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Old 04-18-2008   #1 (permalink)
Darbym
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Default JDM Diesels

Hi Everyone

This is going to be a long post, sorry in advance.

I have been following this forum and especially the results of the Philippine forum for many weeks now. A bit of history... I tow an approx. 5000lb travel trailer (loaded, filled, max weight) with my small arsenal of JDM diesel SUV's. Starting 2 summers ago I started with a 2.5 intercooled turbo Mitsubishi Pajero (4D56). I could stay at about 100km/hr on the highway, but any small hill or incline speed would drop down to an embarrasing 30-40km/hr. Decided that wasn't going to work so I used my piece of crap $500.00,1988 Ford to tow it and got rid of the Pajero. Not to be outdone and always willing to ty something different I imported a 1992 Isuzu Bighorn 3.1 intercooled turbo diesel (4JG2). From what I read it has an approx to capacity of 7000lbs and I believed it should be just as good as the Ford for towing. I could easily cruise at 100km/hr with traffic, but once again any small hill or incline the speed would drop down to about 65-70 km/hr, egt's hitting 1300 ( not good)...hmm am I expecting to much. At this time I said to myself, I am going to get Toyota Landcruiser 4.2 turbo, no intercooler (HDJ-81) and I will be done with this once and for all. Landcruiser easily cruises at 100km/hr without a sweat but once again any small hill, incline speed drops to about 80-85 km/hr...crap, not bad but I thought for sure I would be able to cruise close to speed limit.

So right now I have both the Bighorn and the Landcruiser and stumbled upon your product. After seeing some of the results from the Philippine forums I am wondering if the Bighorn (approx.123hp/202tq) could easily match the performance of the Landcruiser (approx.162hp/267tq) in a lighter, more economical, better seating arrangement for my 3 kids tow vehicle. I was thinking of a m1 nozzle pre turbo and maybe a m2 or m3 post turbo to cool egt down. If this does not meet my requirements, I want to be able to install the kit on the Landcruiser. Once again an m1 nozzle preturbo and ??? nozzle size post turbo to cool egts down.

This has kind of turned into a mission of mine, an economical (for a tow vehicle) that can at least keep speed limit on smaller hills/inclines. Any advice is welcome and thanks.
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