4.8 diesel conversion

Why dont you turbo the 4.8? There are a few on the competition circuit and they are an awesome unit.

G'day Trev
You CANNOT convert the petrol engine to diesel Totally different operating situation.
To change the engine to a 4.2 diesel it will require a lot of extra bits and pieces and installation of the diesel control systems to do the conversion. Many items involved.
Unless you are going to do that yourself I would imagine it would be cheaper to trade to a diesel engined vehicle.

hi trev&ness
i suggest you contact brunswick diesels
if its at all possoble or not he would know just google it and the brunswick site will pop up
cheers

WHY???
The extra money spent on petrol for the 4.8 over a diesel would be far less than the cost of swapping the engine plus the 4.8 has more power and would generally be nicer to drive especially if auto. Paying attention to keeping the engine in a correct state of tune and possibly amending driving style will give a small saving on fuel costs.
If you have your heart set on a diesel then swap the whole vehicle rather than doing an engine swap, far less grief and cost.

Hi Trev&Ness,

Before you spend a peny on conversions or updating I would find a diesel of the type you are contemplating and take it for a test run.

The only benefit would be fuel consumption in my opinion and you may be very dissapointed with the diesel performance compared with the 4.8 petrol.

There are some members on here who have 4.8 patrols and are so happy with them that they would not consider diesel Patrols.

Look hard before you leap, otherwise you may be regretting for a long time and be poorer for the experience.

I had a turbo diesel and have gone back to a 4.7 petrol and I am far more satisfied with it than I was with the turbo multi valve diesel Cruiser so I am speaking from personal experience.

Cheers, Bruce.

It's a quick way to burn a small fortune. Sell the car and buy a diesel. It's not hard and it's the only solution. When it comes to lots of towing diesel wins everytime. Sorry if I am stating the obvious and telling you what you don't want to hear but it's the only clear course.

For towing and economy supercharged injected LPG is unbeatable,,, low down torque avail. instantly from low revs with no lag and LPG economy. do the research.

Contact member On Patrol & Toni, he has a turbo'ed LC Engine fitted to his Patrol.
Look in the Blog section for his blog/report .

I have seen this conversion when he was at Mt Bundy, beautifully done.

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Go to this mob !

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I missed out on one by 2 weeks, and I knew the vehicle well :(

Cheers
Bucky

I will try to help with the question rather than spouting my own opinions. Go to the patrol forum www.patrol4x4.com and check there. Ther is a wealth of information on all sorts of conversions and I'm sure someone there will help rather than prattling on!

Can't be done in any reasonable way Tess , and no benefits either - you actually get
less towing performance etc.

It isn't just the engine either , the auto has to be mated to the 4.8 ECU and you can't
even get an aftermarket ECU to match the auto to anything else.

The tailshafts , gearing, multiple body sensors etc are all different.

One of our familys 4.8s is on gas and while I personnaly wouldn't do this it does
lower the weekly fuel bill significantly.

The 4.8 already has a lot more torque than the diesels and the addition of gas
makes them even better at the cost of top end power.