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small engine pick-up trucks
Topic Started: Feb 14 2013, 02:57 PM (3,184 Views)
Tinker1980
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The later model S10 trucks did have a 2.2, but that 2.2 was a GM pushrod motor, not made by Isuzu. My brother had one it did pretty good on gas. I had an 88 mighty Max, and it got just about the same mileage as my fullsize Chevy. Those little mini trucks are great, but they run $12,000 here and they are all used!
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Plus the mini trucks are not legal to drive on city streets in most states. I don't know why because they are bad ass! ^o)
Edited by robertino, Feb 15 2013, 12:11 AM.
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Buy a small pickup that you like, add a 1.0 or a 1.3 with a Samurai 5-speed. You will have a small pickup with fantastic gas mileage. You can do this legally in most of Oregon!
Edited by Good bye, Feb 15 2013, 12:31 AM.
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Tinker1980
Feb 14 2013, 11:38 PM
The later model S10 trucks did have a 2.2, but that 2.2 was a GM pushrod motor, not made by Isuzu. My brother had one it did pretty good on gas. I had an 88 mighty Max, and it got just about the same mileage as my fullsize Chevy. Those little mini trucks are great, but they run $12,000 here and they are all used!
I think the pushrod motor was the 2.5 litre Ironduke, also a good motor! My friends 96 s10 had an OHC 2.2 litre motor, I helped replace the chain guides and chain at about 250k.
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blue rhino
Feb 14 2013, 10:11 PM
My cousin used to have a chevy luv pickup, first generation. Not sure what engine was in though. Have another friend who has a early ford ranger, when they first came fuel injected with a small four banger in it. 88 model or so with a 2.0 liter engine.


Heres you a three cylinder truck,

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they sell these imported trucks here. they are legal to drive
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How about we just move away from all these gas engine trucks and go towards the diesel ones they had back in 80's or take 4BT Cummins and put it in about any truck you like to have that is light such as S10 or Dakota and really churn out some MPG with longevity. Can't be that hard to DIY.
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68custom
Feb 15 2013, 12:29 AM
Tinker1980
Feb 14 2013, 11:38 PM
The later model S10 trucks did have a 2.2, but that 2.2 was a GM pushrod motor, not made by Isuzu. My brother had one it did pretty good on gas. I had an 88 mighty Max, and it got just about the same mileage as my fullsize Chevy. Those little mini trucks are great, but they run $12,000 here and they are all used!
I think the pushrod motor was the 2.5 litre Ironduke, also a good motor! My friends 96 s10 had an OHC 2.2 litre motor, I helped replace the chain guides and chain at about 250k.
The pushrod engine in my brother's truck certainly wasn't the iron duke - it was a 2200 Vortec in a 1995 S10. It isn't an OHC engine It's the same engine that had been used in some of the FWD GM cars in the early 1990's. I think it had about 40 horsepower on the old iron duke :lol

I like the idea for putting a 1.3 samurai engine/transmission into a truck, but... The same brother who owned the S10 owns a samurai, and when it ran on gasoline he was doing good to get 20 MPG out of it. Below a certain displacement, compact truck engines don't seem to get good mileage. I think the frontal area/barn door shape may have everything to do with that.
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I am a fan of '80s Mazdas. All the quality of a similar Toyota without the big Toyota markup.

My dad bought an '87 B2000 SE-5 in late 1986. He put 376,000 miles on it before he wrecked it in early 2001.

To this day, I can still identify one of these trucks by the way sounds when it cranks...

The little Datsun minitrucks are really cool, but they are getting pricey. Especially nice survivors. Rust KILLED most of these little trucks.

About 1.8l is as small as most trucks in the US got.
Edited by Cobrajet25, Feb 15 2013, 02:08 AM.
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I forgot to mention - Cobrajet talking about the B2000 reminded me.

Dear old dad bought a 1986 Isuzu P'up in January of 1987. I remember riding home in the back of it, it was a "Spacecab", what 'Zu called their extended cab. I was six years old. He got rid of that truck, still running, 243,000 *city miles*, when I was 21. It had been halfway across the country, from around Norfolk, VA to northwest AR several times. It had the 2.3 liter Isuzu 4ZD1 engine, making 110 horsepower. For the most part never had any problems, and returned 35 mpg. Toward the end, it developed an overheating problem, that dad couldn't nail down - replaced the thermostat, the head gasket, flushed the system out, and it still overheated. I knew what the problem was, but there is a big difference between Dad and I. Dad will not try to fix something, because he doesn't know if he can fix it, while I will always try to fix something, because I don't know that I can't. Now I know that the truck had a bad radiator, and had he replaced it - either myself or my brother would still be driving that truck.

Much like the Mazda Cobrajet mentioned, the Isuzu had Toyota quality, without the Toyota markup. The purchase price for a brand-new 1986 Isuzu P'up extended cab? $7,000.
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Tinker1980
Feb 15 2013, 03:01 AM
I forgot to mention - Cobrajet talking about the B2000 reminded me.

Dear old dad bought a 1986 Isuzu P'up in January of 1987. I remember riding home in the back of it, it was a "Spacecab", what 'Zu called their extended cab. I was six years old. He got rid of that truck, still running, 243,000 *city miles*, when I was 21. It had been halfway across the country, from around Norfolk, VA to northwest AR several times. It had the 2.3 liter Isuzu 4ZD1 engine, making 110 horsepower. For the most part never had any problems, and returned 35 mpg. Toward the end, it developed an overheating problem, that dad couldn't nail down - replaced the thermostat, the head gasket, flushed the system out, and it still overheated. I knew what the problem was, but there is a big difference between Dad and I. Dad will not try to fix something, because he doesn't know if he can fix it, while I will always try to fix something, because I don't know that I can't. Now I know that the truck had a bad radiator, and had he replaced it - either myself or my brother would still be driving that truck.

Much like the Mazda Cobrajet mentioned, the Isuzu had Toyota quality, without the Toyota markup. The purchase price for a brand-new 1986 Isuzu P'up extended cab? $7,000.
Lol...great story. My dad's Mazda was a longbox, had some options, and came in at about $7700.

I remember riding with him in the truck when I was about 12 or 13. I was watching him shift, and was amazed that he could do it without looking at the shifter.

"How can you shift without looking, dad?"

"Ohhh, after awhile you just kind of remember where the gears are."

Lol! :lol
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IIRC the iron dukes were in the 80s s10s and early 90s.

like any other older vehicle, you need to make sure that parts are cheap and easily accessible.
I prefer the s10 over the ranger.....but I had a few 2.3L 80s ford rangers and man they ran good for being basic trucks. These trucks were used and abused and they kept going.
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Tinker1980
Feb 15 2013, 01:54 AM
68custom
Feb 15 2013, 12:29 AM
Tinker1980
Feb 14 2013, 11:38 PM
The later model S10 trucks did have a 2.2, but that 2.2 was a GM pushrod motor, not made by Isuzu. My brother had one it did pretty good on gas. I had an 88 mighty Max, and it got just about the same mileage as my fullsize Chevy. Those little mini trucks are great, but they run $12,000 here and they are all used!
I think the pushrod motor was the 2.5 litre Ironduke, also a good motor! My friends 96 s10 had an OHC 2.2 litre motor, I helped replace the chain guides and chain at about 250k.
The pushrod engine in my brother's truck certainly wasn't the iron duke - it was a 2200 Vortec in a 1995 S10. It isn't an OHC engine It's the same engine that had been used in some of the FWD GM cars in the early 1990's. I think it had about 40 horsepower on the old iron duke :lol

I like the idea for putting a 1.3 samurai engine/transmission into a truck, but... The same brother who owned the S10 owns a samurai, and when it ran on gasoline he was doing good to get 20 MPG out of it. Below a certain displacement, compact truck engines don't seem to get good mileage. I think the frontal area/barn door shape may have everything to do with that.
wow I guess I am wrong, my bad!! :O :( :hmm :news
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