Look for the 3.9L ISB It's a 4 cylinder version of the 5.9L, is available
with a turbo.. and can be found with a Chrysler bellhousing pattern.
I've seen those done in vehicles ranging from Wrangler to Suburban.
Many old bread trucks have them, as do many industrial vehicles.
I was looking for one for my Dakota, when a free V6 donor truck came along.
So I went that route for obvious economic reasons.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Oliver" <barrysuperhawk@comcast.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 2:26 AM
Subject: DML: oil burner conversion?
>
> Was driving home tonight at 1:30 AM and for some reason I started thinking
> about diesel conversions for my Dakota. Understand that I am half asleep
> right now, so there is definitely a bit of Tom-Think(tm) going on, but I
> was wondering, what donor motors could be used, and what would be the
> advantages of each?
>
> Ram Cummins: the obvious choice, but entirely too big to be a really
> practical conversion?
>
> Liberty CRD: The size is prolly right, but the power seems anemic and
> it's probably hard to find
>
> GC 3.0L: This seems like a better choice both from a size and power
> profile....
>
> Sprinter V6 [possibly the same v6 from the GC?] or I5: can be had in a
> factory turbo config, and these are designed to be more truck engines as
> compared to the liberty/grand varieties..
>
> What else?
>
> Understand, this was a product of 2 hours of tired, turkey stuffed,
> driving boredom. I haven't looked any of this up yet. In fact if I don't
> hit send, I likely won't even remember this tomorrow morning... Yup, lotsa
> Tom-Think(tm) going on tonight.
>
> So, what motor would you chose and why? If it were me, I would want as
> close to bolt in and factory trouble free as I could get. I am sure you
> could get one of the 6.7L's stuffed in there if you tried hard enough, but
> the end result would look like those S10 V8 conversions....Bleah.
>
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