Hello,

as my previous project Y60 RD28 was sold, I am about to buy a Y60 TD42 from UN army, that came from Bosnia and Hercegovina. It has the steering wheel on the left side, as all european cars, and it looks quite original, not modified. TD42 are quite rare in Europe, I did not have any opportunity to drive any of those before. There are some things I was wondering about, and most of it can be answered if someone have driven both TD42 and RD28.

1. How to tell the difference between 2.8/4.2 diffs and gearbox? I mean, ar there any things that are quite easy to see the difference - just to be sure, that there is an original FS5R50A and HG41. How to tell? I've seen alot of cars, that had only the engine swapped to 4.2, and the rest of drivetrain was from 2.8.
2. Is the 1st gear as short in 4.2 as in 2.8? Seller says, that he actually starts rolling from the 2nd gear, because 1st is soooo short. It is pretty short on 2.8, so I wonder how is it on 4.2?
3. it is an 1997 so-called "black top" engine, how reliable are they compared to silver tops, how do they tolerate turbo upgrades and so on? I was thinking about a turbo upgrade for that engine.

Any help will be useful.

Cheers!