Isuzu I-Mark diesel

[R.O.R-2.0]

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

should just find someone with a manual car with a fresh engine that wants to almost give it away 

[lord_verminaard]

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

No, but I have seen quite a few in my days, actually, I'd say 90% of all Chevetts I have seen were Diesel, and I think all of them were manual.  Been a while since I have seen one though.  But if I do, I'll let you know. 

Brendan

[truckinwagen]

well, considering that they only made 500 or so diesel chevettes(and even less i-marks) I wont hold my breath for one that is good for a swap.

-Owen

[lord_verminaard]

Wow seriously???  That's crazy.  I knew a friend in college that had 7 of them. 

Brendan

[truckinwagen]

yeah, they didn't sell very well, but they did seem to end up all together in the end.

I think even a manual from a gasser chevette would work(would need the flywheel machined to fit the crank) but I have only seen two gasser chevettes up here and they are still on the road.

-Owen

[lord_verminaard]

Talking 4-speeds or 5?  Pretty sure the gasser Chevette 5-speeds were all T-5's.  I thought the Diesel versions used some sort of Isuzu trans?

I owned a Chevette for like a week.  Found out it had a bad head gasket and I junked it.  That was before I knew anything about cars though. 

Brendan

[truckinwagen]

the gas manual will fit on a diesel, but the flywheel is wrong(diesel flywheel is too big to fit in a gasser bellhousing, and gasser flywheel does not bolt up the the crank)

there is a bellhousing that mates with the diesel and allows a manual(T-5, etc...) but they are made of unobtanium, and I would still need a pedal cluster.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

been having some trouble with my new tires rubbing the air lines to my shocks through, resulting in massive tire rub.

so I have been riding my bike to work(too exhausted to work on the car after the day)

finally got the rear end back up in the air, still needs to be fixed right, but it will drive without shredding the tires on every bump for now.

I got the oil feed/drain fittings, as well as a remote filter adapter, which will allow me to put the filter upright.
the stock filter is on its side, which is a real pain when it comes to oil change time.

the new filter adapter has a couple outlets on it that can be used to tap into the oil supply, I plan on feeding the turbo with one.

still need to find a fitting for the return line on the pan, I am looking for a fitting that I dont have to weld in(a fitting that bolted through with a nut would be great) but I am having trouble finding one.

ordered a new vacuum switch to control the brake pump(the old one was intermittent) so I will soon have power brakes again, and also in preparation of re-installing the supercharger.
I dont work for a high end conservative retailer anymore, I am a carpenter for a construction company, so I think I can get away with not having a hood for a while(or I can ride my bike, it is summer after all)

anyway, I will take and post pics as these things find there way onto the car.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

also played with the nitrous for a while again today, had lots of fun, and noticed a few things.

the nitrous adds the same amount of power throughout the RPM range, say 25HP.
that extra HP feels like alot at low RPM, when the motor is not making much power by itself, but when the engine revs up and makes more power naturally that extra 25 ponies does not feel like so much.

as the RPM rises the nitrous adds less % of total power output.

so, I was thinking about running a second stage, triggered by engine speed, to kick in and bring that % of output added back up.
maybe an auber tach(with controllable trigger point) with an induction trigger(or simply figure out how many pulses per rev the stock isuzu sender produces) to control this second injection, still triggered by WOT.

got to thinking about this on the highway, where the nitrous did not seem to add much, while taking off from a start it really kicks the motor in the butt(very nearly breaks the tires loose)

-Owen

[macka]

the gas manual will fit on a diesel, but the flywheel is wrong(diesel flywheel is too big to fit in a gasser bellhousing, and gasser flywheel does not bolt up the the crank)

there is a bellhousing that mates with the diesel and allows a manual(T-5, etc...) but they are made of unobtanium, and I would still need a pedal cluster.

-Owen

what about one of the Ford Ranger diesel of the 80's? they had a T5 with a bigger bellhousing.

[truckinwagen]

thats probably where the unobtanium one came from.

very few of those trucks around, and most of the ones not on the road were crushed.

-Owen

[R.O.R-2.0]

the gas manual will fit on a diesel, but the flywheel is wrong(diesel flywheel is too big to fit in a gasser bellhousing, and gasser flywheel does not bolt up the the crank)

there is a bellhousing that mates with the diesel and allows a manual(T-5, etc...) but they are made of unobtanium, and I would still need a pedal cluster.

-Owen

what about one of the Ford Ranger diesel of the 80's? they had a T5 with a bigger bellhousing.

they were also mitsubishi 2.3TD powered..

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Can this setup work for you?

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/2395291099.html.

Not mine.

[R.O.R-2.0]

that would fit, but thats only the engine and trans. he still needs pedals and all that fun crap..

[truckinwagen]

wow, thats a good deal, but out of my neck of the woods and bad timing(moving next weekend)

gonna just live with it for now, got 40MPG on a trip to homer this weekend(includes a couple mountain passes, and lots of passing motorhomes) so I think I can stop ***ing for a while.

-Owen