rembrant88
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My brother was going to buy a scout just like the one that was his first car, so I volunteered to do one a little better. 1966 International scout 800 4x4 and it is getting a mercedes om617 turbo diesel bolted to a nv3500 5 speed transmission. And I'll pull the turbo and slap on an Eaton m90 supercharger. Might go with another transmission that is easier to adapt over myself but I like the overdrive idea. The mercedes gets it's boost way to late, so with the m90 I should be able to get the power plenty low enough in the rpm band for the extra gear. Wish I still had my small whipple. Boost isn't high enough on these motors to run into much of a supercharger vs turbo efficiency argument, but even if a turbo is more efficient I think having smoother acceleration and boost from idle is going to improve mileage, especially for the highway fifth gear. Hard to believe the om617 gets such good mileage and lasts so long being run at 3000 rpm all the time. The scout doesn't need vacuum, power steering or air conditioning, so all those come off and I'll run a manual fuel shut off. I might run an electric fan if there is room. Exhaust gets a custom header with 3" pipe and a magnaflow. It has a shackle lift unfortunitly but I'll see how it runs on the road, and will get 33" tires on aluminum wheels. I was going to go all out on the axles but decided to keep it affordable and light for now. What do you guys think? Anybody on here put one of these in a scout?
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