Yanmar diesel into '06 660 Rhino

put the rhino plastics on the ranger.....

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Wow, lookin great!!!

Hello all,

Sorry its been a while since my last post. Weather is really nice and
the spring surge to move dirt has hit...also have some other stuff going
on. Anyhow I've made a little progress only to have to back up.

When I cut the axles for length, I figured when the suspension
compressed it would push the axle in. I should have went ahead and
removed the spring and cycled the suspension, but, I was pretty
confident I was right. Well, it turns out that the axle doesn't move in
and out much at all as the suspension cycles. So, even though the
axles would have worked at the length I cut them, the CV balls would
have been running on the outside lip of the cup making them extremely
week.

I fixed the rear by deleting the sway bar and dropping the diff down.
This also removed some of the angle from the CV's. On the front, the
axles will have to be cut apart and a new sleeve built. I think I'm
about to drive my machinist up the wall. lol

I did get coolant lines ran. I will post pics of them later on. I'm
glad they are very malleable as I had to re-bend several times to get
them right.

I finished mounting the turbo and wrapped my header. I posted some pics
of a little trick I tried that seemed to work well. I have wrapped
exhaust before only to have the wrap eventually loosen up and slide down
off the pipes. So, I got some really small tig rods and tig'd them to
the pipes. These little barbs gave the wrap something to adhere to.
Once wrapped, I took a small hammer and either battered the ends of the
barbs or bent them over. It was a little time consuming, but, I believe
the time here will pay off on the trail. I also got the exhaust pipe
fabbed up and will be wrapping it to at least past the plastic belt
cover. Here are some pics. Enjoy.....

Question on the deletion of the sway bar. James gave me the idea and said it was part of a factory recall. If this were yours, would you re-mount the sway bar or would you just leave it off? We work this thing more than we sport it and I'm wondering if it will go around a side of a hill with a full load of fire wood like it used to?

it handles better with it off and handles even better if you put it on the front..i run one in the front and the rear unhooked

Is your front a custom install? or a kit?

The Polaris is mounted to the back of the frame stiffeners between the top and bottom frame rails. I could put the rhino sway bar back on like the Polaris, but, if I don't need it why go to the work?

took mine off rear like it much better without

Lookin good! I like the exhaust tip! Have you been able to run it yet?

if you have a rear and no front they handle like shit...mine is aftermarket but you cant get them anymore....i think the rear one might mount to the front some how..

Ok James. Thanks for the reply. I will probably just have to wait and see whats best for my application. Do you still have the safety belts? I still need 'em if you are interested.

Customized Rhino 13,

Haven't had it running yet. I am wait'n on some special order boost hoses. I need Jame's friend to take a trip to Illinois for me. LOL I am going to try and get everything bolted up tonight and put some water to it. Hopefully I'll have no leaks. Yea, couldn't possibly have a diesel without some sorta custom tip. lol

By the way, I sold the engine yesterday to a fella from Masontown. I still have the diffs I need to get rid of. The front is like a new one but the rear is the only stock piece that has survived the life of the Rhino.

I also spoke with my pump guy the other day. The engine that made 123HP was fitted with a deutz pump. I may have to get bigger tips on the injectors to get to the 60HP goal. I'd like to stay away from a big dollar pump if I can.

Whew!!!! Finally got the turbo and exhaust completely mounted. This little turbo has required a lot of attention. I'm glad I went ahead and installed it now. I know I would have wanted it later on anyway and a later on install would have been twice as hard.

Here's a pic of some of my son's talent. He can weld just about anything and he's looking for work. So, if anyone has something tough they need welded, send it or stop buy and we'll fix ya up. The coolant tubes are stock 1" rhino and the barbed fittings are modified 6AN fittings. I watched him weld these up through my old helmet and it was just amazing. Not to long ago this stuff would have had to have been taken to a weld shop and this stuff yields big $$.





The turbo is water cooled. We built some solid lines out of some old stainless tubing I had laying around. It came out very well.









It's time to start pulling wiring, sensors, dash, and levers off the polaris and installing them on the rhino. I saved all this stuff till last so I would be forced to do it right. Just a little more and we'll hook the battery to 'er and give 'er a crank.

That thing should be a beast when u get it done!!!

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

it handles better with it off and handles even better if you put it on the front..i run one in the front and the rear unhooked

can you post pics on how you mounted it up.. and did you use a rear sway bar in the front

Bender.chris5908 wrote:

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

it handles better with it off and handles even better if you put it on the front..i run one in the front and the rear unhooked

can you post pics on how you mounted it up.. and did you use a rear sway bar in the front

i think the rear would work on the front...mine is aftermarket..will post pics

Any update on this?

I'm still waiting on boost hoses. I should probably just use radiator hose and get 'er going. lol

This thing is going to be cool

I agree looking forward to this thing running and seeing video and reports back.

You are doing some great work it looks good.

Hello all. She's finally alive. I'm still waiting on the boost hoses. However, I used some old radiator hose and fab'd up a temporary setup. We turned the fuel screw out 4 full turns. It went from 2 lbs boost on stock fuel to 7 lbs with the 4 turns out. I'm anxious to get it beside a stock Rhino to see how she fares. I'm gonna go ahead and order larger injector tips and I think I'll stop at that point. EGT's have not gone above 600. I'm not sure how much these little engines will stand. I don't think I'm gonna be able to get to the original 60hp mark with this injection pump. Maybe later down the road I'll spring for a better pump, but for now, if she'll stay with a stock Rhino I'll be happy.

Check out the vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9qtZxGT82M&feature=youtu.be

Pretty cool , I wonder what kind of fuel mileage you will get out of it.

that thing is bad ass. i think there's a set of wheelie bars in your future

very nice , lots of work done right an it shows , can't wait to see it on the trails,
super nice welds your son will get work welding like that

Nice! That things got some torqe! Rollin coal with a rhino, that's pretty badass!