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I've had a bit of luck in sourcing a QD32 Diesel for my '86 Pathfinder [of which I'm really chuffed]. £375 all in for a fully dressed engine [61,000 miles] including gearbox. My question is this... I'm sure i've read that an inlet manifold from a 2.7 TDI will fit the QD32. I want to ask if anyone knows if this is true as I want to turbo my engine.

 

thanks all!

Harv.

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My engine arrived today. All very clean. But whereas I thought I was just buying a QD32... it appears to be the turbo version. So... RESULT! I thought i'd have to do a turbo conversion so i've saved myself a lot of hassle and money.

 

I've also got back all of my interior bits after having been cleaned and painted black. They not only look a heck of a lot better black than the yuck brown as std but they look new now too!

 

I'll post piccies later on.

Harv.

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My engine arrived today. All very clean. But whereas I thought I was just buying a QD32... it appears to be the turbo version. So... RESULT! I thought i'd have to do a turbo conversion so i've saved myself a lot of hassle and money.

Awesome, got to love getting much more than you anticipated.

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More news on the QD diesel, it turns out it's the fly-by-wire version with intercooler! So I now need to source the intercooler, ECU and Wiring loom for it. I'm really chuffed about this!

 

Questions though:

1 - does anyone know of an aftermarket ECU manufacturer for diesels? They're very common for petrol's I know.

2 - same questions for the throttle potentiometer

3 - as the QD32 is the big brother to the TD27, would the ECU, wiring loom and intercooler from this work on the QD?

4 - are there any differences between petrol and diesel intercoolers? If not I was considering taking one from an Imprezza wrx.

 

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Harv.

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Are there any mechanics, auto elecies or turbo techies that can help me in finding an answer to questions 3 and 4 if no one knows the answer to questions 1 or 2? Please...

 

Thanks all

Harv.

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for #4: In principle, there should be no difference, as they accomplish the same goal, ie: cool the air fed to the intake downstream of the turbo. I may be wrong though as I know little to nothing about diesel engines other than basic principles.

 

I have a friend who used basically the entire intake/plumbing/intercooler from a TDI vw on a gas engine and it worked quite well. one of the best bang for the buck mods i have ever seen, as the tdi parts were available for a song from the scrapyard and gave his engine a huge boost in power. fuel bits obviously were custom and cobbled together but still a couple thousand dollars cheaper than the cheapest forced induction kit for his application.

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My engine arrived today. All very clean. But whereas I thought I was just buying a QD32... it appears to be the turbo version. So... RESULT! I thought i'd have to do a turbo conversion so i've saved myself a lot of hassle and money.

 

I've also got back all of my interior bits after having been cleaned and painted black. They not only look a heck of a lot better black than the yuck brown as std but they look new now too!

 

I'll post piccies later on.

Harv.

 

You're a lucky man. :aok:

 

Any chance you could find another one? :lol:

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