Recent content by Roscoe

Rob, my apologies for the slow reply. A 4-53 would fit in, if you have a look at the front of my engine in the above photos, there is a considerable distance between the radiator and the engine. I cant remember exactly, but there was an aluminium spacer I made up between the fan hub and the fan...

Yep, It sounded pretty much like that. It was also fitted with a Fairy overdrive, so you could split each gear. The engine weighed approx. 400 kg. I had fitted larger injectors and it produced 128 hp on the engine dyno before it was fitted to the vehicle. As you can see by the photos, the air...

Rob has hit the nail on the head. It is a 3 cylinder, 53 cubic inch per cylinder, 2 stroke diesel engine. It has a gear driven blower which supplies the inlet air. The cylinder liner has a series of open ports around it just above the piston when it is at BDC, at the same time there are 4...

Hi All My name is Roscoe and am from the Sunny Coast, QLD Aust. My first Land Cruiser was a 1976 FJ55, which I fitted a 353 Detroit Diesel into it. (Photos in my album). I currently drive a 1995 1HZ Troopy and my wife drives a 1999 100 series. The old Troopy is the most reliable vehicle, it...

Hi all, Thought some of you may be interested in my old FJ55 which in 1986 I fitted a 353 Detroit Diesel Cheers Roscoe