marine engin swap

[cahammer]

can you take a 5. 9 marine engin and swao it in to a 1st gen i have a buddy who wants to do this any thing we need to look out for might have trouble with or will this even work tia cahammer

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Sure, it'll work... but you will have to make some changes to the marine engine. Don't worry about the issue of finding a marine engine that runs opposite of normal. With twin-engine diesel powered boats, one of the props does counter rotate... but the reversal is done in the sterndrive/gearbox. (Some gas engines actually do run opposite of normal rotation... )



The water cooled marine exhaust manifold (and turbine housing) won't work...



Marine camshafts are best suited for steady-state RPM use... they're no good for street driving where you'll be doing a lot of acceleration.



The injection pump is probably not going to work well on the street, either.

Marine (and a lot of off-highway applications... ) pumps are governed to maintain a constant engine RPM all day long and you will get a bit of 'unintended acceleration' if you use them on the street... There have been a couple of posts here on the TDR related to the different governor styles... it's good reading.



Get in touch with TDR member "JLEONARD" - he's extremely knowledgable when it comes to the marinized B-Series Cummins...



http://www.tdr1.com/forums/member.php?u=10603



Matt