Hi guys. I have an abandoned 1989 Mitsubishi Pajero L47 2.6 litres petrol engine with manual tranny sitting at home doing nothing for the past one year. Its my dad's car but ever since he got his Benz, he abandoned this one.

Since the engine is a fuel guzzler and its condition not really 100% anymore, i was thinking of taking over the car and do an engine swap. To diesel / turbo diesel engine of a much more newer model mb late 90s or early 2000 Pajero engines. I am looking at either 2.5 or 2.8 litre. But then if the 2.5 litre is powerful enough then why not.

Any advise? And can i retain the stock gearbox to match with the new engine? How much am i looking at for the conversion?


Some idea of how the car looks like taken from other ppl's car.





This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Jul 30 2008, 11:18 PM

Hmm,I will recommend the 2.5 litre as the road tax for a higher CC diesel engine is more expensive.I think you can retain the gearbox but the gear ratio might not be suited for the different torque this engine produces.Usually they transplant the engine together with the gearbox that came with it.

The ECU must also be changed.I think if you leave your car idle for that long,alot of electrical stuff will be dead by now and you will definitely need four new sets of tyre as the tyre would be unevenly round now.

1jz-gte.....

seconded

if you want to transform to another engine, that is a lot of work and such a big project to do this.

Last time my dad car's Toyota Corona (ST-150) had transform twice (Celica turbo engine and Levin 20V engine), all the part is transform from the original car, but seem the technician doesn't remove the old electrical stuff and will trouble a lot of problem. The car now is taken by me.

Last few months ago, i want to change the alarm system. it take a whole long day to install the alarm (normally will just take about 1-2 hours to finish the installation works). The technician told me that the car technician doesn't remove the old electrical stuff and may will cause the electrical fail (or even burn the car).

So, my advise is if you would like to transform it to diesel turbo engine make sure you remove the old electrical stuff and install all the original part from the transform engine.

The engine of consideration is just 2.5 liter diesel turbo engine. it is enough for the daily usage.

I got a shop to the transformation of engine near Sungei Besi. If you need the information, just PM me for the details!

TOYOTA ENGINE

1JZGTE 2.5l(280HP)(PETROL)
2JZGTE 3.0L(280HP++)(PETROL)
1KZTE 3.0L(130HP)(4WD)(DIESEL)
1KDTE 3.0L(170HP)(4WD)(DIESEL)<----Hard To Find


MITSUBISHI ENGINE

6A13 2.5 L V6 TWINTURBO(280HP)(PETROL)
4D56 2.5L (135HP)(4WD)(DIESEL)


I Recommend You To Go For Diesel Engine Because Of Nowadays Fuel Price.

This post has been edited by siksa: Jul 31 2008, 11:01 AM

1JZ or 2JZ or EVO engines will be a good choice, if u r only using this as a road car for normal driving....i've seen my mechanic in Bentong doing this kind of swaps in a lot of 4wd vehicles, e.g Suzuki Jimmy with RB20det/RB25det/SR20det, Pajero with RB or 1JZ/2JZ or EVO engine.......and of course, his hobby is extreme offroading, u should see him doing 4 wheel spins in the jungle with his own RB20det Jimmy.....

I have do this project. But i use RVR engine 2.0 turbo.
Yeah.... so far so good...no problem yet. It takes 1 month period by mechanic to do this.
The workshop in Tanjong Karang. Here i attach video after the engine installation done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bqn2GNj7HE

Next stage to do color.

any suggestion?

This post has been edited by castro: Jul 9 2010, 11:28 AM

For fuel economy, find a common rail diesel, same specs as in Mit Triton. Easy transplant. Powerful enough.

Hello castro.......and hi to every body....hope you all have a nice day forward...

I'm planning to transplant my pajero with RVR engine also. Now..i'm hardly searching the RVR engine for the nice one.

Here in northern area half cut for RVR is about 6K without body part...., but 'enjin lantai' complete with wiring is about 3 K.

Can you share your experience about your pajero now with RVR engine in-term of

1) Pick-up
2) Top Speed
3) Fuel consumption
4) Handling
5) List of modification need to be done.
6) gear box- used back pajero gear box or RVR gear box
7) engine mounting - need to modify or not.
8) problem during installation
9) Total cost - for me to budget
10) how to register to JPJ.
11) any experience that valuable to share.

I hope you can give me the information........because I'm seriously planning the transplant the RVR engine very soon.

Thank you for you information.

Have a nice day.