Late 80s body, early 80s nissan SD-22 diesel swap. Never before have I seen such a great concept with excellent parts so poorly executed.

Doesn't look to god awful to me. I jsut saw one of these engines up close last weekend.

The engine is straight in there. The conversion was otherwise completely hacked. The engine actually needed to come out and be rebuilt and the motor mounts more accurately welded. The wiring was also a major problem.

Beautiful little truck though, once its redone right, probably be great.

Pretty heavy duty little engine right? Almost the same design concept as the mercedes engines, but with everything on the opposite side.

I alwaysi thought a Jeep Comanche 2wd with a 617 turbo and 4spd wound be sweet!

(08-14-2009 01:03 PM)willbhere4u Wrote:  I alwaysi thought a Jeep Comanche 2wd with a 617 turbo and 4spd wound be sweet!

since those had the jeep inline six, the 617 would def fit...

(08-15-2009 01:14 AM)SurfRodder Wrote:  since those had the jeep inline six, the 617 would def fit...

And weigh almost the same.

http://www.dieselbombers.com/diesel-engi...om617.html

(08-15-2009 02:20 AM)ForcedInduction Wrote:  And weigh almost the same.

yeah, both cast iron block/head and roughly the same dimensions... If I didnt already have a BUILT motor in my XJ, I would totally swap it out for a 617, just so it could burn oil as well.