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  1. wildcatjason

    crate engine or rebuild original 350?

    The smaller the combustion chamber the higher the compression. When fuel and air have a smaller space at ignition the more force is produced. Light a firecracker in a upside down coffee can vs a trash can and see what happens.
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    seperating 350 and 3 speed tranny

    Was it in a bind? Looks like it from the photo.
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    Diesel MPG

    If I stay on the interstate with my 2500. It runs 21 mpg city is 17-18. Pulling 10000 I get 13. My suburban with the 4bt was 20 mpg city and I would estimate 25-26 highway.
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    2007 5.9 24V Cummins into a 87' C30 Square

    To sweet! I plan on keep my 03 dodge for this purpose. Lol
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    6.2 diesel flywheel

    Isn't the plate with the springs the pressure plate? That what it looks like to me. I couldn't tell ya why it's stuck on the flywheel though.
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    1977 Chevy Stepside from cali

    I think that engine/tranny would be absolutely perfect with a turbo. You still get great gas mileage with low boost and cruising condition with a power on demand feeling when you need it.
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    1977 Chevy Stepside from cali

    How cool is that!
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    Just don't get it stuck in any cracks in that cement floor rolling it around. There a bitch to it get out.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    A stock p pumped 24 valve is 450 ft lbs. the nv4500 is actually rated a little less then that. I think a 12 valve is around 400. Just something to keep in mind when you start playing with fueling and turbo changes. The clutches in the new venture have been know to pop like a fuse as well with...
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    Unfortunately cash is king.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    All I had was a 2 car garage and a harbor freight cherry picker. Besides necessary wrenches and what not. It's not a hard swap.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    I'll give you one more link for good measure. http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?5491-Transmission-FAQ-Sticky-BOOKMARK-THIS-THREAD-FOR-FUTURE-REFERENCES
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    Get yourself an overdrive the first time. I got on one of those online calculators and if you have 3.08 gears with 33's you will be turning 2030 rpms at 65. That engine redlines at 2500. You'll hate it. It's sweet spot for highway cruising is 1700-1800.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?6548-chevy-cummins http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?10731-Upgrading-SM465 Pulled a couple threads you might be interested in. I know southbend and valair do custom flywheel clutch setups and can handle enough torque to pull a house down...
  15. wildcatjason

    gas pedal

    I've had problems with edelbrock accelerators stick in the past the problem is they make the accelerator pump out of plastic it use to be steel. They bend from use and get in a bind. I went through 3 of them until I met a nice old mechanic who gave me a steel accelerator pump from an old carb...
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    Best Creeper...EVER

    Love this. I do enjoy the exercise after working on something for awhile, but I have back problems myself.
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    Need advice building 383 please

    ok started new thread,need advice building 383 please Valve train and rotating assembly are really 2 different topics but for under 400 horses Id get flat top forged pistons (just for reliability), a good used 400 small block crank. I don't recall the size of connecting rods anymore for a 383 o...
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    gas pedal

    What have you done to troubleshoot? Have you pulled anything off and tried to move it?
  19. wildcatjason

    Frozen engine water?

    Why not take the belt off the water pump start the engine and let the engine warm up the water. Then drain off some of the water and add antifreeze.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    I'd consider two block heaters (the stock heater and one in the lower radiator hose), a fuel line heater, and keeping that grid heater (hopefully its still there) at -12. Turning your fuel pump up and timing advance will increase power but make cold starts worse. Keep that in mind.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    Wind chills? That truck will not be fun to start in those temps.
  22. wildcatjason

    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    The second port beside the turbo feed is where it belongs. The flex line is because the vibration of a cummins will bust off the end of the sensor.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    Well that sounds right. Both ports come off the oil filter plate. Did your engine come with a long flex tube that connects the end of it with the oil pressure switch? Mine did and every time the switch would lie against something metal it would ground out and do that. Only other thought I may...
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    Coolant Heater Install

    I actually installed one of these in my suburban thinking it would help with the diesel cold start and it didn't work very well. Anything below 30 and thing was a biznitch.
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    5.9l Cummins swap into a lucky Square Body

    Which oil sender are you using? The one that came with the cummins or the one for the Chevy truck?

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