Engine swaps
The swaps that boxy 4x4 owners actually do: which trucks they go into, the kits and adapters, what it costs, and the emissions and registration catches.
Coyote 5.0 swaps in the early Bronco
A Ford Coyote V8 in a 1966–77 early Bronco is a bit like a fax machine with a fibre connection: it's the right brand, the right shape and wildly out of its era, and it's the engine behind many of...
Read it →Cummins 4BT (3.9 L I4 turbodiesel) and Cummins R2.8 Turbo Diesel crate engine (2.8 L I4)Cummins 4BT and R2.8 swaps in boxy 4x4s
Two Cummins four-cylinders end up in boxy 4x4s. The 4BT is a 3.9-litre agricultural lump from bread vans and industrial kit, with a reputation for running forever and shaking your fillings loose....
Read it →GM LS family (4.8/5.3/6.0/6.2 V8)LS swaps in boxy 4x4s
Sooner or later every owner of an old 4x4 stands at the bottom of a long grade, foot flat, watching the speedometer fall, and has the same thought: what if it had an LS? GM's pushrod V8 has been...
Read it →Mercedes-Benz OM617 (3.0 L I5, mechanical injection, NA or turbo) and OM606 (3.0 L 24-valve I6, NA or turbo-intercooled)Mercedes OM606 and OM617 diesel swaps in boxy 4x4s
The OM617 five-cylinder is the diesel that took Mercedes saloons to absurd mileages, and the OM606 straight-six is the one tuners turn up until something gives. Both are cheap to find in scrapped...
Read it →Toyota 1HZ (4.2 L I6, non-turbo) and 1HD-T / 1HD-FT / 1HD-FTE (4.2 L I6 turbodiesel)Toyota 1HZ and 1HD diesel swaps in Land Cruisers
Most American Land Cruisers left the factory with a petrol six because that's what Toyota sold here. Elsewhere, Toyota sold them with diesels, and the 4.2-litre 1HZ and its turbocharged 1HD...
Read it →