Diesel swap ideas SHOW YOUR IMAGINATOIN
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love the way you guys think- this is an excellent thread!!!
i HAVE a '46 ****** jeep but not touchin' it with a diesel....
I HAVE a 5 cyl mercedes engine and a (30ft) boat but did think of a diesel instead of twin 350s.....
My hubby has a 1940 plymouth truck (how many can say that!) that is ready for the dump (he left it sit for 20 years) so that could be a candidate.
MY PERSONAL dream was to chop down a 70s Kenworth and put a 5.7 in it, just cause I am 5 ft..........
i HAVE a '46 ****** jeep but not touchin' it with a diesel....
I HAVE a 5 cyl mercedes engine and a (30ft) boat but did think of a diesel instead of twin 350s.....
My hubby has a 1940 plymouth truck (how many can say that!) that is ready for the dump (he left it sit for 20 years) so that could be a candidate.
MY PERSONAL dream was to chop down a 70s Kenworth and put a 5.7 in it, just cause I am 5 ft..........
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I've been contemplating a Mercedes 4-pot and stick in an early 70's Toyota truck. Already put a Mercedes 4-cyl and auto into my f-i-l's 1947 Ford 1/2 tonner. I'm not gonna say it bolted right in, but it was a pretty easy fit.
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the p3's were around in the 50's only about 30hp on a good day, but masses of torque for a little engine.
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I also have a 16ft plywood hull inboard jet boat that was built by a friend in 1963 and originally had a 265 small-block chev and know has a broken 350 small block. The old jet-pump can only handle about 4000 rpm. I've been thinking about dropping a diesel in it to make it the stupidest boat on the lake. Cruising arount running home brew bio would be cool.
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at stovebolt.com i found a guy putting a 4cyl detroit (4-53T) int a 47 chev just like mine
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2013...80251109PSqQLE
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2013...80251109PSqQLE
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i kept getting tired of 8-10 mpg out of my amc 401 powered cherokee chief that already had a nv4500 behind the 401.
Square headlights arent my cup of tea so the radiator support was already going under the knife.....
and then i started looking at the spare turbo's and intercoolers i have been accumulating over the years and so ............... i started measuring my chief to see just what might fit. then i bought a 4bta for 1800 and a dodge 24v that was siezed for a couple bucks more with engine adapter plate and all the brackets tensioner ect.................
needless to say 12 months later i had even more parts in my garage nagging at me calling for me to do something with them....... then the amc 401 developed a sticky valve and lost a hole.............. nothing like a little motivation. that was a little over a month ago
So my imagination was a a wide track 2 door jeep cherokee chief with a all the bells and whistles including AC to be sporting a comfortably installed 4bta. A 4bta with a air to air cooler a HY35 and some injectors to keep things interesting. nothing like a mis-guided and under powered diesel to dampen the way things should be. so ma little love to the power screw to compliment those other goodies and puff you have a little 230 cubic inch wonder hopefully spinning out somwheres between 180-200hp and 420-470 ft/lbs where before you had a 120 hp and 290 ft/lbs
anyways current status is smokey fantasies can become reality with enough broken skin and they can be done on a budget.
still have plenty to do before it will be road worthy but i am pretty stoked
Next one of interest on my list is that v8 cummins coming in the 1/2 tons..... if not for the simplicity of the 4bt i would have probably waited and sourced a v8 in a couple of years just to try it out in the chief.
I really wanted to install a 4v53t or a 3v53t into the chief because of the ability to install a true jake and for the sound of a screaming jimmy but alas i was struggling to find one in decent shap and then the 4bt came along tuffy decission
Square headlights arent my cup of tea so the radiator support was already going under the knife.....
and then i started looking at the spare turbo's and intercoolers i have been accumulating over the years and so ............... i started measuring my chief to see just what might fit. then i bought a 4bta for 1800 and a dodge 24v that was siezed for a couple bucks more with engine adapter plate and all the brackets tensioner ect.................
needless to say 12 months later i had even more parts in my garage nagging at me calling for me to do something with them....... then the amc 401 developed a sticky valve and lost a hole.............. nothing like a little motivation. that was a little over a month ago
So my imagination was a a wide track 2 door jeep cherokee chief with a all the bells and whistles including AC to be sporting a comfortably installed 4bta. A 4bta with a air to air cooler a HY35 and some injectors to keep things interesting. nothing like a mis-guided and under powered diesel to dampen the way things should be. so ma little love to the power screw to compliment those other goodies and puff you have a little 230 cubic inch wonder hopefully spinning out somwheres between 180-200hp and 420-470 ft/lbs where before you had a 120 hp and 290 ft/lbs
anyways current status is smokey fantasies can become reality with enough broken skin and they can be done on a budget.
still have plenty to do before it will be road worthy but i am pretty stoked
Next one of interest on my list is that v8 cummins coming in the 1/2 tons..... if not for the simplicity of the 4bt i would have probably waited and sourced a v8 in a couple of years just to try it out in the chief.
I really wanted to install a 4v53t or a 3v53t into the chief because of the ability to install a true jake and for the sound of a screaming jimmy but alas i was struggling to find one in decent shap and then the 4bt came along tuffy decission
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I actually saw one of these (maybe Dodge) with a CTD transplant on eBay a couple of years ago. Sold for $14K. If I'd only had the money...
That got me thinking about a transplant or maybe putting the body on my truck if it would fit. Still have few zero fabrication experience and few mechanical skills, but I've been learning a lot of mechanical stuff the last few years.
This was taken just after I got it up out of the dirt:
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I'd like to take a Mercedes 617 turbodiesel and drop it in a Fox bodied Mustang. Light car with lots of aftermarket suspension and brake stuff available plus an efficient and reliable engine that makes adequate power. I figure it would run about as good as a V-6 Mustang and get in the low 30's for mileage - plus it would handle and stop very well. Could be a fun and unique commuter car.
Maybe by the time ol' Butterscotch rusts out I'll have a garage so I can make it happen.
Maybe by the time ol' Butterscotch rusts out I'll have a garage so I can make it happen.