Diesel 1st gen?

Eventaully somewhere down the road I want to swap my 01 tacoma 2.7 liter engine to a small diesel engine. I know i'd have to replace the transmission and everything to, and porbably fab my own frame mounts, etc. I just wanna know if this has been done before and how much work it would take to make it work, thanks

 

bump...anyone?

 

Google up 4bt in a tacoma, Its a 4 cylinder cummins.

edit also check out www.4btswaps.com

 

Here ya go...
http://www.dieseltoyz.com/Toyota_diesel_conversions.html

A company in Texas is doing for ya, kinda pricey though.

 

You probably want the 1KZ-TE engine (toyota 3.0 4cyl turbo diesel) or the 1KD-FTV, which is the newer version.

Very hard to find here in the states. Quite expensive. Go figure why the rest of the world knows that diesel is the way to go, while the American consumer or car buyer is just too damn clueless.

 

Any idea where you would find one?

 

you should swap for a rotary motor

 

thats not a bad idea either, there probably much more common...mabye

 

and itll be way faster get yur hands on a 3 rotor just be sure to pay lots and lots for gas

 

Meh...but if the majority of car buyers want a diesel...it will happen. Capitalism will ensure that.
We are seeing that with the VW cars with TDIs right now, since there's such a long waiting list (or was...I haven't checked in a little while).