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UK Diesel
04-27-2008, 13:53
Hi everyone, Ive had a few 5.7 diesel over the years and sold my last one a little over a year ago and missed it pretty bad so yesterday I went and bought this Chevy Caprice Classic wagon with a 6.2 diesel in it:D
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/000_0523.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/000_0522.jpg

Shes runs real strong and sounds great:) hope to get to know ya cheers for now craig
More Power
04-28-2008, 10:47
Way cool! What sort of fuel economy do you get (local driving & trip)?

Thanks for posting the pics. :)

Jim
UK Diesel
04-28-2008, 12:20
Hi Jim, I know the guy really well where she came from and he told me it does about 30mpg on a run and about 25 round town.

Ive done about 170 miles now on just over 1/4 of a tank.

It still has its four speed auto which helps.
HH
04-28-2008, 17:30
Very Cool.
trbankii
04-30-2008, 07:15
Need pictures of the engine bay!

Stupid question, but is this a retrofit or did they actually come stock that way 'cross the pond?
UK Diesel
05-01-2008, 13:19
Need pictures of the engine bay!

Stupid question, but is this a retrofit or did they actually come stock that way 'cross the pond?


Hi, I'll sort that out over the weekend for ya. I was going to put some pics up of the motor as I would like to try to find out how old it is and which type. Am I right in thinking they did a few diffrent models of the 6.2?:confused:

It is a retrofit as thew 5.7DX died at some point and the chap thought it would be better just to fit the 6.2 in.
UK Diesel
05-05-2008, 09:49
Need pictures of the engine bay!


Here you go as promised :cool:

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/000_0525.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/000_0526.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/000_0527.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/v8mad0/000_0528.jpg

Only the A/C and cruise was lost in the swap. I don't mind about the A/C as it don't get that hot here in the U.K but I do miss the cruise.
trbankii
05-05-2008, 09:58
Pretty clean little install there!

You should be able to retrofit cruise back into the little beast.
arveetek
05-05-2008, 13:28
Very nice!

How are the cold starts? I can see that you don't have a high-idle function (no wire going to the high idle solenoid), and I can't see if if you have a HPCA (cold timing advance) wire hooked up or not.

Casey
More Power
05-05-2008, 15:30
Great fuel economy! Thanks for sharing... :)

I copied this thread to the "Conversions" forum to give it a little more coverage in the conversion topics.

Jim