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Hey Guys I have a Nissan gq tray with A td42 in it. I'm really wantin to put A 5litre or a gen 3 into it. Could anyone that's done this tell me what it will cost me to do it myself . IM all so wanting to leave as a manual. I'm only 20 n still young but wanting to build a mean truck n have alot power. Thanks guys love if u could help me?

plenty of info around on this including build threads, you can buy a complete kit from marks 4x4 or buy some bits from marks or dellows and fab and or source second hand bits elsewhere.

either way the cost depends entirely on your ability and what $$ you end up getting the engine for

dont do the 5L. Not worth it for the power they make.

Ls2 is cheaper than you may think.

go the gen 3, you should be able to do it for under 10 grand easily, check out ebay for complete motor, get marks bellhousing adaptor, make your own mounts, i used a set of block huggers out of the states, in hpc coated cost me about $550aus landed, painted are about $150 cheaper, truck sump off ebay, au thermo fans. the 5.0l are only slightly cheaper, but the gen 3 makes a lot better power

Go the ls1. Ya should be able to do it for about 10g. Use the Dellow bellhousing, 11inch chev clutch cover with a flat diaphragm and a Nissan clutch plate.

Way cheaper than a marks and way more reliable. Ya just have to give the fire wall some lovin with a hammer, its quite easy.

Use VE commodore exhaust manifolds, they are cast steel (not cast iron) and easy to modify with a couple of 2.5 inch steam pipe bends and a mig. Way cheaper than any extractors or block hugger headers and flow just as good with some slight porting.

Marks engine mounts and extractors will work with a Dellow bell housing but I prefer to make the mounts out of GQ rear control arm bushes and marks extractors are lots of $$$$$$$ and have a bare metal finish.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Gouldy

BENWAH17 wrote:Hey Guys I have a Nissan gq tray with A td42 in it. I'm really wantin to put A 5litre or a gen 3 into it. Could anyone that's done this tell me what it will cost me to do it myself . IM all so wanting to leave as a manual. I'm only 20 n still young but wanting to build a mean truck n have alot power. Thanks guys love if u could help me?

Why dont you just turbo the Diesel.

Cris

Hey guys thank u for the help. I'm not to sure about a turbo yet Chris really would love a v8

i've just put a v8 injected 5 litre in my GQ, and it does have more power than the nissan donk, but i need to change the cam to give me more low down power rather than up higher in the rev range.
the conversion i did myself, for the marks kit and the v8 and bits and pieces cost me $4300 all up, but haven't got it engineered yet!!

if i did it again i would put in a stroker v8, or the ls1!

Thanks mate sound good .

BENWAH17 wrote:Thanks mate sound good .

g day benwah 17 like Tiny said heaps of infor around bout holden, chev, conversion. it come down to the all mighty $$$$$$$$'s & a bit of nohow???.

Ive got a vn efi 355 stroker running a t/700 up its ass its all holden running gear running on 35s I did the conversion for less than 4500Gs

My i advice to you is to SHOP around and ask a shit loads of QUESTION b4 you lift that bonnet.
best of a luck mate

oh ok yeppp thanks heaps mate yes i will be ... thanks heaps

i`m in the process of building a winch challange truck with a gen3, gimmi a pm if u got any qs i`m almost finished