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[B4TT]

I dis-agree, its nice ... i fail to see why it would be any trouble.. those Aussie built 5.0L hold together pretty well... not the fastest thing in standard trim but you can do a fair bit with them.

[SUBARU]

I'm not questioning the durability of the 5ltr, more that it's an executive that's been modified by someone. Why you would ever go for this thing with unknown history and build quality over a genuine SS is beyond me.

[Soop]

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Mate an SS is an executive with a fance f*cking badge. I bought my Liberty without knowing the history, i really couldn't give a f*ck. Commodores are $20 cars, to buy and to repair. All thats been modified on that particular vehicle is a body kit (i'd ruin it anyway, genuine or not.) the head lights (whoop, factory items anyway) and the exhaust (Name one car on this forum with a standard exhaust.) I'd be keen on an Aussie 5ltr. Namely because i know them inside out upside down and backwards. They've got 35yrs of history as working engines, hell the original 308's are still getting around in work vehicles. Probably with 20yr old oil in them . I'd take a HQ 1 tonner to be honest. If every wanker hadn't turned all the good examples into show cars (Waste of a f*cking good ute!).

[B4TT]

and the exhaust (Name one car on this forum with a standard exhaust.)

mine unfortunately

[SUBARU]

HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Mate an SS is an executive with a fance f*cking badge.

I bought my Liberty without knowing the history, i really couldn't give a f*ck.
Commodores are $20 cars, to buy and to repair.

All thats been modified on that particular vehicle is a body kit (i'd ruin it anyway, genuine or not.) the head lights (whoop, factory items anyway) and the exhaust (Name one car on this forum with a standard exhaust.)

I'd be keen on an Aussie 5ltr. Namely because i know them inside out upside down and backwards. They've got 35yrs of history as working engines, hell the original 308's are still getting around in work vehicles. Probably with 20yr old oil in them .

I'd take a HQ 1 tonner to be honest. If every wanker hadn't turned all the good examples into show cars (Waste of a f*cking good ute!).

Yeah... fair enough!

[Soop]

Hmm... How hard would it be to put a 5ltr into a rodeo?

[B4TT]

Mate of mine who is an auto elec has been working on putting a 5L into a rodeo for a while now, the engine bit wasn't too hard from what he said.. however he had to track down a diff for it, for a bit of fun he decided to do a burnout with the std rodeo diff in and the thing shattered LOL. It is very do-able but with a workshop at your disposal ....without that I would probably suggest against doing it.

[Soop]

I could just put a salisbury or even a 9" under it.

[Rob]

and the exhaust (Name one car on this forum with a standard exhaust.)

mine as well

[SUBARU]

I could just put a salisbury or even a 9" under it.

Or you could just go for a turbo diesel option and have all the torque require for towing.

[Blaeven]

Or you could just go for a turbo diesel option and have all the turque require for towing.

turbo diesel boxer into the gen1 wagz...???

go on... do it...

i wonder if you can still get some semblance of the boxer burble from the TD...?

[SUBARU]

turbo diesel boxer into the gen1 wagz...???

go on... do it...

i wonder if you can still get some semblance of the boxer burble from the TD...?

It might be a bit difficult sourcing one of those!

I'm sure that a boxer burble will be able to come out of a diesel varient. It will probably be a little more "gruff" than a petrol one though.

If I had one of diesel Lib, I probably wouldn't bother doing any mods to it. 350nm at something like 1800rpm is plenty good for me.

[Blaeven]

If I had one of diesel Lib, I probably wouldn't bother doing any mods to it. 350nm at something like 1800rpm is plenty good for me.

some would say that about the 206KW of the STi...

and yet... people still want more...

i'm sure the modifying bug would bite eventually...

[Soop]

What pray tell would you mod? How far does your expertise stretch in relation to diesel motors and how they work? Maybe, a bigger throttle body??

[SUBARU]

some would say that about the 206KW of the STi...

and yet... people still want more...

i'm sure the modifying bug would bite eventually...

There's no need to mod a diesel mate! Fair enough in the revvy petrol driven engines to squeeze more kW and Nm out of them. Diesel's have a limited reve range and the modern diesel engines are already pulling as hard as they need to from very low in the rev range to a massive 4000rpm (if they even rev that high).

Even the "modded" turbo diesel 4x4's you see running around only go as far as air intake (mainly due to water crossing, but they also increase power slightly) and sometimes a chip. Disco's a famous for being a bit more responsive when chipped.

With the Boxer diesel that's coming out, I reckon any mods after that would be pretty fruitless.

Someone else might have another take on it though, so let the topic evolve!

[Blaeven]

i dunno... bigger tarbo? TBE...? CIA...? some mods that work on petrol engines are bound to work on diesel engines... afterall, they still conform to the "fuel + air + explosion = power" rule... don't they...? add more air (bigger turbo) and more fuel and theoretically you make more power... but hey, i've been wrong before... *shrug*

[Blaeven]

And indeed you are Tristan.

www.howthingswork.com

search "diesel"

read up.

reply back.

http://www.vwdiesel....opic.php?t=4391

more air + more fuel = more power...

[Xon]

Tristan diesel engines do not ignite using a spark plug. They ignite purely from the compression of the engine, so no. Not all the same principals of a petrol engine work with a diesel engine.