Thread: ZD30 engines

Originally Posted by Dougal

If this quote is anything to go by, he doesn't even know how a diesel works.

Thanks Dougal!!! That quote is the funniest thing I have read all week!

Thats funny

Had a contractor in at work the other week and he had a GU (Ex ZD30) that he bought at auction with a stuffed engine, dropped in a 6.5 chev diesel and couldnt be happier with his nearly new $30,000 4wd

Not really my cup of tea but it only has 60 odd thou on the clock when he bought it and now it tows anything, is economical and doesnt work hard as well as pokes along really well on the hwy, towing economically.

Not really about the ZD30 but I thought it wasnt a bad solution.

Originally Posted by mcrover

Had a contractor in at work the other week and he had a GU (Ex ZD30) that he bought at auction with a stuffed engine, dropped in a 6.5 chev diesel and couldnt be happier with his nearly new $30,000 4wd

Not really my cup of tea but it only has 60 odd thou on the clock when he bought it and now it tows anything, is economical and doesnt work hard as well as pokes along really well on the hwy, towing economically.

Not really about the ZD30 but I thought it wasnt a bad solution.

That's the first time I've heard the 6.5 V8 described as economical.

Originally Posted by Dougal

That's the first time I've heard the 6.5 V8 described as economical.

It's a Diesel not petrol, still not as economical as a 300Tdi but I wouldnt want to be towing his trailer up the hume as much as he does with my Disco.

He was telling me that he had an MQ tray with a 350 chev in it previously and he was spending a fortune on fuel.

He recons he's saving a couple of hundred a week on fuel.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Thanks Dougal!!! That quote is the funniest thing I have read all week!

Nothing wrong with what he said





He was talking about a petrol right??

JC.
There is an interesting photo, post 62790 ExplorOz forum, of a ZD30 1V block with 4 cracked pistons, one actually holed.
I believe the series 1V (4) would be the latest installment of this engine?
llandro

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

Pat, the Patrol weighs in at considerably more than a Disco or deefa and the gearings are high in Patrols hence you need to put your foot into it to get anywhere with them.

not wanting to nit pick.. but the patrol comes in at about 2.3t and the disco (II) at 2.2t.. so its only the difference of me sitting in it between them

i was surprised just how much the disco II weighed.. as so much of it is ally..

Thanks

Steve