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Originally Posted by Effduration
I have looked (briefly) at this swap and noticed that the M57 (not sure it was the upgraded M57N) was used in marine applications in the states. Yanmar diesel engines use an M57..but I didn't see a whole bunch used Yanmar engines floating around. Look like they were sold in limited quantities.
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I had to look this up after you mentioned it as I was super intrigued, and you're absolutely right. The Yanmar 6BY series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=71&f...ature=youtu.be
Very obviously a BMW M57 iron block in this video. Interesting stuff. I wonder how much they modified it, what is ran for engine management, etc.
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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
Why the need to swap the gauge cluster?
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As wpoll mentions, the redline is a good bit lower on the diesel. It would also drive me insane to have it say "gasoline" under the fuel tank level gauge portion of the gauge cluster.