Engine Upgrades a black hole?

Its not about the economy, Its the challenge & the journey!!! Daryl

Dennis.
You are spot on. I used to do this sort of stuff, but now I try to tell people not to as it never works out cheaper than just buying the vehicle you wont. The worst ones are chev V8 conversions. Eric.

The whole job goes as repairs so its only money your not giving to the blodgers, I'm happy with no turbo,no computer,simple old tecnology.You see the flash ones on the tow trucks all the time headed for perth.Its not for all I'll admitt but 80,000km in mine and still grining
Regards Stano

IMHO, it's a "horses for courses" argument Dennis.

Personally, I wouldn't own a "modern" 4by with a computer in it to do the remote travel that we try to do as often as we can. I'll stick with the tried and true old tech stuff, that is, if I need to replace the engine in my GQ Patrol, I'll either have mine reconditioned, or go the 6.5L Chev.
But, if I went the Chev, I'd want it done properly, not an intercooler below the radiator, for instance. The chap that works on my truck is a well respected mechanic, and that's the sort of thing he wouldn't do.

When (if?) we give up remote touring, then I'd consider a modern 4by.

Cheers

Brian

Hi Dennis,
The way I look at it, If he is happy with it, who gives a rats. Sure he could of spent his money more wisely as others have suggested, but what it comes down to is, If he is happy it really isn't up to someone else to question it.
Good luck to him,
He learnt an expensive lesson with the auto box. I would of thought the engine mob would of know he would have to have a manual behind a big V8 diesel and change the diffs ratio, but hey.
To be honest, I would if I could spend near $25K on my old girl rather than buy a 100 series or later and still have to fork out more coin down the track.
But of cause this would have to be submitted to the Department of War and finance. for a close inspection, I would have prove it was a need & not a want.
And there lays the difficult bit. Hmmm

Even if the conversion goes well and there are no complications, you'll never get the money back on resale.

Dennis, when Hillary set out to scale Everest, economy did not come into it.

Dennis,
the poor bugger certainly has some problems.

I have a n/a V8 in my Troopy and to date the only thing I have done is installed a 78 series genuine radiator, the old one was on the way out anyway and rebuilt the gearbox that was just plain worn out from to many K's and years. It has also done 50000k towing a van and many k's in the scrub and to date no problems (touch wood).

Mate had a Keith Black engine in his supercharged outlaw drag car and split the block from head to head, cost $70000, reason cause he loves to do it. Same as me I just like to play.

The only thing I would say is the fitter/ supplier would have known of these problems before they sold him the set-up. Not good karma at all.

Have a good one.

i have an old chev and would not go bush without it... the grunt, the noise and the ease of repair i love....

i threw the autos' uni a few months back... didnt have a spare but the local town 10k's from where i broke down did have...

i was back on the road in less than two hours...

i doubt that would be the same for most brands...