ManicMechanic
Veteran Member
Hello. I thought I would put my latest project up for others to see. I'm putting a Volkswagen 1.9 turbo diesel in a 87 samurai. List of mods prior to engine swap are
YJ spring conversion
2 inch yj springs
Toyota axle up front
Rock assault Toyota rear axle
5.29 gears with a spool in the rear
Toyota power steering
OTR steering
4-1 gears in case
EOS t-case cradle
I was going to run the samurai trans with an acme adaptor but I don't think the 190mm clutch will handle the power and torque coming from the ALH. I found a 1984 Toyota Supra trans at the local junk yard and found it has a higher over drive than the same year truck trans and you can bolt a 22r bell housing right to it. When I looked at getting the adaptor from acme I noticed they don't use any dowel pins on either side and only 4 of the 5 bell housing bolts on the motor. Plus it costs 600 bucks. I figured I can do it better. So I did. Here's what the samurai looks like now and the adaptor. The adaptor use's all 5 bell housing bolts and the bottom 2 are dowel pins with threads in them to bolt from the engine toward the trans. I've been working on this for a while so I'll post up a bunch of pics as I can.
YJ spring conversion
2 inch yj springs
Toyota axle up front
Rock assault Toyota rear axle
5.29 gears with a spool in the rear
Toyota power steering
OTR steering
4-1 gears in case
EOS t-case cradle
I was going to run the samurai trans with an acme adaptor but I don't think the 190mm clutch will handle the power and torque coming from the ALH. I found a 1984 Toyota Supra trans at the local junk yard and found it has a higher over drive than the same year truck trans and you can bolt a 22r bell housing right to it. When I looked at getting the adaptor from acme I noticed they don't use any dowel pins on either side and only 4 of the 5 bell housing bolts on the motor. Plus it costs 600 bucks. I figured I can do it better. So I did. Here's what the samurai looks like now and the adaptor. The adaptor use's all 5 bell housing bolts and the bottom 2 are dowel pins with threads in them to bolt from the engine toward the trans. I've been working on this for a while so I'll post up a bunch of pics as I can.
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