Interesting.XTrmXJ said:
Lee_N said:If you're just interested in running biodiesel, how about this for a diesel swap - use a Mitsubishi 4D55 (2.3L) turbodiesel found in some Mitsubishi Mighty Max pick-ups, Dodge D-50 pick-ups, and Ford Ranger pick-ups. This engine will bolt to an Aisin Warner KM148 4 speed auto, which in turn will bolt to an NP231 tcase. You need an NP231 with the 23 spline short or medium input shaft. These have been bolted together but no one has figured out all the details from there (oil seals, etc).
The Mistu engine is harder to find than a 4BT, but it's much lighter and more compact. Should be a lot easier to fit in the engine bay, plus no adapters are required. This is the combination I would like to try.
tealcherokee said:Aisin Warner KM148 4 speed auto
A W 4
Lee_N said:If you mean the KM148 is the same as the AW4, no it's not, but it's just as bulletproof. The AW4 is the same as what's installed in later Montero's but the KM148 is completely hydraulic. Just the overdrive is controlled by a solenoid.
Lee_N said:Yes, the bellhousing bolts on. .
vetteboy said:I once came across a guy with a Suzuki who had swapped in a small diesel motor from a Chevy Chevette. He used the stock Chevette transmission and clutch, ran a short intermediate shaft to a divorced t-case with 6:1 low gears, and 5.38s in the axles. Still gutless, but it worked and was a pretty cool thing to see.
natep1 said:I think I read this right but I would like to double check.
The bellhousing from KM148 and it's cousins would bolt to a Jeep AW4
xjfrank said:I abandoned a 4bt swap, the cost will eat you alive.
A jeep with a 4bt is at burnsvilleoffroad.com if you don't see his pics (it was his jeep that he did this to) then email him.