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Hurry up
Similar arguements made on the Isuzu 1.5 and 1.7 lumps. More power made with the 1.5 lumps due to metal between cylinders.
Is the rod/stroke ratio listed any where for the XUD7 and XUD9 and XUD11 out of interest ?
Is it possible to bore the XUD7 out to XUD9 size or are teh sleeves not thick and strong enough to accomodate that ?
I did read that the heads are different and a XUD9 head wont go on a XUD7 head - dunno, not convinced yet.
I'm figuing to grab the box, shafts, starter and mounts from teh Rover and chuck them on the XUD9 engine instead. Then I don't need to source a whole car to make a box fit as the Rover box is a mirror image of what I'm used to. Plus it can take a Torsen LSD and selectable ratios
If the XUD9 and XUD7 have the same footprint, this is becoming easy
The XUD7 has a displacement of 1.8 L (1,769 cc), with a bore of 80 mm (3.1 in) and a stroke of 88 mm (3.5 in).
The XUD9 has a displacement of 1.9 L (1,905 cc), with a bore of 83 mm (3.3 in) and a stroke of 88 mm (3.5 in).
The XUD11 has a displacement of 2.1 L (2,088 cc, with a bore of 85 mm (3.3 in) and a stroke of 92 mm (3.6 in). ATE/BTE
Hurry up
Similar arguements made on the Isuzu 1.5 and 1.7 lumps. More power made with the 1.5 lumps due to metal between cylinders.
Is the rod/stroke ratio listed any where for the XUD7 and XUD9 and XUD11 out of interest ?
Is it possible to bore the XUD7 out to XUD9 size or are teh sleeves not thick and strong enough to accomodate that ?
I did read that the heads are different and a XUD9 head wont go on a XUD7 head - dunno, not convinced yet.
I'm figuing to grab the box, shafts, starter and mounts from teh Rover and chuck them on the XUD9 engine instead. Then I don't need to source a whole car to make a box fit as the Rover box is a mirror image of what I'm used to. Plus it can take a Torsen LSD and selectable ratios
If the XUD9 and XUD7 have the same footprint, this is becoming easy
The XUD7 has a displacement of 1.8 L (1,769 cc), with a bore of 80 mm (3.1 in) and a stroke of 88 mm (3.5 in).
The XUD9 has a displacement of 1.9 L (1,905 cc), with a bore of 83 mm (3.3 in) and a stroke of 88 mm (3.5 in).
The XUD11 has a displacement of 2.1 L (2,088 cc, with a bore of 85 mm (3.3 in) and a stroke of 92 mm (3.6 in). ATE/BTE