Don't we have a guy with an GM 6.2 V8 TD FJ80? Maybe you should contact him and ask how his rig is doing after the swap?
He likes it... getting over 20 mpg on veggie oil. He had some problems with the trans, putting it in wrong..... He should have used an nv4500 instead of the 700r4
You have to do a lot of neutering an 80 in order to do it though.
You will not: like the power it produces, and: the unreliability it has.
Something about the bearing casts into the block have a way of cracking, pulleys, junk, etc, etc.
About the only way you can (or should) make this work for you is: If you have the parts or can get them free. Can do all the fab work yourself. And usually the biggest is, you make your own veggie fuel.
And with that being said, I can't wait till the next thread, where I read someone has NO IDEA how labor intensive it is to make that stuff...
IMO, the 6.turd is best left in the donor it came with. If it's in a K5, then just build the damn K5!!
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Chevy 6.2 Diesel?
Just start punching yourself in the face for the next 2 months. When you stop it'll be like Chevy Diesel ownership except way, way cheaper.
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