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Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:58 pm

has anyone thought of putting a cummins in a baja before?? i know there would be alot work but is it possible? i know ill be laughed at for this but i think it would be bad a$$

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:25 pm

A 4bt wouldnt be so far fetched i dont think.

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:29 pm

4bt? that like a 4 banger diesel?

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:32 pm

yeah, anything is possible. I don't think a vw pan and suspension could handle the weight. A vw bug weighs about 1900 lbs. cummins 5.9 dry weight 1010 lbs and a 6.7 1144 lbs dry. Thats about 50% increase in weight. Besides, I dont think even the best mendeola tranny could handle all that torque. You would have to build a custom frame and suspension.Mid mount engine for weight distribution. It would probobly be easier to build it on a jeep frame and fit a baja body on a 4x4 frame. There are plenty of jeeps on youtube that have cummins in them.All the torque would be cool but the baja would probobly do backflips when you tap the gas pedal. LOL. If you have time, money and fab skills, I say do it.

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:32 pm

It would have to be a 4bt
I put a inline 6 in the back of my scout II and hauled it home
I thought it was going to blow out my rear suspension
and yes it is a cummins 3.9l 4 cyl

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:37 pm

iv actually really been thinkin of just building a strait off road rig so the jeep idea with a 5.9 and putting a bug body on it would be sweet!!!!!

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:39 pm

4bt is a 6bt with 2 cylinders missing. Common in anything from postal jeeps to ups trucks to forklifts, boats, tractors

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:47 pm

im gonna have to think about it and figure out wat i want to do but the mid engine idea im not sure how that would work unless you raised the body way up over top of the engine or it would be in the body right??

Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:09 pm

how about a Rabbit diesel???

Dale

Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:03 pm

if i did this i would be lookin to do a 6 inch long arm lift kit with 37's or possibly bigger im not sure if the rabbit diesel would have enough kahones to move those size tires

Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:15 pm

you could go mid engine like this build. would not have to worry about heat in the winter. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=344748&start=0

Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:22 pm

and in the summer it would be way way to hot to be in there

Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:26 am

do you think a toyota 4 runner or small pickup frame would work?

Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:12 am

first race was a couple days ago at the mint 400
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THUNo-qEK2k

Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:12 pm

lol im sorry but if it was a cummins in it i would be so much happier lol i dont like the duramax at all

Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:26 pm

wrinkles66 wrote: lol im sorry but if it was a cummins in it i would be so much happier lol i dont like the duramax at all

X2

My '05 Duro was a lemon. GM bought it back from me, with interest and no fight.
My Cummins runs great.

Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:36 pm

i love my cummins but im trying to get rid of it and into a 6.7 cummins with a 6 speed manual i cant stand the automatic

Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:57 pm

Same here! Go cummins and looking for manual with a 6.7

Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:49 pm

Have you ever been on the trail with a diesel? They take a while to spool up and stink. They don't have the power on demand a gas motor has. Not to mention they are heavy and expensive. I'd look into an ecotec instead of some over the top heavy diesel.

If you insist on a diesel there is a 3 cylinder cummins running around.

That throttle down customs buggy is a neat idea, I watched them roll at the start of the mint, did they every get the thing going again? I know they had problems at parker as well. It has a ways to go before it starts winning.

Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:58 pm

could you hook up a allison tranny to a rabbit 1900 turbo diesel??