Hi do any body know of sombody who has put a lexus V8 moter in a Pajero and wat the outcome was.
Thanx Johan
Hi Johan-hannes,
I was seriously considdering the same thing a while ago but the cost was just too high for me. All in all about R45000 to R50 000 including mapping , gearbox adapter, propshaft modifications, engine mountings etc.
The question I asked myself was: Should I break down somewhere in the bundus where will I get help?
How do you know what condition the motor is actually in before fitted to your vehicle ?
What is the actual mileage before fitment ?
I have friends who have installed the motor in two different vehicles one a Musso and the other in a Toyota mark 2 bakkie and not without problems ranging from injectors to gearbox and engine ECU's.
I do not know where you stay but asked the guys at Mitspro for a price on a complete overhaul of 3.5 and the said appr. R 25 000 all included.
I can not say whether the refurbished engine will give the same ammount of mileage as the origanal as some workshop manager told me that the 6G74 motor does"nt like to be overhauled and therefore would not last as long????????
This in my opinion is based on what type of materials is installed by means of pistons, rings, bearings and how the engineering machines the sleeves or am I smoking my socks here????????
Maybe some other motor fundi can help here.
Kind Regards
I was seriously considdering the same thing a while ago but the cost was just too high for me. All in all about R45000 to R50 000 including mapping , gearbox adapter, propshaft modifications, engine mountings etc.
The question I asked myself was: Should I break down somewhere in the bundus where will I get help?
How do you know what condition the motor is actually in before fitted to your vehicle ?
What is the actual mileage before fitment ?
I have friends who have installed the motor in two different vehicles one a Musso and the other in a Toyota mark 2 bakkie and not without problems ranging from injectors to gearbox and engine ECU's.
I do not know where you stay but asked the guys at Mitspro for a price on a complete overhaul of 3.5 and the said appr. R 25 000 all included.
I can not say whether the refurbished engine will give the same ammount of mileage as the origanal as some workshop manager told me that the 6G74 motor does"nt like to be overhauled and therefore would not last as long????????
This in my opinion is based on what type of materials is installed by means of pistons, rings, bearings and how the engineering machines the sleeves or am I smoking my socks here????????
Maybe some other motor fundi can help here.
Kind Regards
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I prefer a good rebuild over a swap any day. It gives you a chance to go over everything.
I rebuilt my 6G72 and went the full monty for just over R15k. I did the work myself though so had my own hands in the project and that is always useful for thoroughness and care.
I rebuilt my 6G72 and went the full monty for just over R15k. I did the work myself though so had my own hands in the project and that is always useful for thoroughness and care.
Thanx for both your comments. I have redone my 3.0L 6G-72 2 years ago (not so good that i can do it myself) 1 year and 18 000km later the topgascet went and now another year later the topgascet has gone again (15 000km). I would like some more power and am i bit fed-upp with this engin. They also tel me i need to spend quit a bit of money to swop it to a 3.5L 6G-74. Any more thougts are welkom. Will stil do some more homework.
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I was faced with the same kind of problem a few years ago when I popped a cylinder head gasget through ignorance.
What I initially thought to be ck gasget swop turned in to a major problem when the motor engineers informed me that the heads were twisted and to skim them would be dicey as they needed o take off too much to their liking. At that stage the spares to repair my block came to more than 14k and a jap replacement was 6k so it was not much of a choice.
I spent the morning at japan auto armed with plug spanners and a few other bits and settled on a replacement. I had to strip all the hanging bits off the import as it was for a front wheel drive automatic. I always go for an engine from an auto vehicle as they are generally not driven as hard as a manual. Having bought the new gasgets I decided to open the replacement and see what goes on inside. The factory hone marks were still visible on the cylinders and the micrometers and dial gauges all came back with readings well within factory spec.
In the end I fitted new water and oil pumps just because the engine was open and it would be difficult to do later. I used my old sump, inlet and exhaust manifold and flywheel. to date I have added another 100k to the engine without any problem. As a bonus the import engine runs a higher compression and produces a few more kw than our standard 6g72.
If this engine gives drama I would not even consider repair and would opt for a jap replacement but this time I would not bother to open the new one.
I have done a few engine transplants and built a pocket rocket or two and I did the research on upgrading to a 3.5 6g74 but the problems with management and reliability issues on transplants made me go back to the same 3l engine. A v8 Lexus is quite possible and I know of one that was built in to a colt 3l, the clutch had to be upgraded before the first oil change. The person who did the transplant works meticulously and is a first rate motor engineer and as a bonus the time he spent on this build was not for commercial gain so workmanship could not be faulted. I would think twice before doing it to a vehicle of mine that I wanted to take in to the bush.
What I initially thought to be ck gasget swop turned in to a major problem when the motor engineers informed me that the heads were twisted and to skim them would be dicey as they needed o take off too much to their liking. At that stage the spares to repair my block came to more than 14k and a jap replacement was 6k so it was not much of a choice.
I spent the morning at japan auto armed with plug spanners and a few other bits and settled on a replacement. I had to strip all the hanging bits off the import as it was for a front wheel drive automatic. I always go for an engine from an auto vehicle as they are generally not driven as hard as a manual. Having bought the new gasgets I decided to open the replacement and see what goes on inside. The factory hone marks were still visible on the cylinders and the micrometers and dial gauges all came back with readings well within factory spec.
In the end I fitted new water and oil pumps just because the engine was open and it would be difficult to do later. I used my old sump, inlet and exhaust manifold and flywheel. to date I have added another 100k to the engine without any problem. As a bonus the import engine runs a higher compression and produces a few more kw than our standard 6g72.
If this engine gives drama I would not even consider repair and would opt for a jap replacement but this time I would not bother to open the new one.
I have done a few engine transplants and built a pocket rocket or two and I did the research on upgrading to a 3.5 6g74 but the problems with management and reliability issues on transplants made me go back to the same 3l engine. A v8 Lexus is quite possible and I know of one that was built in to a colt 3l, the clutch had to be upgraded before the first oil change. The person who did the transplant works meticulously and is a first rate motor engineer and as a bonus the time he spent on this build was not for commercial gain so workmanship could not be faulted. I would think twice before doing it to a vehicle of mine that I wanted to take in to the bush.
Henk Bannink
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