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Originally Posted by euromodder
The diesel conversion is going to cost a lot; diesel is more expensive in the US; and these cars are unlikely to be driven the kind of miles that would make diesel operation economical; swapping in a 6+ L diesel is hardly an economy measure.
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GM killed the diesel car market in the US a long time ago and our government works to surpress diesel applications in anything but heavy duty passanger pickups and vans so all we really have for easy to get old diesel engines are these old truck engines.
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Originally Posted by euromodder
Those old battleships often have plenty of space, why not add LPG to a petrol engine ?
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The same thing can be done with diesels with intake fumigation you can run them off both LPG and diesel while being able to still run off diesel alone.
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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
You could probably get away with swapping in ~ 2.0L diesels (with or without turbos) and be fine.
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The problem with non-turbo diesels in the 2L range is they are only going to put out about 50hp.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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