help a newb. 85 side step

[SpeedyG]

I am in the works of finalizing a deal that will get me a chevy sidestep

I was playing with the idea of putting a detroit 6.2 diesel in it (possibly turbo down the road) it would be great if you can help me out with some questions that I have (I did search, but I cant piece the info together) bare with me

I understand that the diesel is a drop in. if I got a bare running diesel what is required of me to get it running properly in the truck? would I expect different wiring to the factory dash or is it simply wiring a glow plug switch?

please, if you can start from the basic details of this conversion

why I want it? I love diesel.. and higher mpg. I hear the 6.2 had potential head problems and were lacking on power but I am not going to do anything crazy with it.

I toyed with the cummins conversion but I think thats more of a dream... for now.

thanks!