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Originally Posted by Dave's Civic Duty
Almighty,
You put a QSB3.3 in your Sonoma? What trans is behind that? Coolio!
Dave
Sorry to get off topic here guys!  |
Haha, off topic. After the first page, nothing was on topic save my post. Just banter about weight and safety factors.
I have not put a QSB3.3 in my Sonoma, YET. My biggest limitation is finding one that isn't brand new and $6500. That's a bit steep to put in a sub-par chassis. The stock 5 speed NV3500 could handle the torque, assuming I didn't abuse it. I could make a NV4500 fit, and never worry again. More money. I have actually found a few OM617 Benz motors for reasonable. Assuming I could swap an OM617 in for under $2000, and get at least 29mpg yearly average, it would pay for itself within 3 years, maybe more (assuming tradeoff miles driven by car instead of truck). Plus it'd be far more fun for expedition travel. If only the wife would approve a few grand...the last car project of that magnitude didn't turn out as well. May take lots of butter....