Well, I am sort of going on the basis of the fact that the diesel engine is pretty heavy. It will require quite a boat and so I am thinking displacement hull maybe rather than planing hull. It is not going to put out high horsepower but has pretty good torque which is probably what we want for turning the prop anyway. Diesel can of course be fairly noisy so we will need to put a dandy cover over the motor to keep the noise down. I like the idea but like everything else, it would need some time and money.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren Faeth Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:37 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 400,000 miles and still ticking OM 603: It could be fast and quiet At 05:24 PM 11/16/2006, you wrote: >You can do wonders with fiberglass, bondo, sheet metal, pop rivets, screws >etc., so long as the undercarriage is >safe. > >How about swapping the drive train into something worthy in due course? I >keep thinking I would like an MB Diesel >in a boat of some sort. Might be slow and noisy but it would have a >certain panache. > >Randy > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren Faeth >Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 5:09 PM >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Subject: Re: [MBZ] 400,000 miles and still ticking > > > A LONG way, based on my 300k inspection. Unfortunately, it had cancer >when i got it. The cancer was in remission for 6 years, (after throwing 2 >grand at it) but now has come back, and I don't have the money to try >putting it into remission again. So we are just cruising along. It will >die of cancer some year, but until then we are cruising. 21 years in the >rust belt is still pretty respectable. > >At 05:00 PM 11/16/2006, you wrote: > >Keep changing that oil. Who knows how far it may go? > > > >Randy > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren Faeth > >Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:28 PM > >To: Mercedes Discussion List > >Subject: [MBZ] 400,000 miles and still ticking > > > > > >Since K'leb is gracious enough to let us slip a picture in once in a while, > >I thought some folks might like this one. It was taken when my 86 SDL > >rolled up 400,000 miles. It is a wonderful car. > > > > > > > > > >Loren Faeth > > > >_______________________________________
