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Re: REPOWER / Cost ETC

Posted By: JP Miller
Date: Monday, 20 February 2006, at 7:39 p.m.

In Response To: REPOWER / Cost ETC (DavidR)

Dave, you and I are in the same boat...(literally, ha ha!) I'm doing my 31 Sedan. It is a full restoration of an original 1962 so exhaust size and shaft size do not matter since I have to replace this old stuff anyway. My floor was rotten and is long gone.
I'm a marine engineer and run a mobile yacht business in FL. Work on a lot of Yanmars, Cummins, Detroits, few Cats. Gotta say the Cummins turn me on. I have pitty on my customers with Yanmars. High HP and low weight= short life span. High HP and small dimensions= no room to work on them, even if they are on a palate in the middle of a room. How many times I wish I could get my hands on the little Jap designer that put salt water hoses behind the intercooler/oil cooler. I will not own one.
My current dilema is the Cummins 4BT 250 or 6BT. The 4 cyl sure fits better. More room on all sides for maintenance. But I'm afraid that Cummins has squeezed too much HP out of 4 cyl. I'm still doing research. Would love some concrete 4BT fuel consumption numbers.
JP

Messages In This Thread

REPOWER / Cost ETC
DavidR -- Monday, 20 February 2006, at 11:00 a.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Monday, 20 February 2006, at 3:18 p.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 20 February 2006, at 3:21 p.m.

Re: REPOWER / Cost ETC
JP Miller -- Monday, 20 February 2006, at 7:39 p.m.

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DavidR -- Tuesday, 21 February 2006, at 1:13 a.m.

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Capt. bill Mckinnon -- Tuesday, 21 February 2006, at 1:36 p.m.

Re: REPOWER / Cost ETC
JP Miller -- Wednesday, 22 February 2006, at 9:07 a.m.