How much torque your guessing to make?
OM606 Swap FJ80
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How much torque your guessing to make?
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Right around 350ft-lbs would be my initial guess. We’ll see when it gets finished!
How much torque you’re guessing to make?
OM606 are tough as nails but HEAVY.
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Lighter than a 3FE!
compared to other 6 cyl diesels its light.
I just took off my coolant bypass mod and found that I run a bit cooler and when I am off the throttle, it cools down way faster than when I had the mod. I think it would be a great mod if it was run to the radiator. The way it runs to the water pump inlet, it just recycles hot water. So it doesn't get cooled...
Just my .02. I kept track of my data and was letting Om6performance.com know my findings as we were curious which way it would go.
Stellar custom work. Looks awesome.
My '94 FZJ80 handles great with it's 1100 lb 6.7 Cummins. Just takes matching front springs. A tiny little 606 won't phase the stock springs at all if one chose to keep them.
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What craftsmanship compared to my hacking a 12v into a 40. Beautiful.
What craftsmanship compared to my hacking a 12v into a 40. Beautiful.
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Found some time to put together the adapter assembly. Bolted up to the engine really well:
Bolted the torque converter to the adapter:
After about an hour of muscling the transmission into place (wow the A440f weighs a ton) I got it put together. All of the pins aligned as they should. It wasn’t too much of a pain other than how much the transmission weighs.
One hiccup is the fasteners for the starter. I really didn’t want to take the transmission off if that ever goes bad. I put M10x1.5 threads in the adapter plate for those holes. Then I put the started on the mill and drilled 11mm thru holes where the threads were on the starter mounting flange. Well wouldn’t you know it the flange head bolts don’t fit past the starter body. Instead of using the bolts I ordered studs to go into the adapter plate and then I’ll have nuts to mount the starter.
Bolted the torque converter to the adapter:
After about an hour of muscling the transmission into place (wow the A440f weighs a ton) I got it put together. All of the pins aligned as they should. It wasn’t too much of a pain other than how much the transmission weighs.
One hiccup is the fasteners for the starter. I really didn’t want to take the transmission off if that ever goes bad. I put M10x1.5 threads in the adapter plate for those holes. Then I put the started on the mill and drilled 11mm thru holes where the threads were on the starter mounting flange. Well wouldn’t you know it the flange head bolts don’t fit past the starter body. Instead of using the bolts I ordered studs to go into the adapter plate and then I’ll have nuts to mount the starter.
Benzforce is in the US and they do Pumps with Dieselmeiken partnership.
I second Benzforce. I did buy a lot of stuff from Dpumpuk for my build. And not all of it is of decent quality. My injectors had to be sent to a local shop after Dpumpuk rebuilt them. The pop pressures were all over the board. From 125-165 bar. And the stainless steel exhaust manifold is about 1/8 in not flat. I will have a local shop mill it and sell it. I bought an exhaust manifold from Benzforce that I am running now.
200 lbs less than the 3FE and with a Pump and Turbo will make double the power and get better fuel economy.
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Slowly but surely I’ve been getting parts gathered so I can install the engine. Trying to get as much done as possible with it out so it’s easier to work on. Sensors are figured out for the most part and the last two that I needed were the oil pressure and coolant temp. Oil pressure is utilizing the oem sending unit and is now on the filter housing.
The filter housing is from an M103 out of a W126. It converts it to a more standard spin on style filter. The port that the bung is welded to was originally blocked off so that needed a small hole drilled through before welding on the bung. If temps become an issue I’ll get a sandwich plate that has provisions for an oil cooler. As for coolant temp I used the oem sensor and drilled and tapped an M16x1.5 hole in the fuel heater delete plate. There are 2 ports on the rear of the head but they are M14 and it was easier to put a hole in the plate.
The filter housing is from an M103 out of a W126. It converts it to a more standard spin on style filter. The port that the bung is welded to was originally blocked off so that needed a small hole drilled through before welding on the bung. If temps become an issue I’ll get a sandwich plate that has provisions for an oil cooler. As for coolant temp I used the oem sensor and drilled and tapped an M16x1.5 hole in the fuel heater delete plate. There are 2 ports on the rear of the head but they are M14 and it was easier to put a hole in the plate.
I have been researching this as well. I too am doing an OM606 swap and want to use the A440F as it fully mechanical. My understanding is that they are about the same as the later model and they hold up just fine with 3FE. The 606 will be 250-280HP though and I hear that you can rebuild with new valve body and it males it solid. What experience are you sharing that suggests the transmission will fail?
They fail on 2H engines and several 3FEs. My experience is with 2H diesel. Google around for failures. Fairly common. Not sure about “beefing” them up. No idea about that.