Engine Swaps

471 messages, Last post on Oct 13, 2009 at 9:26 PM

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This forum is to ask questions or enjoy bragging rights about swapping out your stock engine for a more powerful one, be it the same make or from another make of car. This forum is NOT for descriptions of replacing same with same merely to replace a blown up motor. Use the Maintenance & Repair Board for that kind of swap.

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#225 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [jtdesigns] by qbrozen Feb 06, 2007 (12:37 pm)
Replying to: jtdesigns (Feb 03, 2007 10:02 pm) I really just have to ask .... WHY??? Replies to this message: paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:40 pm) qbrozen (Feb 06, 2007 12:43 pm) paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:50 pm) paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:52 pm) and 4 more...
#226 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [qbrozen] by paisan Feb 06, 2007 (12:40 pm)
Replying to: qbrozen (Feb 06, 2007 12:37 pm) Why not? Obviously you have never offroaded or you wouldn't ask that question. The Rodeo has a great chassis for offroading being that it can get down trails that larger full-size trucks can't. You can swap in a 350 Chevy, put in a solid front and rear axle with lockers and you are in good shape for just about any offroad excursion out there. Seen it done, ridden in a few trucks like that. More common is the 4.3L Chevy swap into an Amigo/Rodeo chassis as the 4.3L engines are pretty abundent. -mike Replies to this message: qbrozen (Feb 06, 2007 12:43 pm) paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:50 pm) paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:52 pm) qbrozen (Feb 07, 2007 6:44 am) and 3 more...
#227 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [paisan] by qbrozen Feb 06, 2007 (12:43 pm)
Replying to: paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:40 pm) I have off-roaded (although i don't see why one would have to do this to recognize the virtues of putting a lot of time and money into modding a historically undesirable vehicle) ... never with a Rodeo, though. I guess it is personal preference. There are just so many other places I would put my time and money, that's all. A 350-powered Jeep CJ, for instance. Replies to this message: paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:50 pm) paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:52 pm) qbrozen (Feb 07, 2007 6:44 am) paisan (Feb 07, 2007 2:02 pm) and 2 more...
#228 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [qbrozen] by paisan Feb 06, 2007 (12:50 pm)
Replying to: qbrozen (Feb 06, 2007 12:43 pm) Isuzus are known the world around as great offroaders. The Trooper is on Peterson's all-time top 10 offroad vehicles. The Isuzu Rodeo was the highest selling import SUV in 1992-94. There is a very very loyal following of Isuzu offroaders. Don't hate what you've never tried. -mike
#229 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [qbrozen] by paisan Feb 06, 2007 (12:52 pm)
Replying to: qbrozen (Feb 06, 2007 12:43 pm) As for time and money, most of the guys I know who have done it fab everything themselves. These are hard-core machinists. Heck we've been known to have welders at the Uwharrie campsite welding up diffys on Jeeps, Toyotas, Isuzus at some of our Isuzu events. -mike Replies to this message: qbrozen (Feb 07, 2007 6:44 am) paisan (Feb 07, 2007 2:02 pm) qbrozen (Feb 08, 2007 11:11 am) and 1 more...
#230 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [paisan] by qbrozen Feb 07, 2007 (6:44 am)
Replying to: paisan (Feb 06, 2007 12:52 pm) that just means more time than money. I have a welder in my garage that never gets used because I, unfortunately, don't have the time. I think that is why I'm so picky about my projects. If it is not exactly what I want or need, I'm not going to bother. I'm a bit surprised to hear that about Troopers. I know the old ones had a fairly good rep mechanically ... but due to the deteriorating bodies, I would never have thought them worth saving. My Uncle always swore by them back in the day ... but when the new style came out in the late '90s and his got to the point that duct tape could no longer hold the body together, he moved on. Speaking of the newer style, my mom had a '98. After its 3rd tranny in 60k miles, they got rid of it. Kinda like my history with Toyota. Back in the day of the 22R and RE, they were quite rugged and capable. But once the body gave out, and it inevitably did, that was all she wrote. Replies to this message: paisan (Feb 07, 2007 2:02 pm) qbrozen (Feb 08, 2007 11:11 am) paisan (Feb 08, 2007 11:43 am)
#231 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [qbrozen] by paisan Feb 07, 2007 (2:02 pm)
Replying to: qbrozen (Feb 07, 2007 6:44 am) It was the 98 or 99 that they rated as one of the top 10 all time offroaders. I had a 2000 and loved it, the tranny did go but if you saw some of the stuff I put it through during it's first 90k miles you'd understand why. Stock to stock, I'd say they are right, offroading it was pretty kick butt. My dad still has it with 120k miles on it now and really the only issues with it was the trans (a GM part made in France by the way) Everything else on the car looks and works like when I took it out of the showroom, can't say the same for a lot of other vehicles. -mike Replies to this message: qbrozen (Feb 08, 2007 11:11 am) paisan (Feb 08, 2007 11:43 am)
#232 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [paisan] by qbrozen Feb 08, 2007 (11:11 am)
Replying to: paisan (Feb 07, 2007 2:02 pm) Did ALL Troopers from those years have the TOD system? Or was that an option? Wouldn't that pretty much kill it as an off-roader? Did that even have low-range? I don't remember. Replies to this message: paisan (Feb 08, 2007 11:43 am)
#233 of 471 Re: isuzu rodeo v8 swap???'s [qbrozen] by paisan Feb 08, 2007 (11:43 am)
Replying to: qbrozen (Feb 08, 2007 11:11 am) Yup they all had TOD, however, TOD is not an issue and 4-low was always there as well. A few folks used to rip on TOD so I did an entire event at UWharrie National Forest with only TOD and never got stuck or hung up once. I ran nearly stock with my tuck whenever I offroaded, the only mods I did were: Larger Tires (275-70-16) HD Front Torsion Bars Old Man Emu Shocks Old Man Emu 2.5" rear Super HD lift Springs ARB front bumper replacement 2x4 Rock Sliders welded to the frame K&N Air Filter Rarely ever got stuck, except when mud-bogging in the Pine Barrens of NJ, mostly due to my tires. -mike
#234 of 471 Re: instaliing 460 in 76 f250 4x4 [blackcherrymus] by hoodlatch Mar 01, 2007 (4:01 pm)
Replying to: blackcherrymus (Aug 19, 2005 8:10 am) We're in the process of putting a 460 and 4 speed truck transmission in a 52 power wagon. Does anyone have tips on mounts, etc.?