I got a friend with a "man lift" and it has a small diesel 49HP naturally aspirated and it looks like it could be a totally self contained unit that would easily fit under the hood of my 93 dakota 2wd... I know people swap these small diesels into stuff but what do I do about a transmission? I would ultimately like to put it behind a NV3500 but if I did it soon I would just have to keep the auto. How do these guys atatch them to regular old transmissions? This could be the ultimate run around truck for me and with a small turbo I would think a few more HP would not be hard to get. Also if I don't end up with this particular engine is there a source of readily available engines like this that I should be looking into? I rarely ever feel the need to go over 70 MPH so I figure the power would be livable. Just got the wheels turning in my head when I saw how simple that engine was....


I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!