Hi Y'all,
I feel that a Camaro would be a much better platform than a Vette. It is much easier to modify and is more practical.
The 4.3L diesel is underpowered and unreliable, but it does have some great torque. Here a seller claims to have one, but I seriously doubt it: eBay 310032148099. Likely it is a 5.7L diesel V8.
A 4.3L injection pump is available on eBay for $295 and the rebuilt engine long block is available at any Chevy dealer, for a tidy fee. Make your own steel fuel lines and accessory drive mounts.
FYI: The Chevy Colorado is available as a crew cab diesel in Vietnam. Chevy should take a hint as that front end ROCKS! The EPA is killing light truck and auto diesels!
http://www.isuzu-vietnam.com/view_pr...443C&spegrID=1
Heck, I could get a '78 El Camino show truck for next to nothing, then drop in a used 6.5L Turbo, 6-speed T-56 manual trans and a set of 2.73:1 gears with positraction.
$$$ sponsors anyone? I'll do the fabrication work.
Cowspots