Ford F250 engine conversions ?

http://www.osr.qld.gov.au/duties/about-duties/rates-of-duty.shtml?showtab=4

Looks like they want there pound of flesh.

All other vehicles

Type of vehicle Amount of duty for each $100, or part of $100, of the vehicle's dutiable value
Hybrid vehicle (any number of cylinders)
Electric vehicle
$2.00
Vehicle with 1 to 4 cylinders
Vehicle with 2 rotors
Steam vehicle
$3.00

Vehicle with 5 or 6 cylinders
Vehicle with 3 rotors
$3.50

Vehicle with 7 or more cylinders
$4.00

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I saw an Ex Amb to nght and was think about the same thing....and I thought maybe an Isuzu small truck motor 4 cyclinder around 4 litres turbo would do the job ok I would think.

Hi Axle

I guess your BIL doesn't want to rebuild the original petrol motor so whatever he fits is going to take some adapting, this in itself can be a challenge or a piece of cake depending on his level of expertise or depth of pocket if he is going to get someone else to do the conversion. As others have suggested the Izusu range are good reliable options. If he doesn't want to lose too much performance he will probably need to look at a turbo version. What about a Chev 6.5lt as Mr Roachie has in his Nissan. Because of the vast amount of room under the bonnet of an F truck space to fit one of these wont be a problem.

Good luck with the project

Cheers Pop

Being a 1992 model I would guess that that 351 is an injected Windsor...he could rebuild it for nix and it would give you another 500,000klm. Compared to the cost of a conversion, the diesel would obviously be more fuel efficient but it would take a while to recoup the outlay in fuel savings.

If the man is prepared to do the shopping the mechanically injected 7.3 Navistar was factory fitted in the States in that model. There are a lot of 6.5 Chev conversions around but the motors tend not to have a real good reputation with some. I know a bloke with a 6 cylinder Isuzu conversion which goes well. Another option is a 6BT 5.9 Cummins. Cummins used to sell a conversion kit. Not sure if they still do.

Rebuilding the old engine is the only real way of doing it on a budget.
Thyere is no cheap easy diesel swaps for these.
He would be better off letting it go and getting a troopy,but I guess he is old school and still thinks Japanese is rubbish and American rules supreme in the land of cars