Duramax/cummins conversions?

[Edahall]

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

What Kind of cummins would be in a 90 ram? Would it be a non p-pump?
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It would be a Cummins 6BT non-intercooled and VE pump. The non-intercooled actually put out more power than the later intercooled versions due to larger injectors.

[82ccshorty]

I found one for 2k is it worth that? It says runs but the tranny went out in the truck. 2k for the motor or 3500 for the whole thing
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[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

I found one for 2k is it worth that? It says runs but the tranny went out in the truck. 2k for the motor or 3500 for the whole thing
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2k is good for a Cummins at least for around here. And for 3500 i would just buy the whole thing and part it out.

[82ccshorty]

It says it's a d250 with a 9ft flat bed dual rears with a cummins. It says 95k miles but real mileage unknown.
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[Edahall]

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

I found one for 2k is it worth that? It says runs but the tranny went out in the truck. 2k for the motor or 3500 for the whole thing
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$2k would be OK if you can confirm it really only has 95k and not 495k.

[82ccshorty]

Originally Posted by Edahall

$2k would be OK if you can confirm it really only has 95k and not 495k.

that happened to me on my 82 he said it only had 67k miles and it had 367k miles
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[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

that happened to me on my 82 he said it only had 67k miles and it had 367k miles
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That sucks.

[82ccshorty]

Originally Posted by Car'n'Guitars

That sucks.

It wasn't a big deal it was still a solid truck and I'm guna change motors anyways
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[Car'n'Guitars]

Oh I thought you meant a daily driver/ non-project.

[Edahall]

Bring a compression gauge and see if the owner will let you test it. If not, that'll indicate that it has a lot more miles than he claims.

[82ccshorty]

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/pts/3125755086.html that's the link to the cummins I'm going to pass on it I think I would rather do a dmax even though it harder and more expensive I haven't seen a completed one yet.
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[82ccshorty]

I found a place that sells Wrecked/totaled cars and trucks and they have a few duramaxs ranging for like 1000-4000$ i think im going to give them a call in the morning and see what all they have

[Can't kech me]

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

That would be different but very wrong for a Chevy
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that's like a professional football team wearing a fairy outfit

[Can't kech me]

double post

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

I found a place that sells Wrecked/totaled cars and trucks and they have a few duramaxs ranging for like 1000-4000$ i think im going to give them a call in the morning and see what all they have

lots of complicated wiring is going to be involved, but would still be cool as an eskimo

[Edahall]

Originally Posted by Can't kech me

that's like a professional football team wearing a fairy outfit

It would be a Fordrolet.

[82ccshorty]

Originally Posted by Can't kech me

double post

lots of complicated wiring is going to be involved, but would still be cool as an eskimo

It won't be easy but having a whole truck will make it easier maybe
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[brownkid72]

Originally Posted by Car'n'Guitars

Also you can run a Allison trans with the Cummins, but I don't remember the exact trans model.

All you need to do to run an Alison trans behind a cummins is change the bell housing from the stock one to a SAE bell housing. Cummins engines and all other diesel engines will have a SAE bolt pattern on the block.
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[KQQL IT]

Why? Its an International engine
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[meatwagon83]

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

Why? Its an International engine
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isuzu the ford engines are internationals

[84chevyguyid]

I'm in the process of building a 12 valve/6 speed allison truck. Getting the chassis about wrapped up so I can set the can and bed on and start hooking things up. Used a Destroked adapter to hook the ally up to the cummins.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=588707

[rs74]

I didn't see where this has been mentioned yet but there are a few companies that make stand alone wiring harnesses for Duramax conversion. I think you just have to send in the old harness and they do the rest.

[Skunksmash]

Originally Posted by Edahall

[B]
Cummins Disadvantages
Heavier and taller
Automatic transmissions that go behind them are failure prone
Hard on automatic transmissions
Noisier especially with the P-Pump (94-98)
VE pump (88-93) is only good for 450 hp vs 1000 hp for P-Pump

What's the most horsepower that you can make with a 12 valve and not hurt fuel economy. Only thing that concerns me about the 12 valve cummins is they're what... 150hp stock? If I ever considered the swap, I really wouldn't want to go DOWN in hp lol. Down from my 350's already low factory 220hp, to 150hp... I don't think I could bring myself to do it.

Originally Posted by 82ccshorty

That would be different but very wrong for a Chevy

Not any more than a cummins, Or Isuzu's Duramax. The 7.3 was produced by International/Navistar, not Ford. Really you should be saying that about the Duramaxs' they come with cause at least International is an american company

[ssapach]

Originally Posted by rs74

I didn't see where this has been mentioned yet but there are a few companies that make stand alone wiring harnesses for Duramax conversion. I think you just have to send in the old harness and they do the rest.

Pacific Performance Engineering (I think?) will do just that. From what I was told, you can send them a hardness from your engine and they will basically modify it so that you feed power to it, and have a wire for the ignition to start.

[legendman]

Originally Posted by Skunksmash

What's the most horsepower that you can make with a 12 valve and not hurt fuel economy. Only thing that concerns me about the 12 valve cummins is they're what... 150hp stock? If I ever considered the swap, I really wouldn't want to go DOWN in hp lol. Down from my 350's already low factory 220hp, to 150hp... I don't think I could bring myself to do it.

Diesel power is not the same as a gas motor, power is made in different rpm ranges.

[rs74]

Originally Posted by ssapach

Pacific Performance Engineering (I think?) will do just that. From what I was told, you can send them a hardness from your engine and they will basically modify it so that you feed power to it, and have a wire for the ignition to start.

Yes PPE is one of them and then there is this company. I have been thinking about this conversion in my K30.

http://www.btdieselworks.com/product...wiring-harness