I think the Jeep thing is due to the simplicity of the engine and low end torque that a crawler wants. IT must also mate up well with the under body goodies. There is good history with the builds, so it is simple to follow the beaten path. They like DANA 40 or 60 off a frod for putting power front and rear. I think they like the Exploder transaxles as well.
VW engines are sort of junk and underpowered without an extensive rebuild/upgrade to get the power desired. Upgraded injectors, IP, that make it expensive to make happen. At least that is the word in the woods in PNW. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Apr 3, 2018, at 6:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't even see a 617 being that great a choice in a Jeep anyway, you could > use a VW ALH or AHU engine and make the same power for less weight and > space... > -Curt > > > On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 12:32:41 AM EDT, M. Mitchell Marmel via > Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Stick a vergasser 6 in it. > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 10:49 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This one has been for sale for a while. I needed a transmission and had >> that scrape on the drivers door but looked pretty decent. Worth fixing for >> sure. So this ad popped up today so I messaged the guy and he said he >> bought it to pull the engine out for his Jeep project. Face palm. Guess he >> did not know how much these are going for these days. >> >> https://tulsa.craigslist.org/pts/d/83-300sc-mercedes/6549342578.html >> >> Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________ 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
