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30 Mar 2013 20:20 #67359 by GuardianAngel

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nicho wrote: ive a jimny and a audi 1.9tdi and ive always thought the jimny with that engine would be perfect, apparently they dont like water the 1.9 tdis ( ive had the common water in the ecu compartment problem ) i think i have read on here before but i dont know. i dont know if the rest of the components would be able to take the torque but i hope someone dose this conversion and proves me wrong.i get 50+ mpg all the time in the audi and it pulls like a TRAIN ( and that's me going from a 2.5 v6 gsi msd vectra remapped, k&n and full exhaust.)

I had a Skoda 1.9TDI which is the same engine and was a great engine until I trashed it by putting a hole in the sump :dry:

If you can get a 2.0 TDI, 140bhp, then your talking. Got one of those in my current Skoda. Would rip the J in half :lol:

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Mister Stu
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30 Mar 2013 20:33 #67362 by Mister Stu

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Iv seen a SJ with a Pd130 motor in it somewhere... :blink: failing that il make up a adapter plate to bolt in a T4 1.9td engine and theres alot less wiring and electonics to worry about

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30 Mar 2013 20:38 #67363 by GuardianAngel

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There was a thread on here once with a J with a 3.9 Rover V8 or something. Seem to remember them saying they had a 4.2 to put in :lol:

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30 Mar 2013 20:44 #67365 by Mister Stu

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I did have a full land rover chassis, axles, v8, manual box and some other goodies to go under my old Sj body :evil: all that to compete in punch hunts

until the missus had to much of an involvment and it all sort of disapeared

she seemed to have stayed tho :pinch:

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30 Mar 2013 20:48 #67367 by GWR

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Mister Stu wrote: I did have a full land rover chassis, axles, v8, manual box and some other goodies to go under my old Sj body :evil: all that to compete in punch hunts until the missus had to much of an involvment and it all sort of disapeared she seemed to have stayed tho :pinch:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: sounds about right :unsure:

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30 Mar 2013 21:15 #67371 by supergaz

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Welcome to Big Jimny, sounds like you have big plans, hope you have deeeeeeep pockets ;-)

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