Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 20/07/11 02:06 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 02:06 AM the crappy 3.5l petrol enginw just dropped the big end on friday -a reco short is 4.5k! so im gonna do a swap instead- ideas?3.8 vt-vy is an easy one- 5.0 v8 vn- vt is pretty easy too but a bit more exy4.0 quad cam toyota is cheap to get (1500 front cut) with everything, but will be more stuffing around to get it in.gonna put the auto trans in that comes with any of the above toowhat do you reckon? its an ra model Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
234Fpv Donating Members 522 Member For: 13y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: Yeppoon qld Posted 20/07/11 02:29 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 02:29 AM Out of the above I'd go the toyota 4lt v8. Awesome sounding and better fuel economy than a v6. Not sure what the conversion would entail thoughSent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 20/07/11 05:07 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 05:07 AM 5.0 Had one in a HiLux back in the 90's it was the best thing I ever did. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 19y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 20/07/11 05:37 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 05:37 AM Do you want the car legal or not?What do you want to do about engine management etc?These have a bearing on how you do things Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBXRT Banned 643 Member For: 14y 7m 8d Gender: Male Posted 20/07/11 06:18 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 06:18 AM (edited) Toyota 4.0 (in rubbish Soarer's) sound awesome? Heard it all now!FordDriver, I'd pick the 5.0 as per Dagabond - will probably go forever and actually does sound awesome when uncorked, even if they are becoming ancient! But Ratter and others will know whether it will work or not, I certainly can't comment on that.... Edited 20/07/11 06:20 AM by CBXRT Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 20/07/11 06:28 AM Author Share Posted 20/07/11 06:28 AM car can be legal- will need to engineer a v8 though. not a prob as the power to weight would be quite low....comes with auto, ecu's, wiring looms etc so only difficult bits would be engine mounts, trans mount, tailshaft and sump. not that these are too difficult any way.emissions would be fantastic- better than stock motor. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 19y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 20/07/11 07:57 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 07:57 AM My understanding of the the rules and it may not be correct anymore, but if the car has a replacement engine, it must come form a car of the same age or newer to meet the same emission levels, and if from a newer car, the car must then meet the emission levels of that engine.Also it will be a case of having the electricals all communicate with each other as most systems are can bus these days.Almost anything is possible, but sometimes it may work ot quite dear. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 8m 9d Gender: Male Posted 20/07/11 08:03 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 08:03 AM I got to go with ratter here, from the picture your rodeo looks newish. I think more headache's than I can imagine. if the ute was say pre 95 then would look at a different engine. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 17y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 20/07/11 08:43 AM Author Share Posted 20/07/11 08:43 AM car is 2004 and B A S I C as.the computer only runs the engine. with a half cut all sensors/ modules/ coils etc are there, so its actually not that hard- my tuner has a guy that does all his engine swaps eg ba> into ea-el.ill have to check on the year side of things- but the jap engines emissions would be better than the basic isuzu donk... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 8m 9d Gender: Male Posted 20/07/11 08:54 AM Share Posted 20/07/11 08:54 AM you should try and find a Expensive Daewoo supercharged v6 out of the vs/vt. at least it can be tuned and run a little boost, should make it hussle, and those motor's are only a little dearer than the standard v6. also try this as this guy has been doing it for years and you can buy the kit to install everything. WWW.V6CONVERSIONS.COM.AU. all the information is on there for you. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/75988-what-motor-for-my-rodeo/#findComment-1124812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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