Hand grenade replacement

Oh by the way,if you do have aZD30 and youre concerned about its longevity give Mike Vine-turbo specialist a call he's developed a package for them which will keep it alive.Very good man to talk to

Now you have the best of both worlds. What did the conversion end up costing you ?

I have just bought a 2001 Coaster bus to use as a mobile home, with 1HZ diesel, showing 230000 kms, still goes well and seems in good nick, I was wondering if it is a good idea to buy a new long motor from toyota while they are still available, and store it for when I need it. But in doing so, I was thinking of upgrading to the TD42, 1HD-FTE (or 1HD-FT if available new) for the extra torque, sure there are extra costs such as turbo, pump, ECU etc.

What motor should I go for ? It seems the 1HD-FTE is a real tough motor and more reliable then the 1HZ, I am not considering turbo-ing the 1HZ as that can cause problems,

Approx costs would cause the TD to be about $6000 more then the 1HZ.

The 1hz block is 99.99999% identical to the hdt hdft and hdfte All these motors will fit and will also be heaps better power aswell as economy on road. 10k is the going price for a second hand hdft, but if you consider they regularly do half a million kms, plus you have a 1hz (2-3k) plus a turbo wont be less than 3-4k, your not that far behind and have toyota reliability built in.
Andrew

Thanks to all for advice, 4wdr, you have got a good deal, enjoy your trol, that is the simple solution to the grenade, someone should be importing used TD42's by the container load.
Why I was thinking of getting a new spare motor, A few years ago, I picked up a pretty old triton ute v6 with about 280000km's for cheap, it was going really well, at that time mitsubishi had new v6 long motors for about $3500, a year later my motor blew, and there were no more new motors left anywhere, so I had the old one rebuilt for $3500, and it was worse after, I was had by a conman engine rebuilder in Perth, I had to dump the ute.
I will never go that route again, and at the moment I can get new for not much more then the price of a rebuild, and the bus may go for many years, but it may not.

Trouble was, I was initially qouted $2000 for a complete rebuild, then when they had the ute, the price almost doubled, that is how they catch you, and when I got it back, still got evidence of water in oiil, at that point I found myself without a reliable vehicle, out of pocket for $3500, and unable to continue with my sales job, which required a reliable car, I was screwed. That was a tough time.