['65 Super Sport 327 700R4]

Hey crews,

Heres another good thing that would come from swaping in a gas engine, you wouldn't have to put any emmissions controlls on your rig. The reason for this is, because a diesel rig doesn't have to go through DEQ and as long as you don't tell them that you put a gas motor in your truck you would be home free. My neighbor has a '81-'87 Chevy 3/4 ton 2wd pick-up that came with a 6.2 diesel and when the motor went out on it they replaced it with a 350 gas motor. It has never been to DEQ and will never, just as long as you keep saying it has a diesel.
Now if you wanted to be different you could rebuild the 6.2 and do a performance build. I have been told that because of its very high compression that it tends to blow head gaskets easily, so you would have to use a heavy duty gasket of some sort. You can drop the compression and install a turbo and run it with high amounts of boost. If you had the valves opened up, put in a better camshaft, Turbo charged and intercooled, added a cold air intake with a K&N filter, put on some different exhaust manifolds and a 3 1/2" exhaust single exhaust with no muffler. I bet you could get a 6.2 to produce 250-300 HP and 400-500 lb. ft. Torque. If you had that motor with a beefed up 4L80E 4 speed automatic and a 14 bolt full floater with 4.10's and positraction you would have a very powerful, strong and durable suburban that would be able to surprise that pants off a Dodge Cummins owner.

Good Luck,
Erik

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