[Vwdiesel] MB engine swap

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  I take it you mean the 5.9?  Hard to chip tune the 6.9 
(International) since it was a mechanical pump.
    Loren

In a message dated 3/26/2009 9:03:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jhsg at sasktel.net writes:

> Just to add to that, there's something about the Cummins 24v motors that I
> found out recently.  Buddy with the Bosch shop bought a dozen 6.9's from
> salvage, figuring he was going to make some cash peeling off the injection
> parts for himself, and selling the block and head to the rebuilders. After
> teardown, all but 2 had screwed heads on #5 hole, which they traced back to
> either tuningbox or other chiptuning.  Apparently, overeager chiptuning
> kills #5 cylinder as the coolant flow is deficient in this area without
> modifications.  So much for making cash, at least he broke even on the
> deal...
> So, buying a used CTD 6.9 can be a bit dicey if it's spent much of it's life
> tuned, and done some trailer work.
> 




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