Sounds like a great idea to me. I bet you'd loose some top end power on the highway, but gain some low end torque, and probably get 50% better mileage too. I've heard of someone doing this in a toyota pickup (wonder how they handled the weight of a 300TD in that?), and said it had much more power than the toyota diesel (2.4 liter turbo), and much quieter as well. You'd use the same transmission as in there now, or put the 4wd transfer case on the back of the 4speed auto from the Merc?
Z On 5/30/06, Chip Mefford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > with early 80s mercedes turbo diesel. > > I have a ford F150 4x4 standard bed pickup that > I want to keep, and a Mercedes 300td that I don't > necessarily want to keep. > > THe ford has the good ole dino-bone burning F300 > straight-six engine, and that Mercedes 5 cylinder > diesel *might* make a decent re-power alternative > power plant. > > has anyone heard of anyone doing this? > > thanx in advance, > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
