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2000 GMT400 CREW CAB SFA SWAP-The Warden: Fuel leak fixed and awaiting surgery…
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The ultimate goal for this truck is tow duty/family camping trips/small offroad adventures.
no this
Took the words right out of my mouth. For the money talked about above for a brand new replacement, you could get a tilden motorsports 8.1 package (for cheaper). The thing would drop right into your truck and the tranny would bolt right up to it...but I know you already had an 8.1 truck before didn't you?
I liked my 8.1 truck a lot, but I really can't bring myself to pull the diesel out of this for gas. I plan on having this truck 'til I die, and minus the front axle, I want it to be a good looking mostly stock truck. I know it's not the cheap route to keep the diesel, and I absolutely love the 8.1 engines, but I just can't.Took the words right out of my mouth. For the money talked about above for a brand new replacement, you could get a tilden motorsports 8.1 package (for cheaper). The thing would drop right into your truck and the tranny would bolt right up to it...but I know you already had an 8.1 truck before didn't you?
I know. Lol....haha, j/k
But that is one thing I promised to myself and this truck, it has to stay diesel. Too many people are killing them and replacing with gas or a Cummins.
I'm just messing with you Greg.
wait, no I'm not
wait, no I'm not
Yeah but $7k for a 6.5? That seems steep anyway you slice it. I can’t inagine a duramax swap running that much total.
I am messable.I'm just messing with you Greg.
wait, no I'm not
And that there is the only other diesel option I would do. At least try to keep it GM.
You can stay diesel without shelling out $8500.
And is a 6BT a popular swap anymore? I kinda thought that LS swaps had taken over and 6BTs were on their way out. After all, VE-pump Cummins engines have been out of production longer than the civilian 6.5, and the P-pump engines aren't far behind. If you wanna stay old fashioned, I think the 6BT now counts.
Edit - I meant the Dodge Cummins engines that are a dime a dozen, not that all B-series engines went out of production.
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Oops, didn't see this. Carry on, ChevyMan.
If you wait long enough you'll be able to use the new BabyMax engine.
I do want one of those babymax's. I like them, just not as a tow vehicle power plant. I want to put one in more of a daily K5 or something.Oops, didn't see this. Carry on, ChevyMan.
If you wait long enough you'll be able to use the new BabyMax engine.
Did you ever "buy" that 6.5TD K5?
That was a bad deal, some day when I have enough time I'll tell you about it.
I took the situation as someone telling me it wasn't a good idea at the time. I'll find one later.
When you really add it all up a brand new p400 isn't really a bad deal. It pretty much eliminated all the issues with the 6.5. Cooling still has to be paid close attention too.
I've gotten price totals from several guys who actually kept track of their Cummins swaps. It's a fair amount to do it how I want to do it. P400 with a decent turbo is a pretty solid deal. 250 HP and right at 500 lb ft. Of course you'll be more money than that once you get a new injection pump injectors etc.
But I'm with Greg I'd love to just have a P400 not sure why a Cummins makes more sense. Honestly for me an 8.1 makes the most sense. But I rarely make sense.
I've gotten price totals from several guys who actually kept track of their Cummins swaps. It's a fair amount to do it how I want to do it. P400 with a decent turbo is a pretty solid deal. 250 HP and right at 500 lb ft. Of course you'll be more money than that once you get a new injection pump injectors etc.
But I'm with Greg I'd love to just have a P400 not sure why a Cummins makes more sense. Honestly for me an 8.1 makes the most sense. But I rarely make sense.
You know you could
my swap cost me a grand total of $5654 and that was doing most of it myself!! So the ls swap can be don’t cheaply but not unless you have most of it yourself or you start with a perfect candidate wrecked truck.
You mean to keep it GM/Isuzu right?
I'm sorry, I'll quit...I must be in a weird mood today, haha
All swaps endup costing more then most people realize due to all the little parts needed for it and all the unforseen issues that come up.
So it really just comes down to what you want.
So it really just comes down to what you want.
Duramax is a gm diesel
