Man that's one hell of a trade! LOL

 

im trying to get a plasma table now that or il build one this winter but right now I might be trading that truck and car hauler for a 38ft enclosed race trailer ....Almost where I want to be and if I get the race trailer then I will finish the car this winter and be hitting up tracks next year

 

Hitting up the tracks with a nose heavy diesel F body?? man I figured it would be a street car.

 

atleast it wont do wheelies lol

 

Absolutly hitting up the tracks and ill be no more front heavy that a bbc I already have lost alot of front weight and will trim more

Good news I got a local diesel shop on board we will be trading services I will powdercoat for them and I get cheaper parts and custom tuning. Right now the goal for this spring is even more important because I am going to try and enter the NHRDA circuit and as long as I dont touch the firewall and use production bolt on parts Ill be running against the trucks

I just finished one LS swap and the others are waiting on parts so in the next weeks there should be some more progress goal is to get the engine mounted in and start exhaust intake fab

 

Diesel 3rd-Gen Vs. Diesel truck? Hmmm...I wonder who has the advantage there?

 

I am sure there will be whiners

 

The shop in town has a CC long bed and last weekend was running 12.5 full weight 4wd just a upgraded turbo (stock) lift pump and programing in a 7500lb truck

 

LOL! There will always be whiners...

Yeah, you should easily be able to beat that time.

 

Subscribing

 

yay future progress

 

Lol, you must not read too many forums.

 

Late to subscribe, but looking forward to watching your build.
There was a fellow on this site a few years back who swapped a BT4 Cummins into a thirdgen. That build was interesting to follow, however he did not go as indepth as you are. Your Duramax build should be awesome! Many years ago I swapped a BT6 Cummins into an 88 Chevy CC Dually 4x4. I used a SM465 4 speed, and a US Gear 2 speed spliter, 208 transfer case, and the truck already had 4:10 gears. It turned out great. My swap was not nearly as complicated as your swap.

 

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Doing this swap in texas please contact me at and1jumpshot22@aol.com or john robertson at Texas Diesel Power or find me on facebook travis parrish could use your help building the k member. We have a complete LB7 and allison in Oklahoma. Car stripped down all ready for the new k member and dramaxx/allison combo only lacking cage and paint after..... Please contact me ASAP thank you for your time

 

I wish I could give an update but unfortunately I have been so busy lately I havent even gotten to touch my car let alone even think about it Ill be wraping up one job in the next month and hopefully finishing another at the same time then I am not taking any more side work other than powdercoating

I put the motor in and started making the motor mounts and thats about it I apologize for everyone that is subscribed waiting for progress but the good news is as soon as im finished with my other side jobs its all steam ahead to getting this old girl running

 

It's all good!

Can't wait for some progress on this build! Take your time, do what ya gotta do

 

thats pretty awsome dude. diesel in a camaro!!! effing cool

 

well not to be the the bearer of bad news but ive got a good offer on the dmax the guy is coming by tomorrow if he buys it then ive got a 6.0 sitting around and ill throw some LSA heads and a turbo kit on it and it will be in the car very quickly Ill let you all know tomorrow its down to time basically I dont have the time to do all the fab work to make it work and I would have to go to a 4 inch cowl to clear the motor which I wasnt to fond of

 

this thread just went from badass to fail in one post.

 

This SUCKS.

 

Worst post everrrrr!

Jk things change man!

 

I have a shop and do LS swaps im doing 3 right now its my comfort zone i guess I wanted to be running by this spring my car has been down for the past 5 years so if I do the LQ4 I can have her up and running in no time and for what im getting for all my duramax parts im getting a

LQ4 L92 heads Holley hi ram intake complete KY turbo kit with a t78 and I can make it look good and it will be a beast shooting for 600 to 700 hp

 

I wouldn't call it a failure. To my knowledge, no one had ever tried it before. Now we know that it might work but it requires a ton of extra work that may not be worth it.

If someone else wants to try it, they will see this thread and have a better idea of what the potential issues are. For that reason, this thread is a win, IMO.

 

its very possible the most major issue is the height and the exhaust being right where the steering is

I was doing it to do it but really didnt want to do it I think its an awsome idea but I wanted to build a high hp 6.0

the duramax left today and I already have a complete turbo kit a 6.0 and i ordered some L92 heads with the holley high ram intake

Ill start another build thread once i start into it next month ill still have a 600 hp motor one way or another

 

I for one will be looking forward to your next build thread. Good luck!

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...-rs-6-0-a.html

 

boooooo