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hi
i bought a E reg dihatsu rocky in the summer. Im only 15 but i am michanicly minded. im in the process of rebuilding a suzuki sj and a tractor. i bought the dihatsu as a field car and an offroader as its nice and cheep to run at 32p a L. it is a non turbo model, and is very sluggish and underpowered when pulling trailers and towing tractors around the farm. I have only ever seen pictures of an engine bay with a turbo on it, but from what i can see and the limited amount i know on the turbo subject it just botls on to the inlet manifold??? (i have no idea is that is true or false). I just want to know is it a straight forward job to fit, is it worth fitting one and will it cure the power problem. I have been reading some of your other forums and some times when i put my foot to the floor the engine just lowers its revs and stays like this for 30 secs then finds a bit of umf to get things moving (sometimes stalling). i have drained the tank, there are no vivible diesle leaks, and there is pleanty of air getting into the engine ( i have had this problem on a sj when fitting the snorkel, the pipe was to small and when the throttel was opend it would just slow). Baffeled!
if any 1 can help, please help
thanks henry
You can put the terbo on the
You can put the terbo on the older 2.8. You will need the inlet, and outlet manifolds to mount it. You will also need the down pipe for the exhoust, or you'll have to make one up. Also you will have to change the Diesel pump for the turbo fule boost one. Without this the engine wont get extra fule when the terbo kickes in, and there will be no extra power.
All these bits will probably cost more than getting another compleat old junker with a Terbo 2.8 in it.
Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.
No you cannot simply fit a
No you cannot simply fit a turbo to the engine, turbocharged engines have lower compression ratios, as a turbo increases the compression ratio, many other internal components of the engine are also different, but not obviously so by simply looking at them.
Fuel systems are entirely different, the turbo fuel system is designed to deliver more fuel, and in a different way, again the two fuel pumps are similar in appearance, but internally, different.
Simply fit a turbo engine, they are a simple swap, and so is fitting the external components such as the intercooler and other peripheral components.