The B and C series are great in industrial applications, but I’m not sure
they’re good for over the road in anything other than a large or medium sized
truck chassis.
-D
> On Oct 21, 2020, at 12:23 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> On 2020-10-21 06:39, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
On 2020-10-21 06:39, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Agreed. The B series is not ideal for an automotive engine swap for a
myriad of reasons. Granted, it’s a great engine in the right
application, but a W126 conversion is not that.
There once was a time that I thought the 4BT was a great little
Agreed. The B series is not ideal for an automotive engine swap for a myriad of
reasons. Granted, it’s a great engine in the right application, but a W126
conversion is not that.
-D
> On Oct 21, 2020, at 12:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> It would be interesting to know how man
It would be interesting to know how many 4BT engine swaps actually get
completed. I bet the vast majority that are started just end up shoved into a
corner or sent to the scrapper.
IIRC a 4BT is a very heavy engine that revs low and is relatively low power. A
poor choice for a car.
-Curt
O
The first guy probably has an engine with a bent rod, and likes Cummins
engines, or has one to play with.
The second guy thinks that he can get more money parting it out than
selling the complete car.
Yes, they are both crazy, but then again, so am I ...
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:09 PM Kaleb Strip
nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American
people
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:09 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Lately I have seen several posts on various facebook groups from
> idiots. 2 come to mind. First one was the other the d
Lately I have seen several posts on various facebook groups from
idiots. 2 come to mind. First one was the other the day a guy had a
nice looking 350SDL. Wanted to know if anyone wanted to buy the engine
for $1k because he planed to drop a Cummins 4bt in it. KK. Next
one was a guy pa
