I finally joined this forum so I thought I would share some pics of my 89 Bronco II 4x4 with a Ford 144 4 cylinder diesel swap. I have already had it together enough to drive about 1000 miles, I am now removing the engine to put in another identical one that I am rebuilding. When I put the current one in I didn't know its condition and of course it's worn out (burns oil, leaky rear main, etc.) Yes it is basically a tractor engine with 50 hp at the crank but even with the worn out one I was able to get 31mpg with a top speed of about 65mph. I made the bell housing myself with help from the fab shop at a steel yard for about $200 (most of that being the $100/hr cost of having stuff cut on their laser table. I used a stock Bronco II manual tranny (mitsubishi FM146) with the stock clutch/slave cylinder and the stock diesel engine flywheel. The truck was an automatic stock so I also had to convert to the 5 spd while doing the swap (actually very easy on these) Once I have the engine out I will probably add some more pics of inside the bellhousing and the clutch etc.
My goal with this one is fuel mileage and ability to run a wmo blend so no power mods. Thought about a turbo but the exhaust manifold is tucked in behind the intake manifold so they both would have to be custom and complicated. Plus this engine would probably only take about 6-7 psi without issues so it wasn't worth it. Someday I will build one for power was thinking 6v92 powered 2wd F350...
My goal with this one is fuel mileage and ability to run a wmo blend so no power mods. Thought about a turbo but the exhaust manifold is tucked in behind the intake manifold so they both would have to be custom and complicated. Plus this engine would probably only take about 6-7 psi without issues so it wasn't worth it. Someday I will build one for power was thinking 6v92 powered 2wd F350...
Great project. Small vehicle/ small diesel/ low budget/ experiment and see what kind of results you get. I have a Cat skid loader engine in an S-10 for my dailey driver, and my project this winter is a 3 cyl Perkins in a suzuki sidekick. I live in St. Louis Pk. We should talk sometime, PM me if you want to bounce around some ideas.
Jeff
What cat engine in the S-10? I work in SLP but I live out in Montrose which is the next town west of Delano. Which is actually my whole reason for this swap, good mpg and 4wd to get to work and back.
I don't doubt your capabilities sir, just how in the world would you fit one and more importantly the tranny into an F350. Coaches from the 70/80/90's era such as MCI's and Eagles had mostly 8v71's. A lot of transit buses used the 6v92. Both of those carried a LOT of weight (50/60 passengers). School buses that carried small children seemed to lean towards the Cummins 12v. The 6v92 just seems like overkill for a pickup.
I will have more pics of the completed project soon I have driven it 5K miles so far with no problems. I get an honest 27 to 31 mpg depending on temperature (warming it up and -20 are hard on mileage) It starts much better in cold than I expected too, using the intake heaters I have started it not plugged in down to -3 with minimal cranking. It has some rust but in better shape than most 80's Fords in MN. The only thing I have left to do on it at this point is get the a/c hoses figured out, I will probably need to have one of them custom made.
If you ever do toss the idea of making a bit more power around... I'd look into a supercharger considering your space issues with mounting a turbo... pick up an eaton m90 blower from an older gm 3.8... make a flat plate manifold for it with a tube coming off the bottom... overdrive the piss out of it and mount it where ever you can.... would be a really cheap way of getting a little pressure in that motor
Keep up the good work!
-Chris
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