Nissan Patrol GQ RX 2.8td

Bilbo, with all due respect Brunswick have a vested interest in pointing in the Chev direction. The 2.8 to 4.2 conversion is pretty common and all parts are available from Nissan or the wreckers. Engine mounts can be cut off a wrecked 4.2 and re-used, I've even seen one where the original 2.8 ones were still in place and the owner just adapted from those. The gearbox has to be changed and probably the crossmember but again those are cheaply available from the wreckers. If it was a Yota gearbox that would be more expensive but the Nissan ones just don't break as a rule and as a consequence they sell cheaply.
Depending on gearing requirements you can either stay with 4.6 ratio diffs or sell them (easily as the competition guys want them) and change them to either 4.1 or 4.3.
It certainly won't be a 20K+ excercise that the Chev is.
Regards Andrew.

Andrew,

With all due respect, I agree with you about "vested interests". However, the engine bay wiring is completely different between the 4.2 and the 2.8. In most engine swaps, it's the wiring and electronics that are the biggest nightmare and often sensors have to be changed. But finding out wihich is the right bit is the problem. Changing engine monuts, rewelding stuff and swapping boxes and diffs is the easy part. I used to do it myself as a younger man.

I had a 4.2 Nissan for 11 years and it was a good, solid but slow engine. I'd rather have the Chev if I was doing a complete changeout of the engine. My 2.8 Patrol was bought with a blown motor, at a very cheap price, so the $20k changeout was a bargain.

Bilbo