Thread: Four cylinder motor options

At one stage a few years ago, I was toying with the idea of an 88" project. I was going to rescue one and customize it a little. The engine I had in mind was the Volvo B18/20. The engine is nothing out of the ordinary, what makes it great is the engineering. Massive, for an engine of this size big end bearings (5) excellent thermal efficiency and quality materials that add up to a smooth, torquey, and long lived engine that responds well to tuning with single, duel carbies. The highest car milage in the guiness book of records is held by a 1966 Volvo 1800S. Original engine (rebuilt twice) ridgy g/box and diff. 3 million miles on a B18. Good enough for me. These engines I have seen in MGB's and perform very well indeed. You just CAN NOT put a toymotor in it!!!!

Regards
Robbo

Originally Posted by robbotd5

just CAN NOT put a toymotor in it!!!!

Agreed, I'll put Nissan Patrol bits in my Landy but never Toymotor bits, It's just not right. People will go on and on saying that Toymotor parts will make your Landy better but they're no better than Landy parts really, Toymotor front axles do CV's every 5 minutes, they blow diffs quite easily and they bust gearboxes and t/cases quite a bit as well. If you want to upgrade your landy get Patrol parts, Have you seen the size of they're gearboxes, t/cases and diffs. They're huge! I think the 2.25 makes sense cause it was made for that vehicle but may not be as powerful as a Volvo motor but good enough if you upgrade them with a few bolt on mods like extractors, carbie upgrade, Electronic ignition and stuff like that, a supercharger would be good fun.

i always thought a 2.6 Astron engine would go well in a Landy

Originally Posted by theMISSIONARY

i always thought a 2.6 Astron engine would go well in a Landy

I assume you mean the Mitsubishi Sigma motor, if so I have often thought they would be a good conversion too! The other options I have thought about are the Nissan four cylinder petrols from the 70's and 80's such as 180B and 200B, however they are getting very old now and to find one with a good head would be hard I think. They were good motors, went well and loved revs.

Cheers Mick.

Originally Posted by theMISSIONARY

i always thought a 2.6 Astron engine would go well in a Landy

I'm NOT a fan of Astron engines. These things are stock in early Pajeros and were often retrofitted to L300 4WD vans. High fuel usage and relatively poor durability. I've seen plenty fail at around 80,000km from new, rattly timing chains from 40,000km.

Originally Posted by bee utey

I'm NOT a fan of Astron engines. These things are stock in early Pajeros and were often retrofitted to L300 4WD vans. High fuel usage and relatively poor durability. I've seen plenty fail at around 80,000km from new, rattly timing chains from 40,000km.

I agree with the high fuel usage, though my '86 pajero is over the 500k and still going strong, just under powered. One of the most reliable vehicles I have had.
I would not bother converting any 4x4 to the 2.6, not worth the effort for the low power/torque.

Originally Posted by bee utey

I'm NOT a fan of Astron engines. These things are stock in early Pajeros and were often retrofitted to L300 4WD vans. High fuel usage and relatively poor durability. I've seen plenty fail at around 80,000km from new, rattly timing chains from 40,000km.

i had one in a courier(the 87-88 models had the 4G56) and it was not that bad on fuel if you gave it heaps it used heaps like any engine will mine lasted well with over 300000km with only one rebuild early on(less than 100000km)
i would say they had issues from factory

once you put them into the L300 unless you do some real work they will play up all the time mostly radiator and heat related issues