Turbo Diesel Camaro/Firebird
01-01-2004, 11:22 PM
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Turbo Diesel Camaro/Firebird Well, im sure you were hoping that I was gonna have pictures of a turbo diesel camaro/firebird, but i was just wondering if anyone has attempted this. Would this be a stupid swap? dont diesels make hella torque,,,,insight please.
01-02-2004, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by 770boy
Well, im sure you were hoping that I was gonna have pictures of a turbo diesel camaro/firebird, but i was just wondering if anyone has attempted this. Would this be a stupid swap? dont diesels make hella torque,,,,insight please.
The problem is gearing. The rev range of a diesel is so narrow that it just doesnt make sense.
01-03-2004, 10:05 AM
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Man this is an awesome idea! That thing would absolutely smoke anything! Until you shifted into second gear.
If you took a duramax with about 600 hp/1100 ft lbs, then it'd move. But you'd just be smoking the tires for eternity. And it'd be way heavier. A powerstroke motor weighs at least 500 lbs more than an LS1, not counting all the turbo hardware.
Bad idea. If you want something that makes crazy torque, swap a buick turbo motor into a f-body.
If you took a duramax with about 600 hp/1100 ft lbs, then it'd move. But you'd just be smoking the tires for eternity. And it'd be way heavier. A powerstroke motor weighs at least 500 lbs more than an LS1, not counting all the turbo hardware.
Bad idea. If you want something that makes crazy torque, swap a buick turbo motor into a f-body.
05-21-2004, 03:21 PM
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diesel in vette there was a show on speed channel or somthing like that were a guy put the 6.5 turbo diesel motor in a corvette. granted the vette was a 70's model but it made some really nice numbers. and made 40mpg, not bad especially these days
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I've seen pics of a few diesel Corvettes that guys in Europe have done. Some of those guys think way outside of the box... I think they were going more for economy than performance though.
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One of my buddies is thinking about putting the 6.5 in his 91 Camaro. He's a farmer though..but a mechanical genious, went to UTI in Houston. The only thing holding him back is the downpipe for the turbo. I think if he gets that solved, he'll be doing it for sure. That'll get some looks from the truckers at the truck stop...
