Dumb swap idea..

Topic: Dumb swap idea.. (Read 5975 times) previous topic - next topic

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #15 – July 15, 2009, 10:41:15 PM

Hey massCougar, do you have insomnia or something? When/Why do you come up with these ideas? lol.

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #16 – July 15, 2009, 11:17:21 PM

Quote

What do I know about the 350 Olds Diesels(that were almost all GM V8 diesel installs)???

My first car was a '78 Olds Regency with the gas motor Olds 350....
Shortly after getting rid of it I found it's twin -- same year, color, interior, wheels, etc. save for the fact it was a diesel. I pestered the owner for months and he wouldn't sell. This was in 1995 and the car looked as if it had just rolled off of the assembly line.

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #17 – July 16, 2009, 09:32:37 AM

LOL Paul you're probably lucky he didn't sell it...

The 350 & 260 Olds V8s were a POS(especially the pre '81s)... The 4.3L V6 was a bit better but still had crank & piston issues... Was common for the V8s to break head bolts and of course blow HGs... A diesel without water will keep on going and just about glows, so most were junk after the HG went... My Ex brother-in-law worked at a place that specialized in diesel to gas conversions, seen engines they pulled that had the crank blown out the bottom, due to the main webs busting(big prob on the pre '81s).. Hell they wouldn't rev past 4500...

I broke a head bolt on mine one morning going to work, must have happened just prior to getting there... Was dripping coolant when I parked it and was coming out around a HB, luckily it was external and not one inside the valve cover... I used a long drill bit to drill the piece that was still in the block and it backed out with a Easyout... Installed another bolt and it was fine...

Finally sold it to a neighbor... Told them they didn't want it, but they were needing a car badly and with four kids the SW was just what they wanted... Suggested they warm it up before driving it in cold weather(I did even in warm weather), as loading one cold is extremely hard on a diesel... Guess they didn't listen, I'd hear it fire off and go clanking down the street, lasted maybe 6mo before it busted a piston...

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #18 – July 16, 2009, 11:05:37 AM

The problem with the Oldsmobile Diesel was that Olds did not intend to mass produce the engine so quickly. Instead, they were to release them on a very limited basis with an "engine swap" warranty similar to the LT-5 Corvette warranty. When someone came in with a problem, the dealer was supposed to remove the whole engine, swap it with a "loaner," and send the broken one back to Olds for testing. Unfortunately, despite Oldsmobile's warnings, GM decided that the engine should be put in nearly everything. After a few teething problems, the engine actually turned out to be fairly reliable if the oil was changed every 3,000 miles with near religious obedience to the schedule. Of course, most consumers do not adhere to the maintenance scheduled with any degree of regularity, and coupled with the engines too-small oil pan, many problems thus ensued.

They could be reliable however, as when I was wrenching, I had a handful of customers who got well in excess of 150,000 miles out of theirs.

Shiny Side up!
Bill

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #19 – July 25, 2009, 03:15:41 PM

IMO the only thing good about those diesel olds 350s are the block. Take that block and with the right crank and rods you punch it out to 440cui and have yourself a beast of a smallblock olds.

factory ford diesel in escort

Reply #20 – July 31, 2009, 10:31:59 PM

this is a buddys car im first up to buy it if he decides to sell it:hick:

the car only has 100,000 on it his dad bought it new . he still gets 59mpg highway at 55/60 and anything over 70 he get around 50mpg's

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #21 – August 01, 2009, 04:22:45 PM

i want power... not an escort!!! lol j/k.....i bet that thing sounds funny....

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #22 – August 02, 2009, 01:16:03 AM

Quote

if a truck has to be launched in 4wd,....(on a strip)... and the thing can MOVE...... why not in a car????

I understand trying to be different but isn't driving fords red headed stepchild different enough? Why not stick to something more affordable and easy to come by, maintain, and mod like the good old 5.0 or what have you? Sure the huge, heavy diesel has a place but it isn't in a fox, Unless you have deep ass pockets.

Chances are a bolt on 5.0 or at boosted one will be plenty fast enough.

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #23 – August 02, 2009, 10:14:53 AM

One of them there Escorts would be nice for my daily commute. Not much good for anything else, lol.

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #24 – August 02, 2009, 11:29:57 AM

thats what it will be for a dd

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #25 – August 02, 2009, 10:28:31 PM

just an idea.... i think itd be interesting.... smokey tho

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #26 – September 24, 2009, 11:11:58 PM

Quote from: massCougarxr7;282164

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!!!

:hick:

Time will tell....

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #27 – September 25, 2009, 02:51:20 AM

I think it would be way cool. I have a friend with a 6.0 and that thing moves. With a chip, intake, and exhaust, he's looking at mid to high 13's. His 0-60 is under 7 seconds in 4 wheel drive. That thing weighs over 6,000 lbs. Imagine what that would do in a fox? I'm not saying it would be easy, or cheap, but it would be fun to pull a boat the size of a house.

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #28 – September 25, 2009, 03:12:57 AM

How about this.http://www.isuzuengines.com/products/product_I.asp?series_id=3&model_id=7

Dumb swap idea..

Reply #29 – September 25, 2009, 05:49:36 AM

Quote from: Haystack;292545

With a chip, intake, and exhaust, he's looking at mid to high 13's. His 0-60 is under 7 seconds in 4 wheel drive. That thing weighs over 6,000 lbs.

It IS badass to see a big ole truck crank out those kind of times and speeds...but:

Quote from: Haystack;292545

Imagine what that would do in a fox?

Not a goded thing but burn the back tires...unless you had some serious meat under the rear, and the suspension to harness it.

Quote from: Haystack;292545

I'm not saying it would be easy, or cheap, but it would be fun to pull a boat the size of a house.

It would most definitely not be either of those first two things, and pulling a house-sized boat ain't the problem here, it'd be stopping it that would concern me

Trust me, I pulled an empty home-made car trailer (made from a mobile home frame) with my 1/2 ton Ford truck...even with working trailer brakes...I reallllly had to antite my stops.
Dumb? Yeah, it was, but it was a have-to thing...thank whatever deity you believe in that I didn't have to make a sudden stop

Anyway, not busting anyone's chops over this...a hot-rodded-diesel powered Tbird would make me all hot and bothered just as well, but as for towing with it...nahhh, lol

Y'all see that green '70 Chevelle in Hot Rod a few months back? I think it had a worked over Duramax in it...
http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/chevy/0906dp_1970_chevy_chevelle/index.html