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Originally Posted by 66Submarine
I was just saying that because you said "This winter when I have time I will hopefully get it over 300 HP and 700 ft. lbs of torque. Try that with a 292.", and I was noting that both are really probably the wrong choice if you're going for cheap power.
My understanding is that when running one really hard consistently (heavy towing/boat application) that they don't really like to make a lot of power, which is understandable.
I would be surprised if you couldn't make a 292 go 300,000, though. I think I had two people recently tell me that they had cars with 283's that they had for over 300,000, and a local 305 V8 went almost 500,000 before the timing chain fell off (IIRC). I'm pretty sure one of my own 250 powered trucks has way more than 300,000 on it, too.
Not to say the diesel wouldn't be nicer at 300K (I'm sure it probably would be), but you also have to factor in that the rebuilds cost more, plus the other stuff like injectors, injector pumps, etc.
I still think it's neat, but I just don't think it's quite what many seem to make it out to be.
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I would agree with all of this.
The reason most people entertain the idea of a diesel swap is better fuel economy. Unfortunately diesel is like $.50 more a gallon. So when you factor that in plus the fact that you'll spend significantly more building them and fixing them. It almost ends up being a wash.