Replacement Engines for Jeepney/FX/Revo Made by Isuzu [Merged]

[RedHorse]

from inq/27may05




ISUZU may be toiling under the shadow of market leader Toyota, but the smaller Japanese vehicle manufacturer has found a way to make money, rather than just eat dust, from the trail of its giant competition.

The local Isuzu will launch in July a diesel-engine replacement campaign targeting not only Industrial Revolution-era clunkers of the country's 200,000 jeepneys but also the engines of hundreds of thousands of Toyota Tamaraw, FX and Revo.

Costing P200,000 to P250,000, the brand-new, Clean Air Act-compliant Isuzu diesel engines come equipped with conversion kits to fit the engine bays of the target vehicles.

According to the grapevine, Isuzu has secured a government commitment to provide cheaper financing through transport cooperatives for the ambitious undertaking.

Excluding the Toyotas, P200,000 for 200,000 jeepneys translates to a whopping P40-billion market, a business that Isuzu had quietly cornered even before the Clean Air Act.

Proof? Just go and pop open the hood of any jeepney.

[BlueBimmer]

200,000? kinda expensive imo..

[nugundam93]

mautak ah...hehehehhe....

[yellowjip]

Isnt that kind of expensive for a jeepney driver to obtain?

[yebo]

P200k for a jeepney/fx/revo engine? di ba nila alam na dami surplus engines selling for just 20% of that? ano yan battle of the brainless?

[Juan Tamad]

Originally Posted by yebo

P200k for a jeepney/fx/revo engine? di ba nila alam na dami surplus engines selling for just 20% of that? ano yan battle of the brainless?

Iba pa rin yun bagong engine.. If you are willing to spend 200k and the FX body is ok... this is better alternative than getting a brand new AUV which cost more than 800k.

[luloym]

tapos kailangan ang maintenance sa isuzu casa para tumagal... patay kang jeepney driver ka!

[BlueBimmer]

sa ugali ng pinoy na lakas magtipid coupled with a high asking price for the engines, not to mention the thousands of available surplus engines available at a fraction of that price, sa tingin ko di yan papatok

[BlueBimmer]

oh n just imagine, sa mga may tsikot nga pag nasira ang ECU, surplus ang hinahanap. what more sa engine ng jeepney driver/owner na nagtitipid

[Mojo]

heh ehehe lagot sila sa clean air act,

[luckytruck]

good intention and strategy sana, pero the cost is too much.

and with AUVs naman, the body gives out before the engine, just take a look at the older tamaraws out there. parang cardboard na ang kaha.

tsaka, malapit na lumabas ang KHAOS for diesels, so magiging zero na rin ang emissions ng lahat ng bus and jeepney sa buong Pilipinas

andy

[RedHorse]

buses I think, are waiting na lang for CNG (compressed natural gas) stations para makumbinse sa conversion

[Panzer]

ano daw yung mga specificationg ng engine i rerelease nila?
baka naman malakas at matipid yun kaya 200,000 ang presyo.

meron bang casa na nagbebenta ng makina lang?

kung meron bibili ako..... basta may WARRANTY... ehehehe....

[luckytruck]

mitsubishi sells engines only. sikat na sikat ang 4d56 sa fishing industry. they get brand new para walang sakit sa ulo. wala nang warranty, kasi di naman sa kotse nilagay

if u want to buy mitsu engine bnew, you can go to el dorado, pero, of course, arm and a leg talaga compared to surplus.

andy

baka naman puro 4JA1 engines ang ilalabas nila. sana yng i-TEQ engine na para Euro-3 compliant na, reduced pollution pa!