1978 dodge diesel

[CFAR]

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2403058099&category=6783

 

[Will24]

I thought they used perkins diesels, correct me if I am wrong

 

[Ncostello]

I knew of a guy who had one but I never really payed all that much attention to it. That was about 10 years ago the last time I saw it. It was white with brown in the middle and said Diesel Power on the tailgate in that 70's Dodge lettering font.



I thought they had Mitsubishi Turbo Diesel engines in them... . not Perkins. Maybe we should start a 70's diesel forum. .



EDIT: Guess I should have looked at the ebay ad first. It was almost identical to that one but I thought it was 4x4. Maybe not.

 

[parcher]

I'm pretty sure this was a Mitsubishi diesel. NON-TURBO... ... ... SLUG CITY!

 

[Jff24Gordn]

yea, thats the mitzu engine. its a 4 liter engine. In the same family as their current 4L diesel engine.

 

[pdolan]

Not only a 4 litre NA Mits, but a very good one. One of my partners had one for years and got around 36 mpg (imperial = 30 US) and sold it to a friend of mine who has restored it and uses it around the farm and into town. Gutless, but what we did in days gone by to any Mitsibushi diesel was just throw a blower on and crank up the pump. They are hell for stout and will take a huge increase in power with no fuss. I have a 6D14 in F350CC with big T04, just love it.

 

[illflem]

I had a 4 liter NA Mitsubishi powering an agricultural sprayer, it would run full bore all day on 7 gallons of fuel. Had over 5000 trouble free hours on it when I traded it in.

 

[BV]

Wait a minute

Hey guys - There are 6 lines coming off the pump and I can count 3 intake ports before the horn so I think it's a 6 banger. Definitely NA (naturally aspirated)

 

[baby.driver]

It is a Mitsubishi 243 CI six that developed I think 100HP. The one I saw had a turbo, factory.

 

[JLEONARD]

I saw a couple of these engines in boats... they were turbocharged and rated at 200 hp , I think somewhere in the 3400/3600 rpm range.

Parts are getting scarce, and I know one person who sold his boat because he got tired of chasing parts. But it may have been the marine specific parts that he had trouoble finding.

Hope this helps.

Jay

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

I met a guy with a '78 Ram/Mitsu about 3 years ago. Pretty beater truck and very gutless, but he liked it, got mid-upper 20s MPG. His main complaint other than gutless was it was a bugger to start sometimes.



Vaughn

 

[bigkid59]

Dodge has used both the Mitsubishi and the Perkins engines in the past.

The Perkins was the 6-354 series and the Mitsubishi was the 4 liter. Both are inline 6's. I do not know what the Perkins horsepower was but the Mitsubishi was rated at 101 or 102 HP.

I bought one of the Mitsubishi engines along with the Hydroboost brake assembly out of a junk yard in Memphis about 15 years ago to install in a 1/2 ton Chevrolet. I got a real deal on it by buying it as is but when I cranked it up later it had coolant coming from most of the exhaust ports. I pulled the head and found quite a few cracks. I called a Mitsubishi industrial engine dealer and was quoted a price around $1100. 00 for the bare head casting plus about $130. 00 for a head gasket. I scrapped it.

The 6-354 Perkins is a more common engine. I have a friend who has two of them in a boat along with a 4 cylinder Perkins driving a generator. They operate well and are easy to maintain.

 

[RO'neal]

I had one of the 6 cyl's as a work truck. It was dependable and the mileage was good... .

 

[CFAR]

I've started a cult!!!:--) :--)

 

[J DeMaio]

The 354 perkins are used in agricultural applications. The 354 naturally aspirated was used in oliver 1850's. The Massey 1130's used the 354 turbo and at the tractor pulls, those massey's WILL run. They beat the 404 Deere's all the time. I suppose that all that is done is pump tweaked.



John

 

[JLEONARD]

The 354 Perk was also used extensively in marine applications both in the naturally aspirated version , 130 hp, and the turbocharged version , 160 hp.

I ran one in a single engine boat for quite a few years. I repowered it a few years ago with a 6BTA Cummins .

The Perks were good engine, but try to fing parts... . and if you did they were gold plated if you know what I mean. Plyus nobody out east works on them anymore.

A good basic engine, plenty of torque, pretty long lasting.

Wish I knew how to tweak the pumps... any body got any tips on that?

Jay