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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:30 am

dieselguy86 wrote:Just for anyone who might be thinking of it, an A pump will not bolt up to the timing case on a 4jb1. I mean it could with some machining, but way too much trouble than it would be worth.


I have an A pump sitting here too. I’ll have to have a look. Could swap the flange off the VE pump onto the A-pump. Probably just need some re positioning of holes
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby dieselguy86 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:01 am

The flange on my a pump was to wide for that adapter. My ve pump has a 2 bolt flange, where my a pump has 4, and that is the problem. If it was 2 instead of 4, it would fit.

My a pump doesn't have a tach pickup, and needs a separate switch to activate the 12v shutoff solenoid. I'll just deal with the ve pump for now. But if you make some discoveries with the a pump, I'm all ears.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:02 pm

I guess that makes it harder. The A-pump is a much better pump than the VE, I have a 12mm A-pump would have tried to fit it to the 4jb1 but want to keep it for the 3.9 4bd1 for the next project.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby dieselguy86 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:36 pm

Just make sure it's the correct rotation. I bought a 12mm a pump and found out it was a right hand rotation, when i needed a left hand. If i remember right, biggest plungers and barrels for left hand spin is 10mm. Im probably wrong on that.

Now that you mention it, i have an a pump off a 4bd engine, gonna have to check what plungers are in it.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby mh1989 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 3:43 pm

My 4bd1t has 9.5mm plungers. Still good enough for 300hp
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:41 pm

dieselguy86 wrote:Just make sure it's the correct rotation. I bought a 12mm a pump and found out it was a right hand rotation, when i needed a left hand. If i remember right, biggest plungers and barrels for left hand spin is 10mm. Im probably wrong on that.

Now that you mention it, i have an a pump off a 4bd engine, gonna have to check what plungers are in it.

Yeah they are right hand rotation, so a bit difficult to do with the 4JB1T
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:44 pm

mh1989 wrote:My 4bd1t has 9.5mm plungers. Still good enough for 300hp


What sort of setup are you running on your 4BD1T? Single or compound? I’m looking at doing a 350-400hp for my drag Ute with a compound 4BD1T
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby mh1989 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:50 pm

paulthepilot5 wrote:
mh1989 wrote:My 4bd1t has 9.5mm plungers. Still good enough for 300hp


What sort of setup are you running on your 4BD1T? Single or compound? I’m looking at doing a 350-400hp for my drag Ute with a compound 4BD1T


Its not finished yet but just a single turbo running a holset he221

Mine is in a land rover discovery 2 using the truck msa gearbox
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby Roderunner » Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:28 pm

Interesting project you have happening, I hope that you keep posting updates!
On the possible crank snapping problem, apparently they usually snap off at the front just behind the harmonic balancer, partly because this is where the torsional vibrations are more concentrated. Add in some excess fanbelt tension helped along by the screw in belt tensioner adjuster and the front of the crank gets pre-loaded a tad too heavily in many cases. Excess injection advance which can induce "nailing" (that tapping noise) also magnifies the torsional vibration seen by the crank, so some minor cold engine nailing might be ok, but if you can avoid it....
The other vulnerable spot on a 4 cylinder inline engine is the big end of no. 3 cylinder, as it also gets a much larger dose of these destructive vibrations,at 3000 revs, which leads me to the flywheel....I know that the standard flywheel weighs a lot, but shaving it down contributes to the torsional vibration problem, so unless your building a 1/4 miler I would think twice before losing some weight off it. The 3000 rev. vibration band is a bummer because it's often co-incides with the open road cruise speed, so you could be cruisin along at part throttle and 5 pounds of boost (light load) and have the no. 3 bearing shit itself. (Don't ask me how I know this lol) all for a few pounds worth of flywheel weight!
On the pump plunger, I believe that the Australian 4jg2 engine has a 12 mm pump plunger from the factory, but I can't remember if it was the electronic pump or the pre- electronic pump, it's something that you can chase up if you feel inclined.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:09 pm

mh1989 wrote:
paulthepilot5 wrote:
mh1989 wrote:My 4bd1t has 9.5mm plungers. Still good enough for 300hp


What sort of setup are you running on your 4BD1T? Single or compound? I’m looking at doing a 350-400hp for my drag Ute with a compound 4BD1T


Its not finished yet but just a single turbo running a holset he221

Mine is in a land rover discovery 2 using the truck msa gearbox


Sounds like the same setup I have on my series 3. 4bd1 with an MSA.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:24 pm

Roderunner wrote:Interesting project you have happening, I hope that you keep posting updates!
On the possible crank snapping problem, apparently they usually snap off at the front just behind the harmonic balancer, partly because this is where the torsional vibrations are more concentrated. Add in some excess fanbelt tension helped along by the screw in belt tensioner adjuster and the front of the crank gets pre-loaded a tad too heavily in many cases. Excess injection advance which can induce "nailing" (that tapping noise) also magnifies the torsional vibration seen by the crank, so some minor cold engine nailing might be ok, but if you can avoid it....
The other vulnerable spot on a 4 cylinder inline engine is the big end of no. 3 cylinder, as it also gets a much larger dose of these destructive vibrations,at 3000 revs, which leads me to the flywheel....I know that the standard flywheel weighs a lot, but shaving it down contributes to the torsional vibration problem, so unless your building a 1/4 miler I would think twice before losing some weight off it. The 3000 rev. vibration band is a bummer because it's often co-incides with the open road cruise speed, so you could be cruisin along at part throttle and 5 pounds of boost (light load) and have the no. 3 bearing shit itself. (Don't ask me how I know this lol) all for a few pounds worth of flywheel weight!
On the pump plunger, I believe that the Australian 4jg2 engine has a 12 mm pump plunger from the factory, but I can't remember if it was the electronic pump or the pre- electronic pump, it's something that you can chase up if you feel inclined.

In my case the crank snapping may have been caused by a loose harmonic balancer. But as you said, not an uncommon thing in these.
They do cruise a lot better at lower rpm, I changed my diff ratio so sit at around 2400 @100kph. And it makes 1st a bit more usable at the drags.

Seems to be a general no no, advancing the timing in the Isuzu’s. Does make more power, but at a price. I was running more advance than factory, but I was also running water/meth which slows down combustion and peak cylinder pressure. I have actually dropped the compression ratio a little on the rebuilt engine, make things a bit nicer for the high boost.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby dieselguy86 » Sun Jul 14, 2019 4:43 am

How did you lower compression? Thicker head gasket or did you machine the pistons? Was thinking of possibly machining some valve relief and the bowl some to lower mine to somewhere around 17:1.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:55 am

dieselguy86 wrote:How did you lower compression? Thicker head gasket or did you machine the pistons? Was thinking of possibly machining some valve relief and the bowl some to lower mine to somewhere around 17:1.


Shimmed the head, running around 17:1. not much margin to machine the square pistons. Be careful changing the bowl, can have a drastic effect on combustion, as well as the height of the injector nozzle in relation to the bowl.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby dieselguy86 » Sun Jul 14, 2019 7:09 am

I have round bowl pistons to put in. Was just going to de-lip them and re profile the cone in the bowl to a more modern design. Going to need more area in the bowl to handle the extra fuel/ heat. Not going to change the bowels depth or diameter, just refine the problem areas, and then ceramic coat it.

Btw, i sent you a pm regarding injectors.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby dieselguy86 » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:46 am

So did some more exploring/ research today. While looking at the list of nozzles, i noticed that the common rail nozzles had the same size holes, amount of holes, and degree of spray. Difference was they had what is called a dlc, diamond-like coating. This is because here in the U.S. we switched to ultra- low sulfur diesel which has a sulfur content of <5ppm. Pretty much took out all of the lubricity in the fuel. So they use this coating to survive the lack of libricity, but the mechanical nozzles don't have this.

So i just happened to have a common rail injector out of my 6.6L duramax. I took the nozzle out and wouldn't you know it, it fits the 4jb1 injector. The only difference was, the stock 4jb1 nozzles pin has an extended portion that protrudes up and contacts the spring, where the common rail nozzle did not. It was flush with the end of the nozzle body.

Anyways tomorrow im going to make a call to the leading fuel injection place not far from me, too see what they have to say. It would be really nice to have the dlc for maximum durability. I'll see if i can upload some pics later so everyone can see what I'm talking about.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:18 pm

dieselguy86 wrote:So did some more exploring/ research today. While looking at the list of nozzles, i noticed that the common rail nozzles had the same size holes, amount of holes, and degree of spray. Difference was they had what is called a dlc, diamond-like coating. This is because here in the U.S. we switched to ultra- low sulfur diesel which has a sulfur content of <5ppm. Pretty much took out all of the lubricity in the fuel. So they use this coating to survive the lack of libricity, but the mechanical nozzles don't have this.

So i just happened to have a common rail injector out of my 6.6L duramax. I took the nozzle out and wouldn't you know it, it fits the 4jb1 injector. The only difference was, the stock 4jb1 nozzles pin has an extended portion that protrudes up and contacts the spring, where the common rail nozzle did not. It was flush with the end of the nozzle body.

Anyways tomorrow im going to make a call to the leading fuel injection place not far from me, too see what they have to say. It would be really nice to have the dlc for maximum durability. I'll see if i can upload some pics later so everyone can see what I'm talking about.


So are these a 4 hole nozzles your looking at?
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby dieselguy86 » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:51 am

No i believe the 6.6 duramax is a 7 hole nozzle. Probably not going to use that nozzle, i just wanted to check if it would fit. The coating would help the life of the injector tremendously.
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby Waco1 » Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:40 am

Diesel guy,

I have a 4JB1 with a 5 speed 4x4 manual. The MUA transmission took a dump and I need a replacement. Will the MSG bolt up to the 4JB1 and do you want to sell it?
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Re: Modding my 4jb1t for 250hp

Postby paulthepilot5 » Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:31 pm

dieselguy86 wrote:Ok, found more info, here's how the nozzle coding works.
I'll use the 4 hole nozzle as a reference DLLA146PN-055

D stands for nozzle,
L means hole type injector, N is for pintle for the idi diesels, and S means sacless nozzle
L is for long shank, there is also S which stands for short
LA means there is no ring groove, and dowel pin hole is 90° from fuel duct.

The 146 is as stated before, the spray angle.

P means it has a 14.3mm nozzle body collar diameter.
S is 17mm,
M is 14.6.

The last 3 digits is simply the "serial number" in which that nozzle was designed/ made. For instance -056 doesn't mean it's an upgraded nozzle. It was just the next one designed after -055.

The PN, SM i was talking about before is Zexels spin on Boschs P and S designation, probably to keep from having the exact same numbers.

So after figuring all that out, i found some Bosch DLLA149P-601 which has a 8x0,23x149° hole pattern. This is just slightly below the 50% increase i was looking for, and is right in the middle of the range of the spray pattern degree ive been finding, as well as also meant for a 2 spring injector body.

In the next day or so im going to see how easy/ hard an inline Bosch A pump will mount to the timing case, just for experimental purposes 8-)



Dieselguy86
Do you have any info on part numbers referencing the spray pattern offset in relation to injector body? The inclination of the injector is what makes it hard to find suitable nozzle upgrades. Spray pattern and orifice size aren’t to hard to sort out, but having the spray pattern offset to the injector the right amount and being clocked around in the right direction seem to be the roadblock.

Keen to see if anybody have info or answers
Cheers
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