Don’t go 4.6, they were never a good engine at the best of times. Porous blocks and slipped liners are the order of the day, and to be fair you’d be much better with the torque of a diesel on a 6x6Plus if the LD28 suffers the same issues as the previous engine - ran OK but never built any oil pressure - then I've conveniently got a 4.6 V8 that could go into it, then it'd be back to at least a V8.
Too much to go wrong, stick with mechanical engines4.6 would have been a short term thing until I located a suitable TDV8 and built an ECU for it.
You're speaking to a chap who has manged to snap two crankshafts on an all mechanical engine. Never managed it on the TDV8.Too much to go wrong, stick with mechanical engines
I’ll stick to a cummins block that will take 1000hp in standard clothes. Tdv8 is a good engine but wouldn’t be my choice unless I was trying to get somewhere fast.You're speaking to a chap who has manged to snap two crankshafts on an all mechanical engine. Never managed it on the TDV8.
Conversely designed electronic systems that have been in continuous use for half a decade without respite. Well built electronics are almost always much more reliable than mechanical stuff. It's just there aren't very many well built electronics anymore, all driven by price.
At the risk of going off the original topic...I’ll stick to a cummins block that will take 1000hp in standard clothes. Tdv8 is a good engine but wouldn’t be my choice unless I was trying to get somewhere fast.