Project 67 GMC custom 6.5 turbo diesel

[mal68ibu]

I have the entire hydro boost from the 88 burb that donated me the 6.2 I will not be using. Make sure if you go with the 6.2 and turbo stuff you studd the heads. I'm gonna stud my 6.5 just because I have the kit I was going to use on the 6.2.

[jimmydean]

Originally Posted by mal68ibu

I have the entire hydro boost from the 88 burb that donated me the 6.2 I will not be using. Make sure if you go with the 6.2 and turbo stuff you studd the heads. I'm gonna stud my 6.5 just because I have the kit I was going to use on the 6.2.

I blame this article for leading down this path to begin with:

GM 6.2 build up

It's a great read and has helped me to avoid what NOT to get. Also, there is a lot of great info on dieselplace.com along with the awesome info board member Russell has been giving me.

I'm new to the diesel concept, but a friend and I are building a bio-diesel still at his house. He bought an '01 Dodge Ram 3500, I decided to stick with what I know and got the '71

I may end up just getting a runner in there for now and building a monster motor or saving for a Duramax/Allison combo as an upgrade later. Being on a tight budget sucks, but it's worth it.

[mal68ibu]

Jimmy,
Good call on that article. I read it after the fact and the 88 6.2 I have is a v-belt motor. We aren't sure what to do with it now and were thinking about finding a shoe box nova wagon and leaving the diesel stock and just pulling mpg on the cheap with it. Ya it took us a few pitchers of sierra nevada to come up with that one.

[mal68ibu]

Spray-bomb I've seen a few of these updated cooling set ups on ebay and wasnt sure about them. Its good to hear another opinion on it. My question is, how much of it do I need? Any good articles out there I can digest? For injectors I got a set of marine nozzles and am having my diesel guru buddy do the tear down-clean-rebuild for me. I'm still lost tho..............where is Health Diesel? Web? Brick-n-Morter? both?

[67_C-30]

Here a few of the better sources for parts including Heath's site. I recommend a DSG main girdle if you plan on turning up the boost. I also recommend a set of fast heat glow plugs aand manual controller. These engines are actually easy to get first generation Duramax numbers out of (300HP/500TQ range) if you change the pistons to 18 : 1. Tim (Special-K) has a Peninsula 300HP 6.5 in one of his trucks.

http://www.ssdieselsupply.com/

http://www.heathdiesel.com/

http://www.dieselservices.com/html/g...iesel-special/

http://www.marinepowerusa.com/diesel.html

http://www.peninsularengine.com/

[67_C-30]

This article is a good one also.

http://www.thedieselpage.com/finale.htm