2ltr in a lwb

[bushwacker]

hi all been offerd a 2.2 lwb fronty on a p plate the engine is furburd, found plenty of cav engines in 2ltr but no 2.2 brother offerd me a 2.8 dihatsu engine not sure about that at the mo,qeustion is will the 2ltr cav engine same as fronty sport have enough power to pull the lwb fronty? i no the ercos bros done somthing simulare but could not find the posting.............pete

[furball]

Considering the 2.0 is generally considered to be underpowered in the SWB I would think it would be pretty rubbish in the LWB.

[drinksoptional]

I have a 2.0 sport and to be honest it is little under powered on the road. its ok if you want to plod along but if you hit a long hill it needs to down shift or it passes out even then it crawls along. i reckon in a LWB you would have alot of gear changing and high reving to keep it going it would put you off driving your frontera. I was disappointed at the lack of power when i first got mine as i live near daul carrageway which is a long steep hill

[bigdazz]

have to agree would be under powered and u would be changing gears all the time and would ruin the ride

[Dave_RAYNET]

the one thing no one has mentioned, the cav engine. Is it an 8v or a 16v?

If its an 8v valve, you'll go faster with the blown 2.2, if it's the 16v Ecotech then there is plenty of power.

[drinksoptional]

mine an 8v on a 97 plate,