Originally Posted by
TGVet
WOW ! I am exhausted from all that and haven't twisted wrench one. There's no way I'm going to do the Dmax now and its not that I don't enjoy a challenge as my daily work life offers that. I suppose if I were an auto mechanic instead of an electrical contractor with a nice shop to work in and all, I'd go for it, But I just want to get my Sub going again ASAP and as much as I would love to have Dmax power my stocker had enough for the ten years and 476,000 miles I put on her to get me by. I'm going to further investigate the newer 6.5 option and hopefuly get the sub in my friends shop this winter for the transfer. BTW, what is the ATT you refereed to ?
I commend you for an awesome job well done.
ATT=A team turbo. It is an aftermarket non wastegated turbo that seems to be working well for the majority of 6.5ers with a tune for it. I've ridden in a 6.5 with one, and let me just say you would not have guessed it was a 6.5 powering it. He did have alot of other supporting mods done to it as well, but it was impressive to say the least. If your after a quick swap in a hurry, then the DMAX is not for you. I'm sure even Gordon who did his 99 2WD would agree with me on this one as well. An experienced wrench should expect to spend close to 100 hours if I had to guess to do a DMAX swap and make it fully functional and not look like it was slapped in. I have close to 400 hours in mine, but I did ALOT of other things when I did the swap as well. I will say over 2 years almost 25K miles later, she still amazes me at the power she has and is going strong.
Don't count out a new style 6.5 though. AMG made ALOT of improvements when they came out with the OPTIMIZER drop in replacement, and took it even furthur when they built up the P400(it isn't a direct drop in though as it requires a custom oil pan I believe to make work).
1995 GMC 2500 SUBURBAN powered by 01 DURAMAX/ALLISON, 3.42 gears, 261 T-case
Trans has a mild build with ALOT of help from MIKE L. which included ALTO's for C1-C4 and a PI ML converter
DIAMONDEYE 4" exhaust with a CORSA muffler, AFE stage 1 dry filter, EFILIVE, KENNEDY single pump and pump rub kit.