More power on a slightly larger engine.
Hi all,
During my upsizing considerations I keep falling back to the very readily available 12 tonne 170 hp Magirus and Mercedes 4x4 trucks that the german army are currently disposing of. They’re available cheap with low mileage and some are in good condition.
But I’ve had feedback that the Mercedes 170 hp is not really grunty enough, and I’m guessing the Magirus might have the same problem.
If I go by the output of my Daily from about the same year, (1990, 2.5 l for 100 hp untweaked and no intercooler) the 6 litre 6 cyl inline engines should be perfectly capable of producing 240 hp with a normal mechanical injection pump. If I add an intercooler from a scrapyard this figure should be even easier to obtain.
My question:
Does anyone know of a diesel mechanic who tunes larger engines?
I’m not averse to installing an injection pump from a more powerful engine, so which 6 litre 6 cyl engines are there out there with an output over 200 hp that I could scrounge the pump from?
In this day and age of chipping to get more power I wonder if there are any mechanical injection tuning specialists left?
I know that I’m not the only one interested in a power boost, so lots of ideas please.
Thanks
Luke
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