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Hey guys, I am serious about this too, I need a good cheap conversion (easy too) for my old dato ute. Nissan 720 the poor little thing

is a bit tired only having 119, 119, 115, 110 psi and using massive massive amounts of fuel. Should be 171psi.

What I need is some Ideas of engine swap and how hard / easy it will be. Any help would be great.

I am looking for good towing capacity and fuel economy.

Currently its a L18

Current thinking is a

Z24 2.4L out of a navara. I Know for a fact it bolts straight in.

SR20DE

vg30DE

vg25DE

ca18T

L20

v6 common bore (dont really want to go that way)

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If you are going the 2.4 then make sure it is the efi version as the carby ones are woeful on power and fuel. With it being full chassis you can pretty much put anything in legally.

So work out what it is going to be used for and use the appropriate engine.

EG Small cube not good for towing but good on fuel bigger cube good on towing but worse on fuel. You can buy a kit to fit the holden V6 into most utes and they are cheap as no one wants them for anything but a work ute.

The 2.4 Navara engine should also fit quite easy and as long as its injected as in the KA24 and not the Z24 then it should be quite torquey aswell.

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might be worth calling Castlemaine Rod Shop, they make a amazing number of conversion kits. you could also try and find something like an owners club or even talk to a Nissan commercial wrecker, sometimes they can be a mine of info on what goes with what because they see so many parts. if you dig enough you'll find someone, somewhere that has done it before.

alternatively, once you've calculated the time and money, and then doubled it, consider buying another ute unless this is something you really want to do.

google is you friend. $1400 for the V6 kit:

http://www.v6conversions.com.au/nissan720.htm

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Mate if you want easy get the L20. Dime a dozen too.

Im putting an L18 into my datsun and it literallly just drops in and plugs up.

The only thing youll notice is the L20 wont rev as high but i spose thats not really an issue in a ute.

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ok cool thanks guys..... mmm more thinking I can get the v6 common for around 500 including the kit and fuel pump too. If he has not sold it already.

Would love to stevie but I dont want to spend the money I am a tight arss....

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