesel swap.
You rig is very sharp by the way.