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go to a petrol or keep the diesel

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:02 pm
by cruiserkid
i have a bj70 landcruiser with a 3b diesel with a t3 garret turbo on it.
i am thinking about putting a 3.8 litre vt commondore motor in and either turboing it or supercharging it.
i want enough power to turn 35's.
what should i do? :?:

Re: go to a petrol or keep the diesel

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:15 pm
by STUMPY
cruiserkid wrote:i have a bj70 landcruiser with a 3b diesel with a t3 garret turbo on it.
i am thinking about putting a 3.8 litre vt commondore motor in and either turboing it or supercharging it.
i want enough power to turn 35's.
what should i do? :?:



NOT POST IT THREE TIMES :finger: :finger:

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:41 am
by Birlo
I'll answer - depends what you want
Get up and go or low down torque
I'm a diesal man
But decide that and your sweet
Either's good for offroad work - Just diesal's won't die on ya
got 420000kms on my clock and the old 2H is still goin'
I doubt a petty would

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:06 pm
by 2car
Leave the motor alone and change the transfer case gears.

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:10 pm
by Tojo
i'm confused. You already have more than enough power to turn 35" tyres. I don't see any problem with your current setup.

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:39 pm
by cdnes
Tojo wrote:i'm confused. You already have more than enough power to tur n 35" tyres. I don't see any problem with your current setup.
I agree

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:43 pm
by cruiserkid
just from wathching all the guys at the ateco challenge the other week it seems that you need lots power to pull up those big hills fast, i dont want to die half way i want full power all the way.
thats for the input though youse have helped alot.
i might just play around the gearing