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Old 06-04-2008, 10:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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anyone swap a 4bt?

i am wanting to do either an imported toyota diesel or a 4bt swap into my 95 4x4 truck. just wondering if someone here has done the 4bt, the toyota swap seems fairly simple.
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Old 06-05-2008, 05:31 AM   #2 (permalink)
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4bt is avery heavy motor. i would try a kzn 185
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Old 06-05-2008, 05:34 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I don't know that I'd say the toyota swap is fairly simple. It has a lot of wiring things to do and you have to make/weld the motor mounts. It does run like nothing else though!
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Old 06-05-2008, 12:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I can't remember where, but I saw a picture of a Toyota with a 4BT. It wasn't finished but the engine was in place. It looked like the turbo-to-intake crossover pipe came out above the hood line.

I almost scored a box van with a rebuilt 4BT for $1200. I would have found a way to make it fit. It's an impractical choice, of course. Must weight over 1000 pounds.
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Old 06-05-2008, 02:43 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Don't get a kzn185 get a kzn130. It will have the passenger side drop. I have done the 3.0L TD Toyota swap and like 91diesel said they sure go and run great. Mines got 300000kms on it and still when I change the oil at 3000miles its still on the full mark. Barely any smoke and you got tons of power. Also sounds very mean with a straight pipe but is loud with one as well. At least for my taste. I'm bout ready to go weld in a muffler I was just waiting for the exhaust to cool off.
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Old 06-05-2008, 02:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I have seen a 4bt into a LandCruiser. It was tight. and dude was getting like 20 mpg or not much better. and it weighs 750lbs. research and you will see most people dont think its practical or useful to put a 4bt into a mini toyota. research 1kz toyota diesels.
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I hear what you guys are saying, i am just having a hard time finding information on diesel swaps. i remember a couple of years ago i was surfing ebay and saw a hand full of half cut trucks and 4runners, but now i can't seem to find to many importers that handle them.
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Old 06-06-2008, 06:02 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I guess after looking through the engine options i'd probably be interested in one of the 2L motors
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Old 06-06-2008, 09:51 AM   #9 (permalink)
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As you've to search an engine, search for an 1KZ-T, here we have both and there's a world between the 2L-T and the 1KZ-T...

Mine pulls amazingly and it's 320000km... Added an intercooler, 3'' mandrel bent SS exhaust and rebuilt the pump and injectors...

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Old 10-27-2009, 02:16 AM   #10 (permalink)
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4bt swap

Dude, I am wanting to do the same thing. I am running through 22re like left and right. I have been told its not an easy swap but its not as hard as it seems. I was also told that some isuzus come with that engine. If you could find one then turbo it it would probably be a cheaper route. I was thinking either of a 4bt or just putting a toyota v6 in my pickup.
As for the toyota diesel its kinda hard to find them in the US. The best place to look is military yards when they decommission the vehicle. At a naval base in VA I found 2 toyota 4 doors with the 2.4D in them. But getting them is a different story. If you know someone in the military they can go on a website where the vehicles are auctioned and you could try that. But good luck.
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. If you could find one then turbo it it would probably be a cheaper route..

4bt is a factory TURBO diesel. Hence the "T" in the name.


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I was also told that some isuzus come with that engine.

No, they came with ISUZU diesel engines, some had a simmilar NAMED engine like Isuzu 4BD-1T. The Isuzu NPR truck is the most popular.

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