720 pickup sd22

[danburger]

Hey there,

trying to find out some info on sd22 motor. Trying to swap it into a 97 Nissan HB. Has anyone out there done this yet? I think it should fit nice and hopefully hook right up into the bell of the trans. Any info would help! Also, anyone selling an sd22, sd25 sd33 sd33t motor? hah thanks

[datzenmike]

Negative, the diesel starter is on the driver's side and the bolt pattern is different than the KA or VG motors anyway.

 

You could swap the diesel 5spd in with the motor but the drive shaft will need lengthening. With some small work the front tranny case from the diesel 5spd. could be swapped onto the Hardbody 5spd. and then the drive shaft would not need mods. Any way you slice it you WILL need the front part if not all of the diesel tranny. The Hardbody 5spd is better anyway.

 

Dan fill out you profile with a rough location and ... pictures?

[steve g]

you will need an SD trans for the swap... it has a special bellhousing bolt pattern. If you have a 4x4 the sd oilpan will need the sump modified to clear the front diff.

[datzenmike]

He doesn't say but either way there were no diesel 4x4s for pan parts so everything custom.

[steve g]

He doesn't say but either way there were no diesel 4x4s for pan parts so everything custom.

 

yea... what i meant was "if" his HB truck is a 4x4 the SD oil pan will need to be modified.... if his hardbody is a 2wd the oilpan from the SD will clear

Must add that some countries had 4x4 sd trucks..... he might be from nigeria or something.... who knows?

[danburger]

I am in northern new england! hard to find parts up here. My truck is a 4x4 so the oil pan will be an issue. Do any of you know what the hp for this motor is? You said it was not as good as the ka24, how come? thanks for your help!:lol:

[steve g]

here in the states the sd22 is 70hp...... thats about half what your KA is.... not too good

[datzenmike]

But tons of torque and good mileage compared to a gas motor and they run forever with little maintainance. Would love a 3.0 liter V6 turbo diesel, .... if there was ever one made. :mad:

[danburger]

there is a inline 6 motor an sd33t that was in the international scout harvester model, its a nissan motor, but hard to find.... like all of them

[datzenmike]

Plus too long for good fitment. V6 would be nice.

[flinterman2000]

Plus too long for good fitment. V6 would be nice.

 

There is also the LD28 Which would fit, has reasonable power but not sure if the tranny would work tho.

[steve g]

There is also the LD28 Which would fit, has reasonable power but not sure if the tranny would work tho.

LD28 would be too long for a Hardbody

[datsunaholic]

LD28 wouldn't fit- 2 cylinders too long.

 

An any case, none of the diesel swaps would be legal. Engine would have to be 1997 or newer Federal-emissions compliant, assuming of course if he's in the US. Can't tell with no profile, though by calling it a Hardbody that kind of assumes US/Canada.

[flinterman2000]

LD28 would be too long for a Hardbody

Actually No. If its run fan-less just as in the 720 it would work.

[datsunaholic]

The 720 doesn't use a LD28. Even if converted, you'd still have to mod the firewall or move the radiator, because there isn't enough room for the extra 2 cylinders even without the fan..

 

An LD20, that would fit but still not legal and near impossible to find Stateside.

[steve g]

yeah the ld28 would not fit unless the truck was radically modified. The 720 never came with an ld28.

Datsunaholic.. you made a good point that no matter what a swap to an early diesel is not EPA compliant.. No point in doing all that work for almost no gain and then have to worry about the feds taking it off the road for you.

[77 rustrat]

see that is one reason that i dont live in cali over here in south carolina we dont have emissions checks so we can do whatever we want to and nobody says shit gotta love it

[dimedriver]

If you must have diesel, look at the acme adapters setups.

http://www.acmeadapters.com/store_engine.php

 

VW TDI engine + Toyota 22R style transmission. I would like this setup in a 510 wagon maybe get 70mpg hwy with it. 50mpg highway with the truck should not be out of reach.

 

The newest version of the engine makes close to 140hp and over 200lb/ft torque. Thats really nice power and your going to be putting into something lighter than it was made to move.

 

Most likely you will import an Audi front clip from the EU to get the right brackets they make more power there anyway. I have herd the front clips go for around 3k but that was back when gas was around/over $4 a gallon.

 

My wife has the 2006 jetta tdi with 100hp 170lb/ft 1.9l in it and it moves. The car is around 3500lbs. The turbo diesel's torque curve is way different than a gas engine's. All the torque is there at 2k and revving past 3k is useless but can be done. Red line on the gage is at 5 I think, but the forums say 5200 or 5500 is the limiter. Iff i were doing the swap I would look for the 2004 non PD engine. The newer ones use special oil thats expensive and hard to find. This is a dyno sheet of a modded 2006 tdi http://www.jettagirlracing.com/Dyn/Dyno_PD-150s_ST-3B_AlligatorTune.htm I have no idea how they get it hookup when lunching with FWD. I have gotten over 50mpg on long trips with the jetta the sticker is rated at 45mpg for it. The newer clean diesel 2.0L is rated at 41mpg.

 

There is also the newer ZD series of Nissan diesel engines but they still use dated technology nothing like the VW TDI's of even 10 years ago. Or try and fit the GM v8 diesel in there. Its the smallest of the domestics and fits anywhere a Chevy small block does and can build crazy torque when tuned.

 

-Dime