Yeah explaining to people that I'm planning to set up a car lift in my home garage/workshop is always met with questions of why do I need that or why would you spend the money on that.
Because by the end of this decade repairing old vehicles and doing engine swaps will be a decent sized market.
A year ago I was talking with some friends about buying some older cars and engine swapping them with crate engines from Ford (eco-boost 4 cylinder) or converting them to diesel. I won't be wasting my time & money with Ford now.
There are multiple YouTube & social media mechanic channels. Showing how now people across the US are doing engine swaps on older vans, trucks, and heavy equipment. Often converting them to diesel for the additional power & fuel savings.
Volvo and John Deere both purge equipment older than ten years from their systems. They forceably EOL them even if the vehicles still have life in them. So here comes red-neck mechanic converting fuel lines to copper/stainless steel. Replacing the old lights and electrical components. And sometimes dropping a salvaged truck engine in it if parts can no longer be found at a fair price or if at all.
So Doge, LSI, Cummins Inc., & Caterpillar Inc. will have a chance making a good deal more money off their crate engine programs in the coming years.
Yeah explaining to people that I'm planning to set up a car lift in my home garage/workshop is always met with questions of why do I need that or why would you spend the money on that.
Because by the end of this decade repairing old vehicles and doing engine swaps will be a decent sized market.
A year ago I was talking with some friends about buying some older cars and engine swapping them with crate engines from Ford (eco-boost 4 cylinder) or converting them to diesel. I won't be wasting my time & money with Ford now.
There are multiple YouTube & social media mechanic channels. Showing how now people across the US are doing engine swaps on older vans, trucks, and heavy equipment. Often converting them to diesel for the additional power & fuel savings.
Volvo and John Deere both purge equipment older than ten years from their systems. They forceably EOL them even if the vehicles still have life in them. So here comes red-neck mechanic converting fuel lines to copper/stainless steel. Replacing the old lights and electrical components. And sometimes dropping a salvaged truck engine in it if parts can no longer be found at a fair price or if at all.
So Doge, LSI, Cummins Inc., & Caterpillar Inc. will have a chance making a good deal more money off their crate engine programs in the coming years.