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my Dad has a 82 12r underpowered scat and a the moment thinking of doing a engine swap to both increase power and reliabilty not that it breaks down,

my idea and prefrence
sr20 turbo and hilux gearbox

his idea
rocky motor dlt and box
got one in my rocky dont exactly think that they are that good(slow)

Ok what i am asking has any body done any of these engine swaps and what else would be good

cheers all

2lt Vitara?

There was a dude years ago that had a 253 V8 in one. But maybe a Holden V6 with Lux box and tranny, etc.???

You can fit an 18r out of a hilux, you could get an adapter plate to fit it but don;t know if they are still around

I put a V6 commadore & the commadore auto, wiring & computer, to a hilux transfercase in mine, fitted great with heaps of extra horsepower.

i have tought about doing the comodore conversion have seen them in the hiluxs however it is common knowledge that the drink like theres no tomorrow.

AZZA'S HJ47 wrote:i have tought about doing the comodore conversion have seen them in the hiluxs however it is common knowledge that the drink like theres no tomorrow.

dai-hard off here has a V6 commy in his Rocky and I'm sure he said he gets about 12-13L/100

You'd think it'd be even better in a smaller, lighter Scat.

I was geting 500+ klm from a 90lt tank running 35"tyres, but I drive em hard
even as a rep in a camery the other reps were geting 2 to 3 liters better than me, must be my big feet. but the power was unbeleavable, I was also running 4.88 toyota gear in the diffs, but kept breaking diff centers as they couldnt keep up, so I now have gu patrol running gear with 4.88 ratios.
but got the shits with constantly modding it so its now sold.new owner picking it up in early 09

Ive had a few F20s and still got a 84 scat with an 18R.

The 18r isnt suited the the gearing very well and doesnt like being on angles it looses oil pressure. So im putting a fresh 12r with cam/headwork/weber back in.

The V6 in the rocky works well. Running 31" tyres and 3.36 diff its doin 2150rpm @ 100kph. Went out last sunday was in low range all day did a recovery of a disco with about 1hr of pulling/snatchin/winchin and only used 1/4 tank the whole day.

interesting i think i will have to look further into the the como engine swap hey piglet how hard was it to mount up in yours any wirring hassels

not much trouble,just let the sparkies look after that side of things, your welcome to come over & have a look & maybee go for a spin if you want. Im only at spring mountain thats just behind greenbank
PM me if you want my ph number