To answer your questions.

Yes the corolla came with a diesel, it was the CE71 or whatever the number was. It was used in the last rear wheel drive model both the change to front wheel drive.

I can't see anything too hard with swapping the motor into a ke3x to ke7x, just would have to do the usual things - engine and gearbox mounts, prop shaft, gearbox, etc. And brakes and suspension due to the heavier motor.

But all-in-all for the little bit of fuel economy that you'd get just wouldn't be worth the time, energy and cost that you'd put into it.

You will also have to change the diff over to a low ratio as petrol diff's are normally high.

To answer your questions.

Yes the corolla came with a diesel, it was the CE71 or whatever the number was. It was used in the last rear wheel drive model both the change to front wheel drive.

I can't see anything too hard with swapping the motor into a ke3x to ke7x, just would have to do the usual things - engine and gearbox mounts, prop shaft, gearbox, etc. And brakes and suspension due to the heavier motor.

But all-in-all for the little bit of fuel economy that you'd get just wouldn't be worth the time, energy and cost that you'd put into it.

 

prove it

you would have to drive it for ages to make any sort of gain from the economy vs. the amount spent on doing it. ever thought of buying an old diesel merc?

i really cbf cleaning this thread, i don't really want to get onto the bad side of people..

 

Yes there are corolla diesels out there. Yes they are slow. Yes they are good on fuel. Yes australia never got them new.

 

all happy now :dance:

YES :dance:

prove it

:hmm:

Proving that the time, effort and money to prove a point would just prove to be a waste of time, effort and money in proving something pointless.

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