Thread: 6.5 diesel

Originally Posted by Hall

Bloke I work with has a county with one of these engines in it. Also has a Hino six speed truck gear box behind the motor. Diffs I think are ford nine inch and the axles I`m sure are Land cruiser. The bonnet is custom and higher than a standard bonnet. Sound like a truck. You will most likely have to go down the same path as he did due to the shed load of toruqe that you now have. First to give in will be your diffs and axles. OH and he has been is trying to sell a complete rear axle with a Detroit , ford nine inch and Land cruiser axles for awhile now. I just don`t have the cash.
Cheers Hall

That is a big modification list to deal with 400Nm of torque.

Good on the bloke
He got in his shed and put in the hard yards .
Better than sitting behind a computer trashing one mans choice in engines .

Cheers WMD

I spent a lot of time doing this conversion wmd, in my opinion it wasn't worth it for such an undesirable engine. If I had of known what I know now I would have stuck an Isuzu in in the first place. They do sound great and have great off idle torque and I hope thomo doesn't have any drama's with his engine, I just personally think there are much better options out there. Did I say that they do sound awsome

Originally Posted by wmd

Good on the bloke
He got in his shed and put in the hard yards .
Better than sitting behind a computer trashing one mans choice in engines .

Cheers WMD

People aren't trashing him,others have done the same with poor results and are just posting their experience. Pat

They do sound awesome pat, I may have mentioned that before

Originally Posted by Vern

They do sound awesome pat, I may have mentioned that before

Yep,just before they overheat.Friends of ours mentioned earlier have given up trying to get here,it's running hot cruising at 80,spending another $900 on a cooling system replacement after the transplant costs is making their relationship as hot as the donkey under the bonnet. Pat

The Only way I could keep mine cool was to run an 80mm thick 2 core aluminium radiator with falcon thermo fans, mine also ran the duel thermostats and reverse rotation water pump.

Must say, love to hear the stories of the 6.5 and problems etc etc
One of my mates had 2 crop sprayers of 5 tonne and he had a cruiser and a patrol with a 6.5 in each and after sorting the cooling out had no issues except gearboxes and after going for a drive in one of them I had to do it.....the sound alone
It was more about the fun of getting the 6.5 and lt95 into the 130 than anything else. If it works great if it doesn't then i will go down the road of some other engine/gearbox config. I have spent as many hours reseaching and talking to travellers about the chevy diesel. I could have bought a 6.5 powered Land Cruiser but I like to go out where others don't go and the 130 is the 4wd we enjoy to go in. The 300 tdi was a great little worker but at 328 thousand k's the wastegate hose failed and we cooked her so that is how the story began.
I enjoyed the process of fitting the chev and if all else fails i will always remember the sound......awesome.......better than my 2012 land cruiser 70 series chipped and big exhaust.
This is the running gear.
3 core 77mm cross flow radiator.
twin thermo fans EL Ford.
Mechanical fuel pump...low pressure.
Electric fuel pump 10psi....low pressure.
Non electronic injection pump.
Twin thermostats....modified bypass.
High flow water pump.
36 row oil cooler.
Chev flywheel
chev Clutch.
LT95 with taper roller bearing transfer case.
Hardi Spica made tailshaft and propshaft.
Maxi Drive strengthened front and rear diffs
Maxi Drive Diff Locks.
3'' mandrel bent exhaust. oh the sound.....