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  1. SuperBuickGuy

    CA Legal Cummins Diesel Crate Motor

    There are lighter diesels out there, while there are downsides to all of these; look at Isuzu diesels, Nissan diesels, or even Detroit diesels (such as what came in the H1 Hummer). Land Rover makes a decent diesel too, but it suffers the same hp issue as the Cummins. With that said, you can...
  2. SuperBuickGuy

    CA Legal Cummins Diesel Crate Motor

    Only legal for 99 and older vehicles, still no price but they claim they will shipping them in September....
  3. SuperBuickGuy

    My oil looks like Testor's Metalic paint

    I'm not suggesting no test - I said "mitigation" meaning, to keep more badness from happening. Soft metals won't do permanent damage, so beside making pretty oil, it's really a non-issue. Keeping the steel out of the oil will lower the risk of more damage. I also suggest a speaker on the...
  4. SuperBuickGuy

    My oil looks like Testor's Metalic paint

    Lead or copper won't destroy cranks, steel (what the base of the bearings are made of) will. To be honest, I can't think of a bearing (outside of poured babbitt bearings) that use lead anymore. Regular bearings are made by forming steel into shape, then coating it first with copper then (and...
  5. SuperBuickGuy

    My oil looks like Testor's Metalic paint

    usually using mineral-based oil (lol @ vegetable oil - perhaps he meant lanolin based rather then ash based?) then changing to synthetic oil will cause sludge problems because synthetic is a more detergent oil. Some will run a quart of ATF to do a good clean on their motor (adding an extra...
  6. SuperBuickGuy

    CA Legal Cummins Diesel Crate Motor

    I don't disagree about tuning, but the problem with tuning is it tends to void warranties. If it voids the warranty, the value reduces. That said, turn up the volume on a 500 lb diesel and visions of the 5.7 GM diesel will be dancing in your head and across the pavement as shiney, oily bits...
  7. SuperBuickGuy

    CA Legal Cummins Diesel Crate Motor

    $17,950 is the alleged street price for these (and I've also heard $25,000). I can buy a lot of gasoline for the difference between that and any number of gas motors. Don't get me wrong, I think this is an awesome motor and possibility.... problem is they rarely pencil out. On top of this...
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