A MB from a 240D (I believe) will bolt right to a 3.0 litre 5 banger. Chip Mefford wrote:
>Zeke Yewdall wrote: > > >>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? >> >> > >The mercedes automatic wasn't ever really a very good transmission, >kinda soft, and this one is quite old. The ford manual is a >granny gear 1st 4speed, so I'd rather keep it. This is/will remain >a 'work truck'. I sure would like to keep the ford xmission. > >It seems, that the OM617 turbo diesel is just about the most >ubiquitous engine of that type in the US. They are all over the >place, and can be had for reasonably little money. > >I'm a little suprised there isn't more info about swapping >this engine around. > >thanx again. > > > >>Z >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >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/
