With a 6.5 litre GM V8 diesel

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my mate had 1of them conversions done years ago
cost an absolute fortune to complete... he had to have gearbox/torque converter uprated...front supension uprated etc etc loads of torque but drank diesel like no tomorrow and smoked more than a chimney and sounded like a scania and weighed a ton.lol he said he wished he hadn't of bothered in the end but it was a beast for towing
 
Under powered as a diesel for capacity of engine, will cost as much as a petrol to feed and keep on the road. And its stood for 5 years and no pictures of the inside, 400 max for parts best offer...
 
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sprogthedog said:
I've been looking at this and trying to persuade the Mrs that it's a good idea.

I miss my V8!
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Not a good motor 180hp and 420 torque maybe 15-18 mpg. Weight 983 lbs dry weight...... then add all it needs to run and you got 1100lbs on the front axle. injector pumps are **** and the black box is ruined by heat, a starter is $400.

Had 1 never again. you want to do a swap do a cummins or a td5.

Go on lnternet and look up 6.5 gm diesel from the 90's and read the negative about them
 
Can't beat a Cummins, end of dunt matter what's in.
Superb motor, so flexable it's unreal & the power, theres nowt better,
IMHO.
 
It has been 20 years since I have had a classic but way back then when I looked at conversions I remember the GM diesel was based on a GM V8 petrol engine with the design modified accordingly. It was never a success. Better to design a diesel engine from scratch.
 
dave4x4 said:
It has been 20 years since I have had a classic but way back then when I looked at conversions I remember the GM diesel was based on a GM V8 petrol engine with the design modified accordingly. It was never a success. Better to design a diesel engine from scratch.
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LR were making some good progress converting the Rover V8 into a derv, if it wasn't for BL going tits up I imagine it would've made it to production. Sort of going full circle really, when you consider the first petrol engines were designed to be sparkless and had to be modified to take a spark.
 
It's an established fact that engines factory fitted into vehicles that are designed for them often are unsuitable as conversions. For example the 2.6 six cyl. lump fitted to the P4 range of cars was never a real success in the Land Rover, especially if worked hard. A few years ago two of my friends in Belgium had ex. USAF Chevy Blazers with the 6.2 diesel, were very happy with them & got mpg figures in the mid 'twenty's but to put one of those iron things into a RRC .......
 
wouldnt bother a couple of years ago i had a 130 double cab pick up with a 7400cc chevy v8 petrol/lpg with 4 barell holly all it done was snap half shafts and both front and back axles was salisbury.couldnt floor it off the mark it just ringed em out like a wet tea towel,ended up taking it out and selling it.
 
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