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riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
KoolBak wrote:It's an '86. It was a gasser stock, but a 454. And yes, the diesels back then sucked.
I appreciate diesel trucks (the newer good ones), but I am just a gas guy. I basically built this motor....I know gas motors....dont know shit about diesels. And, to me, a good old gas motor, properly muffled, just sounds SO DAMN GOOD. I HATE the way diesels sound
My truck sets off car alarms driving thru parking lots regularly....fuckin love it
And with this motor, I've got plenty of HP and torque to do highway speed up long steep draws hauling 2,000 lbs in the bed and pulling a boat. Sacrifice at the pumps, but hell.....it makes me happy ;o)
Dimey....didn't realize it was a firebird. This is what I'm talkin 'bout
2dimes wrote:All engines have improved exponentially this century. Cummings and Cat made good diesels back in the day. GM not so much. The saying used to be those Cummings are great engines, hopefully one day someone will make a pick up that can last as long.
Power strokes are dependent on the model. The newer GMs are pretty decent.
I wish it was easier to get decent small diesels here but there just isn't the market yet. After Volkswagen lied about their emmisions people are leery about Rollin' coal again.
riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
riskllama wrote: it roughly figures out to about $1000 per inch up here. no thx... ...
riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
Dukasaur wrote:What's really cool is when one of your drivers fills the hydraulic reservoir in the front-end loader with diesel.
It's really cool when he runs it for a full shift like that and the diesel softens all the seals in all the lines and cylinders!
Oh, yeah, took six months and quite a few fixes before that thing was back to normal!
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