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Factory Mitsubishi Diesel in a 1st Gen???

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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:10 AM
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Factory Mitsubishi Diesel in a 1st Gen???

Is this for real or is somebody confused about what a slant-6 is??? It appears to be a diesel due to all the injection hard-lines. I had no idea they made such a thing.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ADME:B:EF:US:1
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:18 AM
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That was available in '77 and '78. Performance was pathetic, nobody was interested. It was a fuel economy engine, not a towing engine - note that it's in a half ton. When you could go just as slow with a slant six and spend about the same amount on fuel, not many people got too excited about spending the extra money on a Japanese diesel.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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I figured it was a total turd, but I was surprised they actually tried something like that.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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Do you know the displacement of the engine? Trans?
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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I believe 4L.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Looks like it has an inline injection pump on it
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