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I was hoping to stick with the Isuzu MSA gearbox if I went the 4BD1 route given it comes with the NPR donor truck. Seems like a plenty strong box that was designed to run with this engine, but looking on the AULRO forums I'm a little concerned that the guy making the adapter plates for the...

I saw that a couple of outfits in Australia made the shifter linkages and transfer case adapter for the MSA gearbox, but I'm not sure how active they are now. If I decide to go this route hopefully I can dig something up, I figure KLR is a good place to start to track it down. This has been...

I didn't know there were differences between the engine in the NPR trucks vs the perenties aside from the turbo, that's good to know. I'll have to see what the differences are to determine if that would cause problems for a swap. I was tracking the MSA transmission and I believe that is what is...

Yeah if I went the Isuzu route I'd use the Isuzu NPR truck as my donor vehicle which is the turbocharged version, which I've read can produce an abundance of power. Hoping it can be mountain worthy with some tuning tweaks. Appreciate your insight!

Mixture of weekend trail rig, drive it to work occasionally, and slowly building it up to be an overland long hauler. I used it as a camping platform for a week long hunt in the rockies and it did great. Curious how the 606 has performed for you with noise level? I'm not overly concerned as I...

Hey all, I have a 1994 200TDI Defender 110 that I've had for about 5 years now, and while the 200TDI is still chugging along I still find myself going through the hypothetical exercise on what I'll do if/when it decides to bite the dust. I don't mind the engine now, but even with an upgraded...

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