On Fri Feb-25-2011 08:46, Craig Healy (1:323/120) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    CH> The Cummins engine is a four cylinder version of the '89-'93 Dodge   
    CH> truck 6BT engine.  A lot of parts interchange.  It's a common swap   
    CH> in many Ford and Chevy delivery vans.  This came out of a Ford.   
      
   You must have done a lot of research on that project.  I have a video here of   
   a Nissan sedan that the owner converted to electric.  Lots of batteries and he   
   (Roy won't believe this) outran a Corvette in a quarter mile race.   
      
    CH> The swap into a Blazer is also fairly common.  A lot of offroaders   
    CH> do that.  This is my daily driver.  That's why I went with a close   
    CH> ratio Ford T-19 transmission.  The factory Chevy SM-465   
    CH> transmission is a 6.55 first gear and non-synchro.  The T-19 is   
    CH> synchro and 4.02 ratio.  One project I'm considering is buying a   
    CH> Richmond 6 speed with the same 4.00 first gear and adapting the   
    CH> NP205 transfer case.  Six speeds with overdrive would be sweet.   
      
   Not much need for that type of vehicle in southeast Louisiana.  Nothing but   
   flatland everywhere you look, but people down here with money still buy them.   
      
    CH> If there are any pictures of the Blazer/Cummins swap you want, let   
    CH> me know.  When the weather improves over here I can do that.   
      
   If you have a close-up of the engine, I'd like to see that.  It probably looks   
   similar to the four cylinder engine in my S-I-L's Mercedes.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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