alright i have a 61 studebaker t-cab pickup with a short bed. the motor in it is slowly going south and i am tossing around the possibility of trowing a 24v in it. i am wanting a newer common rail truck truck that is farely quiet but i dont want all the computer trouble. is there a way to put a manual pump on a common rail truck? or sometype of a simple standalone computer that wont have a million different wires going everywhere.

also, im wanting a automatic so is there a stand alone computer for the newer truck transmissions if i can find a manual pump?

 

There is no way to have a mechanical "common Rail" motor. If you go common rail it will be quiet but be prepared for a bunch of computer red tape, if you go with mechanical it will be loud but no computer junk to worry about.

 

You might find it interesting to know Studebaker made diesel trucks . They used the 4-53 Detroit engine .

 

Sounds like Beagle1. He wants to put a CTD in an AMC Gremlin.
Then again it would be hard for him to do while living in a rubber room.

 

Why would you want the aggravations associated with an electric motor?
Put a 12 valve in there, hook up the fuel solenoid and the starter and get on the road.
I learned to drive in a 49 Studebaker dump truck, keep it simple.

 

Hey, I learned to drive in a '49 Dodge. It had three-on-the-tree and the starter on the floor - no starter solenoid. If you can't find 'em, grind 'em.

 

ya i know but i dont really want one of those.


well i was really wanting a quieter 24v cause i seen an old chevy the other day with one and really liked it. this was my first vehicle and learned to drive in it. i dont want to trash it or get rid of it. i want to make something really cool out of it.

aint that the truth, this is how i learned to drive

so is there any way to quieten up a mechanical motor?

 

Sure, if you can live with the white smoke from retarded timing.

Seriously, though - your best bet is a 1st gen ('89 - '93) engine. They have a pump with dynamic timing so they are the quietest of the 12 valve engines. The have a mechanical sound at idle, but not the clatter of the later engines.

 

Turn the timing back and lower the compression down to about 12 to 1 and it will be quiet. It may start on ocassion and will smoke the whole town when it does start but it will be quiet. And it will do zero to sixty by Wednesday.

Another option is to put in the 12 valve and use some good quality sound deadening insulation. A friend at work put a four cylinder Leyland diesel out of a farm tractor in a Ford pick up truck and it would deafen you. He sealed up all the openings and used good spray on foam and knoched it down a good bit. It too would do zero to sixty by Wednesday but got him like 30 some MPG on a 3/4 ton truck. But now you got a really cool diesel powered Studebaker with guck sprayed all over the under side of the hood for people to see when you open it up. Guess you gotta decide what you want most. How about a V10 Viper powered Studebaker?

 

alot of people around here stuff 500 cubic inch cadalic motors in them.. Tight but they fit nice..

Gerry

 

thought about it but theyre too much money.

so if i decided to go with the 24v common rail, what all would i need to make the computer work properly. all i want it to do is controll the motor and tranny and nothing else. possible?