04 Axiom Direct Injection...

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Originally posted by VX922
Replace TOD with hard xfer case, install manual wheel locks, do some elementary hot rod tricks, firmup bottom end and u get same results without the walking the thin ice wizardry

Please Post plenty of pics when your done!

Originally posted by skunkworks
However, in this day and age you have to be mindful of your emmission laws. If you have mandatory tailpipe testing in your area, or the prospect of it being put in place then your VX could be illegal to drive on the street or license. According to CARB rules which most states and feds copy, if the receiving vehicle is covered by emission regulations, no matter how clean it is, before it can be tested the swap has the meet several critiera. First the new motor has to be the same year or newer than the vehicle. Second the motor needs to be of the same family as the veihcle. I.E. no Ford into Chevy ect. Now, with the Hombre being sold as an Izuzu, a 4.3 would be legal but not another GM motor not sold as a Izuzu.

If you can get past all this, then you go to arbitration and are then at the whim of a bureaucrat. There is also this old thread. Good luck.

http://myweb.cableone.net/bcanderson...uroraSwap.html

albert

Found this to be very much "Food for Thought" when concerning a major engine swap such as to the Chevy LT-1.

Originally posted by SGT.BATGUANO
How about getting the direct injection shortblock and using that with your old top end? Is that new block a new revision and are our heads etc., a direct interchange? I don't know, but you could try contacting andy454 or Anita's Isuzu service person.

Would really like to know about this! Could be a viable option for those of us wishing to remain with the 3.5L should we encounter a terminal problem with our present powerplant.

Originally posted by MZ-N10
also is the engine mounts the same or does it require some modifications to fit it in?

Same...only location of fuel injectors has changed to directly firing into cylinders.