SPY PHOTOS - LHD HDJ81 in Abbotsford, BC!

[crushers]

dude, you are right about the hp figures, my bad...
(i was thinking of my HZJ75)
170 diesel vs 214 gasser...

 

[brownbear]

i feel it is mostly for the cool side of things...
the stae boys can't get the diesel (mostly) so it is a "want" issue.
the HDT puts out 212 hp and the gasser after 93 put out 214 hp. the gasser gets 18 mpg and on a good day in stock condition a diesel will return 28 mpg.
if you take into consideration only a 1/3 imporovment in fuel milage it will take a LONG time to pay off a conversion by fuel savings.
now torque, diesel coolness and cheaper turneups might make the idesel a good thing.
we are willing to pay for the diesel cruisers mostly because it si a turn key operation.
if i lived in the staes and had the chace for Sheldon to do a conversion on mine then i would jump at it. i LOVE diesel, i am not into fuel savings and coolness rules...
cheers

But lets not forget, historically diesel fuel is cheaper at the pump. Right now in town
gas is 114.9 and diesel .98

Not sure what the price in cowtown is tho

SO factor in a 50% fuel savings and a 15% cost reduction(very typical) for fuel.

Here's some goofing around with numbers....

If Wayne is refering to IMP miles per gallon, this should work.

Based on a fuel tank of 19.8 IMP gallons(90 liters, 23.8 us gal) if you had a IMP MPG of 18 you would get 356 miles per tank(569.6 kms) and a full tank of fuel at 1.14 a liter would be $102.60 CND

Where as the diesel with a IMP MPG of 28 would get 554 miles in a tank(886.4kms) and a full tank of fuel at .98 cents a liter would cost $88.20 CND.

So I see a diesel gets around 198 more miles per tank and cost 14 less at the pump.

Typical people drive 15,000 miles a year(24,000 kms). for the gasser than would cost $4323.03 a year in fuel(15,000 divide by 356 miles x $102.60)

for the diesel owner it would cost $2388.00 a year(15,000 divide by 554 miles x $88.20)

So roughly 2k a year. So if you like to keep a vehicle for say 10 years.....20k in savings.

The savings are felt each month tho. Except the huge outlay of cash to do this. And yes to me the diesel feel and the abilty to burn all oils is why I would do it.

With gassers you are stuck buying gas. With diesel rigs you have options. Bio/veg/diesel etc etc.......

Now those are highway MPG figures, so not sure how much better a diesel performs in city MPG in comparision, but I bet the figures are greater of a spread. Diesels burn very little at idle situations.

 

[70sguy]

The question to my mind is, considering that you can get a low mileage RHD HDJ-81 for around $13,000, was it worth the time and effort to do the conversion? I've been considering doing similar to my FJ80, but given the cost of a stock JDM model it just doesn't seem worthwhile.

This wasn't about the fastest cheapest way to get myself into a diesel 80. You need to consider that I am in the business of importing and parting out JDM Cruisers, and in many cases engines and trannies etc end up going to the USA for diesel swaps.. so for me there is considerably greater value in doing this swap myself, mapping the wiring, and knowing it in and out than to just hop in a RHD.

 

[70sguy]

I think its worth it if you have a nice FZJ or whatever to convert. I think Sheldon should make a business of this, as in selling converted trucks..... first one was just practice

Ha! Thanks.. I don't think that I will make a business out of 80 conversions any time soon but I would like to do another swap soon. It was fun really.. exept for mapping the wire interface.. which I won't have to do next time.
We'll see what happens when my 1HD-FT A442 gets here

 

[70sguy]

So if this is left hand drive it should be an HJD80 not an 81 Correct?

WGAF... As far as I am concerned it is a 1HD-T repowered FZJ80.. As far as the registration is concerned it is, and always will be, an FZJ80.

 

[Tapage]

dude, you are right about the hp figures, my bad...
(i was thinking of my HZJ75)
170 diesel vs 214 gasser...

No Wayne .. you are thinking in your future 1HD-FTE engine ..

 

[crushers]

nah, i like to be different. 1HZ, turbo, propane and intercooler...