On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Fmiser wrote: >> Alex Chamberlain wrote: >> >> diesel-powered Rolls Silver Shadow. > > Hmm. A Silver Shadow is pretty heavy even for a strong OM603. > I think a 6BT would be about right...
If it's not too tall for a car application. I'm reminded of the special Earth Day episode of "Pimp my Ride" in which a '60s GM muscle car (a Chevelle maybe?) receives a Duramax transplant and then goes to the drag strip setting all kinds of records on biodiesel. They had to cut a hole in the hood and put a big fiberglass bulge on it to make room for the engine. With the Silver Shadow there's probably lots of other issues I haven't thought of given the (to be polite) wacky British engineering of those cars. For example, there's a weird high-pressure Citroen-style (or 450SEL 6.9-style?) brake and suspension leveling system needing to be powered, although I imagine that's the kind of problem that could be solved with sufficient application of money and custom fabrication. (These are the kind of things I wonder about when people swap American engines into Benzes, parenthetically. How does a Ford 5.0's A/C and heating systems interface with a 123's ACC, to give one example I've seen?) Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
