Rare Suburban

I do not have my 96 any more, but I recalling 185/385.........Then again, I do not recall any difference tween an auto and a manual either. I had a manual if that means anything. than 15 yrs and 8 yrs of not having said truck....memory can be screwed up.

Marty

#40Fan wrote:
1993 Vin C/J 6.2.

140/255

1993 Vin F 6.5.

190/380

Cool, I must have gotten the full race version from Chebbie. The F code in my driveway say's 200HP 3,400 RPM right on the valve cover. :B

1993 Vin C/J 6.2.

140/255

1993 Vin F 6.5.

190/380

blt2ski wrote:
The 6.5 was available thru about 95-96, sepcs were 175/330 or there abouts vs the 25/35 at 185/385. After 97 with some redone factory mods, it was 195/440 or there abouts.

Marty

Those numbers are pretty far off from my avertized numbers. My 93 6.5 is 200HP and somewhere around 425 torque right from the factory.

Fordlover wrote:

blt2ski wrote:
The 6.5 was available thru about 95-96, sepcs were 175/330 or there abouts vs the 25/35 at 185/385. After 97 with some redone factory mods, it was 195/440 or there abouts.

Marty

Good Lord 175/330. When hooked up pulling that thing had to be going so slow it felt like you were going backwards. Those numbers make my buddies '77 F-150 460 look like a race truck. It's amazing what modern Diesels are doing compared to just 20 years ago.

If THAT is LOW, try the initial 6.2 diesel specs, 110-125 and not even low to mid 200 lb ft of torque. The IDI 7.3 in my navistar mdt is a 175 336! It had a low of 125, a 150 option also! Look at gas motors from 1980, a bb 454 did not even have 200 hp and barely 300 lb ft of torque. TOdays motors, both gas and diesel are power houses compared to the early 90's and before. One has SB V6's producing more hp/torque than a BB of the past. And folks say these new motors have no power.......hmph!

Marty

502_Jimmy wrote:

Lowsuv wrote:
sharp eyed readers will note that the suburban had 8 lug wheels .
1500 suburbans only came with 6 lug wheels .
so this conversion probably had a conversion to the 2500 front and rear axles .
the 2500 also had a considerably larger rear differential , very large rear Drum brakes in that year . I'm guessing that is about a 1995 to 1996 model .
in any event , nice conversion .

Usually correct, but not always...

You could get a 1500 diesel. It was a de-rated motor and came with the semi-floating 14bolt rear axle (8 lug).

The 2500's diesel and 454gas came with 8 lug and a 14 bolt full-floating rear axle.

The 2500 350gas came with the 8 lug 14 bolt semi-floating axle.


Here's an example of the 1500 diesel... (I had to really look, these are getting hard to find)
1500 Diesel Suburban

The 1500 diesels came with 3.42 gears, same engine rating. The 2500s could be ordered with either 3.73 or 4.10 gears.

The Cummins conversion would be nice, but the DuraBurb conversions are awesome. They put a Duramax in and make it look factory.

lpxguy wrote:
OR.......it's a Burb with an emblem

OPer here. I heard the truck drive up. (Was at the fish cleaning station) That diesel sound is what got my attention. I didn't get a chance to talk to owner but did talk to his buddy. He said owner was a diesel mechanic and did the conversion himself. Also said the original motor was a 6.2L. That's about all I know.

blt2ski wrote:
The 6.5 was available thru about 95-96, sepcs were 175/330 or there abouts vs the 25/35 at 185/385. After 97 with some redone factory mods, it was 195/440 or there abouts.

Marty

Good Lord 175/330. When hooked up pulling that thing had to be going so slow it felt like you were going backwards. Those numbers make my buddies '77 F-150 460 look like a race truck. It's amazing what modern Diesels are doing compared to just 20 years ago.

lpxguy wrote:
OR.......it's a Burb with an emblem

That thought occurred to me too.

About 10 years ago I was stuck in traffic next to a Ford dually with an F550 emblem; since we literally were shut off & not moving I asked him about him and he said he put the 550 badge on just to have a little fun with people.

The 6.5 was available thru about 95-96, sepcs were 175/330 or there abouts vs the 25/35 at 185/385. After 97 with some redone factory mods, it was 195/440 or there abouts.

Marty