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05-11-2011, 10:08 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane, Qld
Posts: 683
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Hey Hey,
I'm sick of paying $100 to fill my AU series 2 with 95 - 98 ron unleaded and getting 450 - 550km from a tank. I was thinking of engine conversions and the idea of a common rail turbo diesel motor was mentioned by a mate. He has fitted a 5L hilux motor to an ED falcon a few years back and the owner ran it on cooking oil. It was quite a bit of stuffing around but he was getting very good economy but was slow, very slow. So why not a ranger common rail motor, The 3.0 116kw 380nm jigger. They have a bit of go in a large/heavy car. An AU falcon is lighter and more stream line so economy should be pretty dam good. I don't like the ranger 5 speed auto so i guess a 5 speed manual from a 4x2 would work. Diff gearing would need a change too. The whole conversion from pulling the I6 out to driving it with a diesel would be rather costly, I would say 10k easy but an its an idea. Thoughts ? Des.
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Turbo diesel AU ?
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