Thoughts?
Cheap to make, an older Ram is under 5000$, and the chassis and drivetrain are already solid. Even a 12V-71 motor could be cool, and you can get them for cheap from Semis in junkyards
>>17244582
kek
shop looks like an sls
>>17244582
awoo
>>17244582
/r/ing you squish the shop to look like a proportional roadster.
>>17244582
>watch this
>>17244582
>fca trash
>>17244652
kek
>>17244582
Ultimate Nigger mobile
>>17244582
This thing would have enough space to drop two v8 in it. Do it
>>17244773
sheeeeeet
>>17244743
I was thinking of Detroit Diesel 16V-71 with quad turbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e53SPtpJFI0
1000+HP and 2000 lb ft of torque
>>17244782
>detroit diesel
cummins > DD
>>17244820
>>17244782
>how to spot someone that's never ran anything with a DD
They're cool until you spend the day driving one of those godawful things. I'm deaf as shit in one ear and I'm pretty sure the vibrations killed my nuts a long time ago.
>tfw the old bastards had intake shut off vents and co2 injection systems because they were so prone to running away
>>17244820
>cummins
>not 2 stroke Detroit Diesel
what are you, so some of prancinglalahomoman
>>17244582
How would that be cheaper to make?
>>17244873
>wanting a poorman's mercedes truck engine
>>17244914
>not realizing the 2 stroke line was long before merc even heard of DD
>>17244913
Just aluminum body you dildo, you don't have to engine swap
But you have 20L of space, so you may as well
>>17244918
>wanting a WWII era diesel
>>17244925
works then, works now.
I fall to see you're point?
>>17244925
see:
>>17244868
I've already done my time with those things
>>17244582
>Cheap to make, an older Ram is under 5000$
Under $5000 to get freeway ramming speed. Can't wait!
>>17244946
fail.
its one of them days.
wait so like
you shift the cabin and controls into the bed and extend the engine bay?
that sounds nightmarishly complicated but so weird it might be cool
>>17244919
>Designing a whole new frame for that
>Don't forget all that "muh safety" equipment
>>17244868
>I'm pretty sure the vibrations killed my nuts a long time ago.
Are they that bad?
>>17244946
but (newer) other stuff works better and (subjectively) sounds better. and newer shit is more likely to pass emmisions
>>17244820
>>17244873
>Cummins anything
>DD anything but 12v92
>Not Caterpillar 3406
it's like you want to break down
t. truck driver
>>17244961
The ones I drove/grew up with were all cabover or mobile cranes so the engine was right under you or beside your head. So essentially riding on the engine more than anything. Or right beside your ear in the cranes hence why I have almost no hearing in my right ear
With conventional hoods they weren't too bad in the cab, but they were all notorious for cracked or completely unbolted bell housings. It was actually pretty common maintenance to do your filters, oil, and close the gap between the bell housing and engine on those beasts
>>17245020
does caterpillar even do semi truck/semi rtuck engines anymore?
>>17245045
no, california killed them. :'( I had heard talk of them rebadging some navistar engines to go with the cat highway trucks but dunno if anything came of that
>>17245045
Don't know for sure but a 3406 is better than anything made in the last 5 years
>>17244773
>Space for the biggest engine/supercharger combo you can imagine
>Bench seat for 3
>Bed with topper to store shit, dat dere functionality.
>>17244582
Successor to AMC Gremlin?
>>17244773
that already existed in mexico