4BT/6BT advice

[mcguirejohnson]

Hey there,
I need some advice from you guys familiar with/ or running a cummins 4bt/6bt. My dad found a guy who is selling 4bt's for $500 and 6bt's for $900 running with the turbo, bell housing, pump, etc. They are out of industrial sized forklifts, and he said that he gets a handful a year that are in box vans. Here are my my questions: could I put one of these forklift 4bt's in my 60? And also how much do these motors typically go for out of a forklift? Or is it smart to wait and get one out of a box/bread van?

-MJ

 

[CenTXFJ60]

McGuire, the guy will give me 6BT's for $500...not $900. They are considered cores since they most likely need to be rebuilt. One of the 4's pictured above does run, but it's blowing smoke.

 

[boots4]

It would be better to wait for one out of a stepvan (4bt) mostly due to the injection pump. Depending on what chassis if comes from it will most likely have either a Ford adapter or GM adapter to give you options on what tranny to run. A great resource for all things 4bt will be 4btswaps.com

 

[mcguirejohnson]

It would be better to wait for one out of a stepvan (4bt) mostly due to the injection pump. Depending on what chassis if comes from it will most likely have either a Ford adapter or GM adapter to give you options on what tranny to run. A great resource for all things 4bt will be 4btswaps.com

Hey boots4 thanks for the reply. That's what I figured, I'm just a noob when it comes to the diesel stuff. I will definitely take a look at 4btswaps.com and start doing some research. On another note, do you think it would be a good move to pick up these two 4bts out of the forklifts (one runs and the other doesn't) for $900?

Mj