thank you everyone for the welcome

 

 

welcome

 

Welcome to DB! You are gonna love it here!

What a killer project! I would love to have an M715! If you are wanting Cummins Power, but don't want to chop up your ride, you may consider getting a 3.9L 4BT Cummins. It's basically a 12-valve 5.9L 6 cylinder Cummins found in the first and early second generation Dodge trucks, but with 2 cylinders missing, making it that much shorter. Most, if not all, that you find are mechanically injected, meaning they require no computers or fancy electrical connections. Just a hot wire going to the starter and another going to the fuel-shut-off solenoid.

They have no problem moving the Frito-Lay, Hostess, Wonder Bread, etc step vans they are commonly found in around in stock form (about 105-120 hp and 275-300 lb-ft of torque) and the same big-horsepower tricks that work on the 5.9L Cummins will work on the 4BT.

This guy has one in his Ranger. Granted he has a boat-load of money in it, but according to the magazine article, he's cranking nearly 800hp on fuel alone and 1000hp with the help of nitrous and running low 9's in the quarter mile! Not too bad for a little 4-cylinder!



Another, and even cheaper (to buy) option, would be the old 3.0L Merceades diesel found in the mid 80's sedans. They're compact, mechanically injected, turbo-charged, very fuel efficiant and can be cranked up to around 500 hp if you have the desire and coin. There is a feller on here that put on into a YJ Jeep and is very happy with the result. Here is his thread on it. Enjoy! https://www.dieselbombers.com/diesel...coversion.html

 

wow.... thanks for all the info dieseldude03

 

well...I finally found my donor truck/engine
A 1992 Dodge Cummins turbo diesel with only 99k miles
I figure I'll drive it this winter and hopefully begin the swap next summer.

 

After you tear it out - fix the Killer Dowel pin.

Congrats..