Go '72 in the GM, disc brakes up front... Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I agree. A 4BT rattles and shakes and makes a lot of noise. It is much heavier than the gas engine the trucks came with. A 6 bt is bigger and heavier, and the new ones are more refined, but it is too heavy for half or 3/4 ton peekups. A 6 BT might work in a 1 ton, but for 1.5 or 2 ton, its da bomb. An OM 603 at 125 HP is at least as good as a ford 240 or 300. Yes, it cruises at 3000 RPM, but that should push along the truck with the original rear end at highway speeds. If you turn up the fuel some and add a couple PSI of boost it should equal the HP of a 300 cubic inch or so merkun gasser. It will be no more weight, perhaps lighter than a small block frod, shovey of dogde. I am not thinking of any newish truck. a 1980 or so frod would be the newest I'd look at. 1966 to 1968 (GM, frod or dogde) or so would be preferable. > Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > November 27, 2016 at 8:53 PM > I've never been so excited about driving big truck engines in > passenger type vehicles. The only 6BT I drove was an '01 24 valve and > it had nothing on an MB or VW diesel. > Gearing decides where you rev to. For a 1 ton truck the 6BT is > probably the best choice but for something smaller like a 1/2 ton > truck doing light work a 602/603/606 is probably fine. > -Curt > > From: Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: "mercedes@okiebenz com" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OM606 in W126 300SDL > > They don't have much torque until they rev. A 4bt is much easier and > cheaper to fit and tune in any sort of truck here in the us. _______________________________________ http://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 _______________________________________ http://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
