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The Tricked-out 6.2 Engine Thread

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6.2LTrailblazer84

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I am looking for pictures of 6.2 litre diesels that have been tricked-out, chromed, detailed, just totally pristine or modified. Do they exist? Has anyone ever seen one? I would imagine some of the turboed 6.2s are cleaned up nice. Please post links or pics if you know of any.
 
I dont think I've seen many (if any) chromed, cleaned up, pretty, painted, diesels in general. They all tend to be a little grimy, greasy, and dirty.

Heck, the mercedes diesels, one of the manuals tells you to NEVER clean your engine, as it promotes leaks. :haha:

even the GM 6.2 manual says that you really should not clean your engine.
 
I've seen a couple of pic's of prettied up 6.2's...but I'll be damned if I can find them now. I spent about an hour last night trying to find something with no luck though.


Rene
 
Rene's 6.2 the cleanest I've seen!..

I think Rene's 6.2 was pretty spiffy--when he posted pictures of it just before he swapped it in his K5 I remember it being a nice shade of light blue.. :crazy:

Mine is not really greasy,but its painted black with rattle cans to prevent it from rusting any faster...I cant say I've ever seen one dolled up!--do they even MAKE chrome valve covers and headers for the 6.2??0--(I've seen plain painted headers,but no chrome ones!)..I thinks its a moot point to dress up a diesel externally--the beauty lies within!!.. :crazy:
 
Heck, the mercedes diesels, one of the manuals tells you to NEVER clean your engine, as it promotes leaks.

Mines in tip top condition then! :haha:

I've seen a couple of pic's of prettied up 6.2's...but I'll be damned if I can find them now. I spent about an hour last night trying to find something with no luck though.

tRustyK5, I've been looking all over too! :D I am most curious about any kind of modifications you can make to them. But I would also like to see what one looks like clean. haha

do they even MAKE chrome valve covers and headers for the 6.2??0--(I've seen plain painted headers,but no chrome ones!)..

That's what I am wondering too.

I thinks its a moot point to dress up a diesel externally--the beauty lies within!!..

:haha: True! But just think.. if we had them all polished there would be no contest whatsoever! :P

I think people should start takin pride in their diesels. :D

One thing that I am curious about is how simplified everything can be. Tidy. When I look at my engine it is difficult to understand what I am looking at. Just looks a like a big mess. :o
 
There was a nice one on eBay not too long ago. I think it had an ATS turbo and It was all purdy'd up. I'll see if I still have the pics.
 
Nothing special, but somewhat clean...

With air cleaner on.

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Without air cleaner...


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I did the intake, IP, injectors and new valve cover gaskets about 2 years ago and it's stayed reasonably clean.

Rene
 
Port matched the intake, had it glass beaded, then clear coated. Injector lines I cleaned and painted black, as well as the CDR tubes. Valve covers and intake valley I painted. It was already pretty clean when I got it, and pretty dry. As far as I know it had no leaks when I bought it...although the rear main seal needs doing now.

It should look a little more visually appealing when the H1 headers are on... :smile1:

Rene
 
H1 headers? Will that improve performance?

Oh.. btw.. my 6.2 has some little thing directly above the intake with a vaccum line coming off it... do you know what that is for?
 
The freer the exhaust flows on a diesel the more power it can make. They're very responsive to exhaust improvements...

As for how much of a difference...I won't even guess but I think I'll notice it. Mostly I want it to sound better.

At the rear of your intake? Probably the vacuum pump. You'll notice my 6.2 doesn't have a vac pump at all, and also doesn't have any extra crap on top of the injection pump. Standard tranny and no AC in my truck...

Rene
 
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