Lugging a 616

[The Warden]

Hello!

Still looking at swapping a 616 into a Toyota, and I finally got some gear ratios for the Toy (at least in theory; haven't checked the actual pickup yet, but this is what it should have).

The overdrive gear in the tranny is 0.85, and the rear end's a 3.54 ratio. With 215/75R14 tires, this means that the engine will be spinning at 2661 RPM in 5th and at 3130 RPM's in 4th gear.

I haven't seen a HP/torque curve for a 616, so I'm hoping that someone here can give an idea...for flat freeway cruising, is 2650 RPM too low for a 616 to be happy at? That's actually right about where my 617 would be happy, but putting a 5 cylinder in the Toyota doesn't look feasible unless I did some serious sheet-metal work. I think the Toyota's dry weight is about 3600 lbs (someone said that the GVWR's 4800 with a payload of 1200).

BTW, according to someone, it looks like our diesels have a flywheel cover that the bellhousing bolts to, that could be made into an adaptor plate...so this looks doable.

Thanks in advance!