From what I remember ...

There are more differences between the SUV (Montero, Montero Sport) and the car and minivan engines than just what's been mentioned so far. AFAIK, the SUV engines have significant differences involving bosses and accessory locations.

Everyone on the 3G/Eclipse/etc. forums always strongly recommend staying away from the SUV engines "because stuff isn't located in the same places and there are boss differences between the SUV engines and everything else" that makes fitting an SUV engine a real PITA. I seem to remember reading that retrofitting a SUV engine requires grinding and some welding.

That was plenty enough for me to hear to convince me I didn't want to find out they're all correct.

Edward