2013-06-19
South Africa
South Africa used to have a higher market share for large petrol engines, which now are pretty much outdated not just due to fuel consumption but also due to the lower reliability. V8 Land Rovers were more usual and still have some cult-following, but for sure they're now quite a shadow. I have even seen one which got the Rover 3.5 V8 replaced by a naturally-aspirated Isuzu 4JA1 from a wrecked Isuzu KB-250 (D-Max). Volkswagen Transporter vans were also popular, no wonder the rear-engined T3 lasted until 2002 with a 5-cylinder 2.6i engine unique to that market. No diesel for them, but the current front-engined Transporter is more usually found with the TDI. Old RHD Ford F-250 American CBU versions with the 4.9 straight-6 and 351W V8 are easier to find than a diesel version from the same vintage, but the '98-'05 ones made in Brazil got only a turbodiesel which looks like a TD42 from Nissan at a first sight, but has direct injection and overhead cam instead of the indirect injection with cam in block. I have heard about that engine in Australia, but haven't seen before. Next time I go to Brazil I might take a closer look at those engines.
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The Brazilian turbodiesel is the MWM Sprint 6.07TCA, which was also used in the GMT400 Chevy C-series trucks made in Brazil and Argentina until `02. There was a 4-pot version, the 4.07TCA, used in the Chevy S10 from `99 to `05 when it was replaced by a common-rail version, the 4.07TCE, meanwhile the 6.07 was phased out and replaced by a Cummins B-series derivative.
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