GU 4.2 Auto

The V8 Chev and Auto can be done. I had a quote from brunswick, and their agent in Melbourne. $23k drive in drive away + car, and thats you supplying the Auto.

Gday Rossco

I think both can be done.......and may be considering this myself at some stage. A quick call to Brunswick diesels shold confirm the chevy option (I think they put a turbo 700 behind them. The GQ had a bigger gearbox than the GU, and according to a thread from Bilbo, the firewall required some modification (with a big hammer?) to make it fit...Good luck with it all

Cheers Andrew

Ross,

There's a bigger issue here. Fitting a 6.5 Chev with an auto box into a Nissan GU can be done - easily - as above, Brunswicks do 'em.

But putting a 4.2 engine in a 2.8 GU is a difficult job. So much so that Brunswicks won't touch it, even though they would make a killing on the labour charges and Greg Jones at Brunswicks gets his 4.2 motors real cheap. There's just too many things that have to changed to get the engine managment and vehicle electrics right.

You must understand that when they put a 6.5 Chev in any Nissan (or any other vehicle) al that "electronic gizmo stuff" gets chucked out. It isn't required as there isn't any on a 6.5 Chev. Hence, wiring harnesses don't have to be altered, sensors don't need to be recalibrated etc, etc. Changing to a Chev is about 98% mechanical changes. Changing a 2.8 to a 4.2 is 50% mechanical and 50% electronic - it's all too much messing about.

Bilbo

4x4 connections in Eltham Melb do them. 20K for chevy diesel installed if i remember correctly.

Tim

Hi Rossco

Why not forget the diesel, and put a 5L holden efi v8 in with a turbo 700.
Petrol is cheaper than diesel, and you will easy get the same, mostly better fuel economy, and there are very few places in oz that you cant access petrol.
You also have the option of a gas, dual fuel convertion , susidsed by Mr Howard, if you want to go down that path.
Mate has a GQ ute and has spat the dummy with the lack of power for towing, and poor economy, and hauled out the diesel last week and is half way into fitting a 5L holden club sport v8, he will have more than twice the power 185kw against 86kw, and better economy, and he will go down the gas convertion road too as most of his miles are near gas outlets.
He also has a 4500 80 series, on gas, so has been spoilt for 10 years with good economy and plenty of power. He has struggled on for 18 months with the nissan, but it has been driving him mad.
He is doing the job himself and it will cost around 6 1/2 grand, plus the gas convertion, minus the sale of the 4.2.
$2900 for motor complete with all accessories, s/h done 130k, about $2500 for Marks adaptors for all the convertion bits and clutch and extractors, and about a grand for bits and peices including new exhaust system.
Yours will be a little more, as you will need a turbo 700 as well as he is staying with the manual box.
Your job should be about half the cost of the v8 diesel convertion and you will buy a lot of fuel/other stuff with 10 grand.
So if you want a 4.2 diesel in perfect working order, done 58,000k, send me an email. (Addy behind rig pic)

Cheers Pesty

Hey RosscoH what went wrong with the 2.8? I have a 1998 GU 2.8 with 225000km on the clock and haven't struck a single problem with it yeeeeeeetttttt! Keen to know what the fault is with yours and what may have caused it.

Cheers
Pete