Dumb swap idea.. July 14, 2009, 01:37:45 PM Soo, i came up with this rediculious idea.....id like to see someone put a turbo diesel in a fox....yes i know, custom fab work would be a must,,, im also assuming a custom oil pan, and possibly custom k-member....Just a stock 7.3, chipped, exhaust,..... id bet itd be one fun ride!!! Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #2 – July 14, 2009, 03:24:39 PM Not so dumb, I know of a 89 lincoln with a diesel motor in it. Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #3 – July 14, 2009, 03:56:11 PM Yes, the lincoln mark vii was available with a BMW straight six turbo diesel. These are pretty rare though.CoogarXR Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #5 – July 14, 2009, 07:19:04 PM Wh diesel. Buy a truck if you want a diesel. Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #6 – July 14, 2009, 07:28:09 PM Growing up, I used to drive my grandmother around using my grandfather's Buick Park Ave. with a diesel. It was actually more economical and powerful than a gas engine "boat" of that size. Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #7 – July 14, 2009, 07:41:53 PM Thats cause it was a diesel, and thats what diesels do. I dont understand why people think they belong in trucks only. Youre saying that VW TDi's that get 50+mpg shouldnt exist? Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #8 – July 14, 2009, 08:19:45 PM Quote from: HAVI;282200Growing up, I used to drive my grandmother around using my grandfather's Buick Park Ave. with a diesel. It was actually more economical and powerful than a gas engine "boat" of that size.I seriously doubt it was more powerful, maybe on par with a V6 gas motor but defiantly not a gas V8... What do I know about the 350 Olds Diesels(that were almost all GM V8 diesel installs)??? I owned two of them in Cutlasses, a S/W(for 5 years) and a 4dr sdn(maybe 6mo, liked the S/W better)... HP for my '81s was 105, not exactly a screamer, the early ones were rated 125hp... Those used a different injector pump and injectors... I did have the 125hp pump on the wagon for awhile, and it made more power but smoked so bad I was afraid I'd get a ticket, so I swapped it for another 105hp pump(orig had failed)...The wagon would knock off 32-33mpg on the highway(exactly what the 4cyl MPG Stang II I was driving prior would give), ran that thing from here to Xenia OH for a All Ford Show in '92(this was way before Carlisle started their all Ford show)... Would only make 45mph up the mountains on I-64 in VA & WV but it'd keep trying... In 3rd the Stang would run 65 up the mountains, but of course it weighed prob 800-900lbs less... Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #9 – July 14, 2009, 08:20:55 PM I've long dreamed of a diesel Fox daily driver. A 7.3 would be a no-go though. Those engines are HUGE!!!!! Some much better (and more powerful, and more economical) swap candidates would be the GM/Isuzu 6.6 Duramax (saw a Mustang in a magazine with a Duramax, I believe it ran 10's and got 35 MPG) or the Mercedes Bluetec V6 Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #11 – July 14, 2009, 10:29:39 PM Anyone drive a TDi before? I have (I sold them of course) they are peppy little cars, I really don't see people's fears of Diesel cars is. In Europe 99% of cars sold there have a Diesel option even their sporty cars. I think it'd be a neat idea. Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #12 – July 14, 2009, 11:08:57 PM Quote from: TurboCoupe50;282204I seriously doubt it was more powerful, maybe on par with a V6 gas motor but defiantly not a gas V8... What do I know about the 350 Olds Diesels(that were almost all GM V8 diesel installs)??? I owned two of them in Cutlasses, a S/W(for 5 years) and a 4dr sdn(maybe 6mo, liked the S/W better)... HP for my '81s was 105, not exactly a screamer, the early ones were rated 125hp... Those used a different injector pump and injectors... I did have the 125hp pump on the wagon for awhile, and it made more power but smoked so bad I was afraid I'd get a ticket, so I swapped it for another 105hp pump(orig had failed)...The wagon would knock off 32-33mpg on the highway(exactly what the 4cyl MPG Stang II I was driving prior would give), ran that thing from here to Xenia OH for a All Ford Show in '92(this was way before Carlisle started their all Ford show)... Would only make 45mph up the mountains on I-64 in VA & WV but it'd keep trying... In 3rd the Stang would run 65 up the mountains, but of course it weighed prob 800-900lbs less...Probably so, since the only thing I could compare to was my '78 f150 4x4.IIRC, Even the Ford Focus had a diesel in Europe. Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #13 – July 15, 2009, 05:29:26 PM Im not talkin daily driver,....anything is possible... but i was watching speed channel and this banks guy was saying that they want to take diesel int 200+mph,.......ummmmm yeah , sighn me up!!!! besides,.. if a truck has to be launched in 4wd,....(on a strip)... and the thing can MOVE...... why not in a car???? Quote Selected
Dumb swap idea.. Reply #14 – July 15, 2009, 08:22:13 PM There is a 06 vette around here with a duramax in it. He lives in raleigh but comes to alot of meets and shows around here. Sounds pretty sick! Quote Selected
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