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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
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Shes runs real strong and sounds great:) hope to get to know ya cheers for now craig
Way cool! What sort of fuel economy do you get (local driving & trip)?
Thanks for posting the pics. :)
Jim
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.
Very Cool.
Need pictures of the engine bay!
Stupid question, but is this a retrofit or did they actually come stock that way 'cross the pond?
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Originally Posted by trbankii
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.
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Originally Posted by trbankii
Here you go as promised :cool:
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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.
Pretty clean little install there!
You should be able to retrofit cruise back into the little beast.
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
Nice vehicle ya got there. 30mpg for a big "boat" is really good.
Too bad we didn't have a small v6 diesel in a current Chevy Impala, it could probably get 40+ mpg.
Way back when I had a 1980 Olds Cutlass diesel, it would get 26 to 28 mpg with the 3 speed auto. I really loved the ride in that car. I've been thinking about finding a clean southern model and stuffing a 6.2 into one with a 700r4 overdrive. Could probably get 30+ mpg easy.
Go on you know you want to :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ToddMeister
I would love an Olds 88 or 98 with a 6.2 in :)
Or a Roadmaster Wagon
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Bill
Nice:cool:
Oh yeah one of those would be a good choice, too.Quote:
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Oh yea! that would be cool. Just for fun add AWD, for those rough winters.Quote:
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Or add a plow and put it to workQuote:
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Bill
Was thinking about this the other evening - what is the transmission and rearend under that? I've seen some discussions about what will hold up to a 6.5 and doubt there is a 14-bolt swapped in under the rear of the wagon! :D