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Originally Posted by dirtydave
Wouldn't a V6 swap get what you are looking for* without all the hard work?
*still a K5 V8 20mpg is bad ass.
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GM made V6 blazers in the 80s. They were gutless and got almost the same fuel mileage at their V8 counter parts.
Only time they gave any benefit was unloaded on flat ground, where you wouldn't miss the power it should have and where the V6 is all you really needed.
Now if you had a turbodiesel 6.5L V8 and if it only got 20mpg then you would some kind of problem with the engine, or a fuel leak or 2 some where.
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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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