Isuzu I-Mark diesel

[R.O.R-2.0]

well, if you want a full manual valve body, a turbo 350 would be cheap to get, and easy as hell to get parts for, but it may be hard to fit it in the trans tunnel. i believe the bell housing was removable on my toyota metric warner trans also..

[truckinwagen]

problem is that the THM350(and the THM400 and THM200 for that matter) is a three speed, and I would really like to have a four speed if I can.

the 200-4R, and 700-4R both have manual valve bodies available.
the 700 is easier to find, but is bigger than I need, and the 200 has better gear spread.

gonna keep my eye out for a good used 200-4R and get a manual valve body for it and make an adapter plate.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

the transmission is an aisin-warner 03-55
and yes the bellhousings are different on the 1.8 and 2.2

I have heard that the bellhousing is the same as the 1.8 gas isuzu, but they are just as hard to find as the diesels, so..

and the timing advance mods worked!

it will pull all the way to 5K with no stumble, it does drop power pretty significantly after 4K, but some nitrous or FI should help that out.

all in all its running better than ever now, I have it tuned for as much fuel as it can deliver without a hanging idle(already done the throttle spline mod and the governor mod) with the boost pin in the no-boost position.

smokes pretty good at WOT with the nitrous off,and still a bit with the nitrous on.
it will smoke like a tire fire with the boost pin at the full-boost position, so there is plenty of room for fuel with the turbo/supercharger.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

 


-Owen

[maxfax]

SWEET!!!!   It's a start anyhow...   

One other advantage to the 2004R, lightweight internals reduce parasitic losses...

[truckinwagen]

yep, and the option of a higher stall converter for launches, and still keeping fuel economy with the lockup.

I bet if I didn't have the oversize tires it would have roasted them with no trouble.

-Owen

[R.O.R-2.0]

problem is that the THM350(and the THM400 and THM200 for that matter) is a three speed, and I would really like to have a four speed if I can.

the 200-4R, and 700-4R both have manual valve bodies available.
the 700 is easier to find, but is bigger than I need, and the 200 has better gear spread.

gonna keep my eye out for a good used 200-4R and get a manual valve body for it and make an adapter plate.

-Owen

the older 2wd S10 pickups got 200R4 trannies i think..

[truckinwagen]

some did, most got the THM180(like a light weight THM200)

all the local junkyards dont have any, I think my only hope of finding one is to have one shipped up from the states...

-Owen

[R.O.R-2.0]

too bad the 2.2 has a different bell pattern, the S10s and luvs had isuzu motors. dunno what trans tho.. i know some came with autos.

[truckinwagen]

the 2.2 auto got a THM200, or an Aisin Warner three speed.

[R.O.R-2.0]

the 2.2 auto got a THM200, or an Aisin Warner three speed.

well, looks like your SOL for now then.

[lord_verminaard]

Would a manual trans from a Chevette (Diesel) be a direct swap?

Brendan

[truckinwagen]

yes it would, but I would need the pedal cluster, all the clutch parts, FW, etc. to go with it, otherwise it becomes a big swap.

why do you ask, did you find one?

-Owen

[R.O.R-2.0]

yes it would, but I would need the pedal cluster, all the clutch parts, FW, etc. to go with it, otherwise it becomes a big swap.

-Owen

so, basically you would have to find a Kadett with a manual, and pull all the specific parts.. i doubt Kadett parts are easy to find on their own like VW parts are..

[truckinwagen]

yeah, pretty much would need a manual car to pull the parts off of(and at that point why not just throw my motor in the manual car, instead of swapping all the other stuff...)

-Owen