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trooper Tdiesel · 08-20-2012, 01:50 AM

the original post, sounds like what i do on a regular bases..

pull loads that are commonly moved with 1/2 ton trucks, with a smaller auto.

granted by USA standards my auto is not the norm, its much more common to find an 80s Isuzu SUV with a gas engine that gets 16 to 22 in a 4,300lb aro-brick....

then to have a little diesel engine in the same auto from the factory.

i will not lie there's no way i can even think of keeping up with traffic with loads that are as big as the tow auto with less then 80hp

let alone the braking power i had, tell i up-graded the brake system with parts from newer Isuzu's

08-20-2012, 01:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
trooper Tdiesel live, breath, Isuzu-Ds Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: oregon Posts: 231 puddle jumper - '93 Suzuki sidekick base model energizer bunny - '86 isuzu trooper base model Clifford the big red dog - '84 GM S-10 durango Thanks: 1 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	the original post, sounds like what i do on a regular bases.. pull loads that are commonly moved with 1/2 ton trucks, with a smaller auto. granted by USA standards my auto is not the norm, its much more common to find an 80s Isuzu SUV with a gas engine that gets 16 to 22 in a 4,300lb aro-brick.... then to have a little diesel engine in the same auto from the factory. i will not lie there's no way i can even think of keeping up with traffic with loads that are as big as the tow auto with less then 80hp let alone the braking power i had, tell i up-graded the brake system with parts from newer Isuzu's __________________ 1 86 T\D trooper with rare GEN 3 rods TRANS FIXED NOW DD 1 86 4WD 5sp pup is 2.3L gas, but plan on 2.2L diesel repower 1 91 trop, long term plan is a group buy of imported Isuzu 4JB1-T 2.8L I-4 engines, hoping to get price down to 2K not 3K plus 1993 sidekick my MPG toy, epa rating 26. i get 29/31 with stock drive train.