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Non Pontiac Motors in Pontiacs includes factory 403,305,350 Chevy, Buick V6, Also Pontiac Motors in non-Pontiacs! |
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the 3 litre Jeep diesel puts out good power fro the displacement, possible best, the new twin turbo toyota 4.5 litre diesel in the new landcruiser also a good motor, might be the lexus motor in the US.
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I owned a Jetta TDi for a few years, great car, awesome gas mileage, 45mpg. All I can say is good luck on the conversion...
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Unless youve heard anything different ? Mash, unfortunately here in the US we dont have nearly all the automotive/light truck choices that you guys do.
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I read Sarah Palin owns one of those.
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Brad,
The problem is most diesel shop don't have the equipment to tear-down the HEUIs for inspection. The shops with an HI2000 or equivilent are fairly hard to find. There are only 5 in the Indiana-Kentucky area. You should have 7 AD injectors and 1 AE or Cackle injector. The biggest problem with all HEUIs is nozzle spring breakage. The higher power PowerStroke injectors are also hard on the intensifier pistons and injector tips. They erode both badly. The fuel pump is the tried and true DB4.Keep clean fuel in it (and fuel additive) these things will last forever. Keep a close eye on the Rexroth high-pressure oil pump. Without that, the engine WILL NOT FIRE!! |
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That's the problem with these newer diesels: all the pollution equipment and the engine management is really expensive to repair if it acts up.
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Wait until next year when the new 1/2 ton pickup diesels come out. 300 hp and 400+ lbs of torque. At least it will be all GM. the vw engine isn't a bad one, but it isn't near as good as say a Duramax or the Benz diesel. Don't forget the 4 cyl. version of the Cummins in Dodge pickups either. With the turbo and updated injection off the Cummins 6 cyl., They will make around 350 hp and get mid 20's in a truck, so in a car, that would be even better than the VW eng. Now if you want a 10 second diesel powered car, gets mid 20's mpg, no problem, I know what it takes.
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This truck got 21 mpg and is a 9 second truck;
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Byron, I think I saw that in a magazine a while back, I have a buddy with a rust free 67 small back window, maybe when used Duramaxxes start getting more common in wrecking yards -
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455Grandville, yes you have seen it in serveral magazines. SEptember 2007 issue's of Diesel World and Diesel Power magazines, (Cover of Diesel Power), then I know this past summer an issue of Street Truck. I know Chris told me there is more the Truck has been in, but I have those issues of those 3. All three took thier pictures at the May 2007 Las Vegas race. That was the weekend we broke the trans on saturday afternoon, took it out, drove to Steve Cole's shop, TTS (Also known as The Turbo Shop) Steve rebuilt it, and we drove (flew low!) back to Vegas (got back about 7:30am Sunday) and put it in. Chris went out and then won the class later Sunday. That was a long Saturday! It's a great piece of work and craftsmanship.
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I'd like to build a 7.3, they are very rugged engines, but they don't seem to have the aftermarket support that the Duramaxx & Cummins do.
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Brad, You are right, the 7.3 Ford/International doesn't have the aftermarket support the others do. This is mostly because just as the Diesel thing was really starting to grow, Ford went to the 6. oh no and the aftermarket thought, why spend the money tooling up for the by gone engine when the 6. oh no will be the new one of choice. Of course no one knew how big of a disaster the 6 oh no would be! I know one company just came out with some parts they was working on and quit when Ford made the announcement the 6 oh no was coming. Am I too hardcore on the shoeleather express 6 oh no? (I'll just use the 2003 F350 6 oh no I had as my point of reference!)
Earlier and back to topic, the VW diesel is a dependible little diesel, but I wouldn't put it in a T/A clone or waste a Firebird on one! A nice diesel coming out if it's reliable might be the 2010 1/2 ton pickup diesel. It wouldn't weight more than a Pontiac V8 and still give great mpg with over 300 hp. |
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He said its bolt in deal, and you use the old injection pump to avoid all the electronics. Good engine for a swap in something smaller, but not somthing for a T/A. The new Duramaxx V6 should be interesting; having the exhaust exit on the intake side makes sense for packaging a turbo. Biggest problem with all these new diesels is the emissions they have to meet, they are getting too complex and seem to act up alot more.
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The 6.0 Ford's have turbo issues among other things.
If you're after economy shove a 6.2 in it with 700r4 and a 2 series gearset and pull 30 mpg all day long. The one in my 78 k20 4x4 with 4:10's is pulling 22+ with a straight 4spd and a 6200# curb weight. It's been dependable as hell. I'm thinking of throwing an OD trans behind it. Mike
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save the bird for a weekend toy where mpg doesn't matter.
I volunteer as a member for the firing squad |
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I'm thinking the later Turbo'd ones may have. The early one's like mine didn't which is why I don't have a banks kit on mine.
Mike
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