SJ410 - turbo diesel conversion

[Husky]

Cheers, will be removing the rack does my head in vibrating and going under barriers at 1mph haha. i will be cutting it down so its closer to the roof and re-fit it at some point.

Regarding the derv engine, ive always ever drove diesels, my daily for the past year or so has been a 1.9d skoda pickup and runs round all day on a fiver and i do a fair few miles in it, i was massively disappointed with the fuel efficiency of the SJ im putting £10-£15 a day in it easy compared to £5 in my little pickup, the little 1.5 diesels are mint on fuel (near 60mpg in the 106) i'd be happy if it was getting 30-40 in the sj, i also like the drive-ability of the diesel engine, the little 1000cc engine is very underpowered and only takes banks in 2nd screaming its heart out, murdering fuel. also i can run it on cooking oil and kero

im not going to be doing any insane offroading in it, mainly green lanes and a trip up to silverdale pay and play every month and possibly check out tick hill.

Cheers.

[Husky]

also the shackles arent set in stone, ive had to fit them for clearance of the 31" tyres, im looking into rear up front and rascal springs on the rear to give it the lift and possibly a body lift kit.

[donkeychomp]

Fairy Nuff.











I still think diesel is the work of beelzebub himself.

[Husky]

Each to their own

[ScottieJ]

Nowt wrong with a small, light(er) derv. I'm just not a fan of heavy 1.9 pug and be derv swaps, it messes up the SJs weight distribution and they end up to heavy at the front with no weight in the back.

Do prefer petrol conversions myself though.

[Husky]

Picked up a few bits today for 99p off ebay after a 4 hour round trip i had some spare front leafs, shocks, lift shackles, steering bars, tank, prop + a few other odds and sods but most importantly a diesel conversion flywheel re-drilled for the 413 clutch. just need a 413 box and clutch now and i can start mating it all up

[donkeychomp]

Hope you are keeping the 410 transfer box...you'll need it with 31" tyres.

[Husky]

Yep keeping the 410 box for the low ratio goodness managed to bag a few more bits got to collect monday from rotherham, including a 413 gearbox and clutch so hopefully should have everything to mate the gearbox up and get it in there

[Husky]

Cleaned up the flywheel today and had a tinkey with the immobilizer. The immobilizee unit seems to just send a live to the stop solenoid and heater plug relay.

[donkeychomp]

Damn that flywheel looks mint...nice work.