Oh no... quite the contrary. The Surf diesels are unf@$kably reliable... (once the head has been redone) the downside is they are absoutely gutless and couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. Mine has 370k's on it, still on the standard turbo, just had the head and fuel pump done.
The Chev, on the other hand, makes more metres of torque than Newton would know what to do with, but will quite inconvienietly shit itself to bits with no provokation or reason.
The Surf only sees occasional duty for offroad weekends and camping trips so I'm hoping the big block doesn't decide to pack it in somewhere out in the boonies... :)
I could theoretically also bolt in the 6.5L V8 Turbo from the military spec Hummer H1... if I can find one :bash: