Has anyone ever swapped engines for a turbo diesel in a tacoma?

Has anyone ever swapped engines for a turbo diesel in a tacoma?

....asking for a friend

 

https://dieseltoys.com/tacoma-diesel-conversions

 

Saw a youtube video from the fast lane trucks where they interviewed someone who had the conversion done, seemed pretty clean from the video

 

siiiiiick thank you

 

There is a first gen taco for sale here in Bend, Or with diesel conversion for $35k

 

Do it!

 

I've seen 4BT Cummins swaps

The 4BT like any cummins is a great engine, but the ones I've seen do vibrate a lot

 

For the low low price of a life time of gas.

 

There is guy here in SA that does it about 24k for the conversion.

 

NOT MINE. 2WD conversion to make room for the tall engine.

 

Here we go again

 

I wouldn't do it other than if you wanted the learning experience, or if it gave you some key value like a lot more range. Value just isn't there imo.

It would be cheaper to find a KZ-T import 4runner or hilux and buy it for a trial to see if works for you. Or an HD-T 80 series import cruiser.

If you were to choose a motor to go in, I'd pick the OM642 over the OM612 posted above. Either one is probably going to run 10k-15k to swap in if you did it yourself.