which engine in a GQ ???...RD2.8 turbo or zd30 cant decide help

[timbar]

Looking at buying a GQ with the 2.8 turbo but what am i looking for ??? or is the 3.0 better need more info to help me decide ???

[MEGOMONSTER]

Gq with a 6L conversion. Is what your looking for. Believe me it will not disappoint. Lol

[timbar]

Gq with a 6L conversion. Is what your looking for. Believe me it will not disappoint. Lol

thanx mate but doesnt support my question im looking at a diesel this time i wanna try and bring my running fuel cost down but still be able to tow my heavy trailer every day I know a 4.1 would be better but not too many decent ones around for the cash i dont have hahaha 6lt would be nice though....

[93patrol]

theres a niceish 2.8 with low km down here in bunbury check gumtree as i am on the work computer it won t let anywhere near those kinda sights so cant link it

[93patrol]

i would go the 2.8 honestly myself if theres no good 4.2 for the price your looking for

[timbar]

yeah could be the same one hahaha

[93patrol]

white one with skinnies

or theres was one posted on the 31 dec td42 1990 model on gumtree dont know if its still there but if you private message your number i can send the link

[Clunk]

Mate, the only diesel choice you have is the 2.8 or 4.2......... the 3ltrs were petrol

How much have you got to play with again?

[timbar]

Mate, the only diesel choice you have is the 2.8 or 4.2......... the 3ltrs were petrol

How much have you got to play with again?

sorry mate the zd30 is diesel

they dropped my insured value to $6500 couple months ago from $8800 spewin hey

[Clunk]

sorry mate the zd30 is diesel

they dropped my insured value to $6500 couple months ago from $8800 spewin hey

Sorry bud, I'm tired as....... I didn't think the did the zd30 in gq, thought it was just Gu.......... thought you may have meant the RB30.

[macca86]

Zd30 first appeared in the series 2 gu as the rd28 replacement. Gq engines are the tb42 petrol rb30 petrol rd28 diesel and td42 diesel. Any other engine would be a conversion. For towing and fuel econ a well looked after rd28 with chip tune exhaust would be ok but prob be better off doing the same with better results to a td42

[Jonesy_sa]

Has a ZD30 engine been swapped into a GQ; would like any info on this and what was involved?

[93patrol]

it would be too hard to backwards engineer it

[the evil twin]

I think they were talking GU's and there was a typo.

Surely no one in their right mind would try and backward engineer the electronics etc of a ZD30 into a GQ.
I don't see any point. Surely you would put a TD42 into any donor GQ, cheaper engine, easier engineering, ballpark similar performance

[Jonesy_sa]

Yes the OP did make a typo, however I would be interested if anyone did make the above conversion on the basis while researching the TD42 swap I was offered 2 ZD30 turbo's very cheap.
I simply presumed it was cheaper than the TD, more common and possibly someone had done it.

[mudski]

You got them cheap as no one wants them...sell them both a buy a slab of beer with the cash...

[Clunk]

You got them cheap as no one wants them...sell them both a buy a slab of beer with the cash...

Thought he said he was offered them, not bought them

[mudski]

Thought he said he was offered them, not bought them
My bad................

[the evil twin]

Yes the OP did make a typo, however I would be interested if anyone did make the above conversion on the basis while researching the TD42 swap I was offered 2 ZD30 turbo's very cheap.
I simply presumed it was cheaper than the TD, more common and possibly someone had done it.

Cheaper... if you mean the cost of the second hand ZD30 versus TD42 engine, yes, if you mean the cost of the engineereing, hell no
More common... if you mean ZD30's in general probably yes, decent second hand ZD30's, hell no
Has someone done it... haven't even heard a rumour but maybe someone has somewhere, in a few more years as more CRDs become available maybe more will appear.

The bottom line is that if you want a ZD30di powered Patrol it would be easier and cheaper to go and buy a GU with a ZD30 in it already than do a swap out.

[GQ TANK]

Why would you put a grenade in a GQ (early ZD30),