Any turbo-diesel other than 6.6 Duramax as 5.3L or 6.0L swap?
09-12-2006, 08:11 AM
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No where near that good for me dude. But I have not drove mine on highway or hardly around town since the latest re-flash. Nothing was changed at my last tune as far as MPG would go, I think.
09-12-2006, 08:29 AM
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Threre have been a few people who put 5.9 cummins in nbs trucks, they are slightly cheeper than a duramax but i think you will have more trouble getting it to work with the factory electronics. If you can get your hands on a v10 diesel from a touareg or one from a late model bmw, those would also be nice
09-12-2006, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by billreid1@***.net
Whats your budget? I remember paying $6k for a COMPLETE 2003 Duramax motor from turbo to pan when the 01 Dually I was driving had its motor crap out. It was brand new right off the assembly line... only had break-in dyno time. If I remember correctly there was a broker that bought excess motors from GM. This was 2 years ago. Not sure whats available out there now but engine/Allison tranny combo's have got to be even more abundant now.
I can't see why it would be so difficult if you were able to obtain wiring harnesses with the motor/tranny... even if you swap dash harnesses. Check around to see if you can find a rollover truck or something creamed from the side. Can't see it being anymore difficult than changing a C5 from a 6spd to an Auto while still maintaining all vehicle options..
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I can't see why it would be so difficult if you were able to obtain wiring harnesses with the motor/tranny... even if you swap dash harnesses. Check around to see if you can find a rollover truck or something creamed from the side. Can't see it being anymore difficult than changing a C5 from a 6spd to an Auto while still maintaining all vehicle options..
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I mean, if an engine and tranny could be gotten for say, 7k US (less than 8 k Canadian these days), and the work done for 4k or so (pipe dream?), it may be a very viable solution. I know that i spent in the order of 11k on my magnacharger, headers, wires, plugs, exhaust, tune, although this was 2 years ago as well when the Cdn buck was only worth $0.75-$0.80 U.S.
Thanks for that headsup!
Re the Toureg Turbo - indeed that is another great possibility! Thanks for that too!
All very helpful indeed.
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09-12-2006, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Blowndenalixl
I mean, if an engine and tranny could be gotten for say, 7k US (less than 8 k Canadian these days), and the work done for 4k or so (pipe dream?)
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http://cgi.ebay.ca/GMC-CHEVY-PICK-UP...QQcmdZViewItem
09-12-2006, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Blowndenalixl
Hmmn - is this the start? Seems too good to be true...
http://cgi.ebay.ca/GMC-CHEVY-PICK-UP...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.ca/GMC-CHEVY-PICK-UP...QQcmdZViewItem
Oy - it is getting better. I found a source, in Canada, where I can get into a low mileage 6.6L with allison tranny for around 9k Cdn shipped. Starting to get stoked now! Need to find a wrenchhead in Edmonton now who can do the install....... Hmmmn. Swap the 6.6 and Allison into the Denali. Swap the Supercharged 6.0 into the Yukon.
$15k to happiness??????
09-13-2006, 11:07 AM
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I agree with Speedy02- a nice 3.9L cummins would be easy to throw into a half-ton frame. There are already some nice programmers and chips out for it as well, so 300 hp wouldnt be that hard..
10-01-2006, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Blowndenalixl
Oy - it is getting better. I found a source, in Canada, where I can get into a low mileage 6.6L with allison tranny for around 9k Cdn shipped. Starting to get stoked now! Need to find a wrenchhead in Edmonton now who can do the install....... Hmmmn. Swap the 6.6 and Allison into the Denali. Swap the Supercharged 6.0 into the Yukon.
$15k to happiness??????
$15k to happiness??????
you will need a 2inch body lift for the allison transmisson or a larger(higher) transmission valley hump in a 1/2ton vehicle
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