Quote Originally Posted by isuzurover View Post
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.


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.