so what do guys want ?

Rockwatt wrote:

vitara_mad wrote: affordable diesel conversion kit

What do you mean buy affordable? The reason the kits are expensive is the time consuming machining involved, if I could guarantee to sell say 50 kits and not have ££kkk sat on the shelf for years then maybe I could make some for less but there just not viable for me to make a few at mass produced prices.

And as you know me and how I work ! I make things to a quality not a price so if I did make some they may be expensive but you would know they would work properly don't you

And what engine would you use !!!!

Dave cc wrote:
And what engine would you use !!!!

Not thought about it to be honest. Not a big fan of diesel engine's in a zook they are to heavy. Best 4 pot diesel I know of is the Vito cdi for torque and reliable power so if I was doing it for myself thats what I would use, did the xud and Isuzu thing in sj's years ago and hated them.

Think the problem with Modern diesels is getting over the issue with all the electronics xud in a suzuki Wasn't nice as you say maybe a nice Renault engine lol

Makeover of the Jimny tapered bearing setup for kingpins. Why oh why has someone not done away with the shit bearings that always fail.and fitted some type of bronze bush that can be greased.

Dave cc wrote: Think the problem with Modern diesels is getting over the issue with all the electronics xud in a suzuki Wasn't nice as you say maybe a nice Renault engine lol

All the Renault's I can think of use the xud. Modern diesel ecu's have a fixed map, there not self teaching like a petrol with a lamda, so on a Jimny where there is little in the way of extras that use the ecu it would be fairly simple swap of ecu and cheat the key chip for the new one (tape the key to the transponder lol)

But like I said it's not somthing I'm interested in putting my time into. Saying that I could just buy a Jimny with a Diesel engine in it and just reverse engineer it couldn't I, that way I could save a fortune on r&d pmsl

Anyway this thread isn't "diesel conversion" start a new thread if your looking to discuss that topic please.

jimothy wrote: Makeover of the Jimny tapered bearing setup for kingpins. Why oh why has someone not done away with the shit bearings that always fail.and fitted some type of bronze bush that can be greased.

A tapper bearing can be preloaded in 2 simultaneous directions to remove any play but bush setup can't without locking up, it would be viable if the top and bottom kingpins were further apart reducing the effect of play.

Kingpin bearing fail purely from lack of maintenance, if there stripped,cleaned,and re greased instead of being left full of mud and water they last a good long time. Same goes for wheel bearings ! Don't wait till the wheel drops off pmsl