4BD1/T vs Rover V8 County

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

I briefly owned a stock 3.5V8 '85 county when I first bought my 4BD1 '87 county.

The 3.5 made the na 4BD1 seem slow.

After I turboed my 4BD1 (at a cost of ~$1500 all up), I stored Bojan's v8 county which had a fresh 3.9 short motor with 3.5 heads and carbs. The 3.9v8 seemed like a slug in comparison to the 3.9Tdi.

So yes, stock for stock the v8 goes better, but has almost double the fuel economy and almost half the engine lifespan.

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Agree
But then twice the gear box life etc etc we could go on and on.
but as i said i like my NA Isuzu, LPG gives it just that little bit more to make it nice around town, ( smoothes it out and revs nicer) for me to be happy. i had a quick drive of a nice v8 at Melrose, smooth nice but had to use a lot of foot where i would expect the Isuzu to idle up.
at the end of the day, the Isuzu cost more new so it must be better.