'Been making some of the worlds best big rig and generator Diesels since '30's but couldn't make a smaller one for a car.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 4.5L Duramax > Didn't they (GM) also make big rig Diesels back then as well - but > themall engine guys didn't talk the big experienced, big engine guys? > One of those "the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing" > scenarios? > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Wilton Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the faux Diesel of late 70's into early 80's disaster fame. > > > > Wilton > > > > > >> Didn't they try to dieselize the small block and stick it in a buick or > >> caddy back in the 80s. Had lots of problems I recall as lots of the parts > >> were not intended to take the extra beating a diesel subjects them to. > >> > >> > Anybody remember the last time GM came up with a diesel on their > >> > own? > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and > mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway > '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
