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showme
Explorer III
Aug 26, 2013

Can I switch my 350 Chevy engine to a 6.2 diesel?

I've just purchased a 1982 Chevy 1 ton dually, and I"m wondering how much trouble, if possible, to change out the 350 gas engine to a 6.2 (or any, for that matter), diesel. Any comments or suggestions...
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Engineer9860
Explorer
Aug 28, 2013
If you want a diesel consider a 5.9L B-series Cummins swap. Guys do it all the time, there are examples all over the interwebs. There are Cummins OE adapters that mate the B-series to a GM bell housing so you don't have to use an odd ball transmission.

The B-series Cummins seems to way out last the chassis that they come in so a donor engine should be easy to find.

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