multifuel conversion

[gimpyrobb]

Love that whistle! Heck, I've seen a 466dt in an M725, why not.

 

[Patattack]

if it works, i bet every one will be doing it just like the bobbed duece. i know i will.

 

[southdave]

FYI older detroits are damed near multis lol... look for 453 with turbo than you could be a 2 strokin

 

[jesusgatos]

I would also suggest just transplanting whatever body you want onto a deuce chassis. Would be a LOT easier and you'd end up with a nicer rig in the end.

 

[jesusgatos]

But that's not to say you CAN'T do it. My Grandpa put a HUGE old Cat engine in a Suburban. Forget what it was exactly, but it was stupid. He finished it, but ended up parting it out because he couldn't find a rear-end with a high enough gear ratio to make it drivable.

 

[wreckerman893]

Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean that you SHOULD.

As stated at the beginning of the thread you can run all kinds of stuff in a diesel engine....I run my Ford diesel Ranger on 50/50 diesel/veggie in the summer.

If you thin it down so it will go through the IP and injectors a diesel will burn a lot of stuff.

 

[ODdave]

IIRC the duece engine makes less HP...........

 

[jesusgatos]

Well who should decide what someone else should / shouldn't do?

 

[jesusgatos]

But that's not to say you CAN'T do it. My Grandpa put a HUGE old Cat engine in a Suburban. Forget what it was exactly, but it was stupid. He finished it, but ended up parting it out because he couldn't find a rear-end with a high enough gear ratio to make it drivable.

Just checked with my Grandpa and it was a Cat 3208.

 

[nk14zp]

Who was the first to BOB a duece and WHY did they do it????
because someone told them it wasn't possible....

Come on Guys, the American GI was, and in most cases still the most "creative" indivuals on the earth!!! I say CARRY ON !!!!
Remember the stories about the Jeeps that got "repowered" with the BigBlocks?????
This is just another form of repowering..... might rip the snot out of he truck, but done correctly ...... It will be ONE HECk of a RIDE!!!!

The army was the first to bob a deuce the xm381.

 

[still standing still cyco]

a little off subject, but shows you can build anything with enough skills, ingenuity, and a warped enought mind... i run a drive-thru convenience store, and tonight a customer came thru in a mid-90's Nissan 2-door Sentra(aka SE-R) that was sitting high with 30" or so mudders in the back... i asked what was up with it, and it turns out he converted it to rear-engine rearwheel drive, using an air-cooled VW motor and transaxle, such as whats in a railbuggy... just weird enough to make a crappy car kinda cool...