brunswick diesels

Mate,
Do a search.........bloke in WA did a conversion a few months ago and was very happy with the result. He stuck the 6.5 into a GU which had a blown-up 2.8 motor in it before. There was a lot of interest in it.
Cheers
Roachie

I think it was a post by Bilbo.

They have a very good reputation here in WA. Could also try Robson Brothers in Belmont (I think) - they also have a very good name in the 4WD scene here.

Hope this helps.

Karl

the easiest thing to do would be just to ring them up, im currently looking at the same option & was quoted around 20 ish for it!

if u after the turbo the patrol needs a body lift of at least 1 intch to be able to fit the turbo on it, where as the land cruiser has more space in its engine bay & does not require the body lift!

Is the extra complexity of a turbo really what you want? You'll find the straight 6.5 has plenty enough grunt unless you want to compete and to hell with fuel consumption.
I have a Brunswick 6.2 under the bonnet of the troopie, lots of grunt to tow a large boat of about 3 ton aggregate. Convertion was done about 80,000km ago, still running fine.

Make sure your cooling system is up to scratch, my 16yo radiator finally has given up which saved me a lot of fuel as I had to stay under 80kmh from Shark Bay to Perth to keep the beast cool. No problems without a trailer though, it seems these cooling problems only show when the load increases and it always happens on a holiday :-(

Klaus

1) $23k if you want an auto GU with the 6.5... thats for Victoria..
2) good to see another happy 3.0 owner.. lmao and only 2 yrs old....

Hi,

Yep - Bilbo is back from the wilds of the W.A. Goldfeilds. Not a very profotable trip but in spite of a back injury and a few other distractions, it was great test for the Brunswick engine and myself - after a 4 years absence from the game.

See my seperate post on how "Frodo the Fire Engine" went in the bush.

Bilbo

Im kind of curious as to how they can charge $20000 + for a conversion when the donor engines are worth about $6500 on the market.
I converted my landcruiser from petrol to landcruiser diesel and there sure wasnt $14000 worth of labour.
I spoke to Brunswick diesels about 3 years ago and they quoted me $13000 inc engine. Seems to have gone up some since then.

Hi to all & thankyou for the responses, to answer you in detail
1. Roachie - did the search , thanks
2. Karl - They do have a good name , couldn't find a bad word at all.
3. Klaus - 6.5 centre mount , all or nothing.Kit comes with a larger radiator.
4. Adamj 1300 - I've spoken to them & they side mount the Tuurbo , then it can be
done without a lift kit.
5. Truckster- nothing wrong the 3ltr (175,000K ), too much money to spend.
6. Bilbo - Good to hear yours is going so well. I've ordered mine now & they start in 2 wks.

Regards Barra man