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Originally Posted by Camaromax
The Duramax will put down loads of torque and I believe that I have seen a few in the diesel truck forums getting right near 600hp with no work on the internals of the engine. Now while that is not a huge amount of horsepower it would be a really dependable powerplant that also gets great mileage vs gas engines with similar power.
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and at 550-575 rwhp it'll be making about 1100 rwtq.
I do my own tuning with Efi Live and my 7000 lb truck went 12.75 at 108.5 mph full weight and no track mods at all; stock engine/turbo, just tuning, exhaust, and water injection. It should go mid to low 12's with the t-bars and tire pressure lowered so it doesn't wheel hop. Oh, and it gets 22-23 mpg on the freeway, and no worse than 16 or so around town. Imagine what it would do in something lighter than 7000 lbs???!!
Although it would be a blast to drive, just realize you'll also receive a fair amount of smack for this swap. If you can live with that, then do it.
Jody