Duramax diesel conversion... DONE... PICS.

[nahanee20]

Originally Posted by edbrick

Well for any shade tree mechanic who said "OH it should only take two weeks" A team of experts doing it right took a whole lot longer.

if they were a team of experts they would get it done much faster, A conversion isnt easy, but it can be done in 2 weeks without any rush.

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by nahanee20

if they were a team of experts they would get it done much faster, A conversion isnt easy, but it can be done in 2 weeks without any rush.

Yeaaa, riiiight.... it amazes me how it's always so simple when it's not the person doing the project.

Am I the only one that recognizes the bullshiet that goes along with such a project? There's ALWAYS a snag.

You talk to any member on this forum that is a motorhead and done any kind of project like this and they'll tell you the same thing. Figure out how long and how much it will cost to do the job and then multiply that amount by 3.

The ONLY way you could do a conversion in two weeks is if you a) had EVERY piece available ready to go. (anotherwards, you've done a crapload of these to know that info) and b) you've got more than 1 guy doing the work.

Always easier when you're not doing the work.

Mark

[LEcustoms]

[HummerJim]

It'll be worth the wait! In my younger years I helped swap a 383 with a 440 in a '69 Dodge. Engines and electronics were much simpler then and it took a month. We never got the carb linkage just right and the low oil pressure idiot light would always come on despite changing sesnors and looking for grounds, so we just put a piece of electric tape over the light and bought a mechanical Stewart Warner oil pressure gauage. Electronics in today's cars are so complex, it's like they dare you to work on them yourself!
"Patience is a virtue rarely possessed by women, and never by men," Benjamin Franklin.

[porschett]

Originally Posted by HummerJim

It'll be worth the wait! In my younger years I helped swap a 383 with a 440 in a '69 Dodge. Engines and electronics were much simpler then and it took a month. We never got the carb linkage just right and the low oil pressure idiot light would always come on despite changing sesnors and looking for grounds, so we just put a piece of electric tape over the light and bought a mechanical Stewart Warner oil pressure gauage. Electronics in today's cars are so complex, it's like they dare you to work on them yourself!
"Patience is a virtue rarely possessed by women, and never by men," Benjamin Franklin.

I remember taking the 4cyl, out of a 61 CJ5 Jeep and swapping it out with a 289. Talk about scratching your head every night!

[OrangeCrush]

I agree... I'm STILL putting the blown bigblock in my S10. I had it in with a blower and took it out and used a supercharger instead.

I used a motorplate instead of mounts and now the headers are kicking my ass.

There is always something throwing a wrench in it.

It kind of reminds me of when I buy a new tv and I'll get someone come up to me and say "ohhh, you should have told me, I just bought that same tv for $xxx price."

Of course, when you decide to go that route... it never works out.

Monday night quarterbacking.

Mark

[pteam]

It woulda been alot quicker and probably cheaper to just buy an existing modified diesel h2