From: Glenn Shaw (milspectruck@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2006 - 18:35:06 PDT
Just a consideration. The 6.5 does have slightly more power due to its
Glenn
Chris Brunner wrote:
increased displacement but is less reliable than the 6.2. Quite a few
issues were created by GM when they took a good design and tried to
stretch it out to compete with the Ford going from 6.9 to 7.3 L. You
can read up on all the issues invloved on amghummer.com
> I was considering converting the engine in my M1028 from the current
> 6.2L to a 6.5L - I understand that the 6.5 is a stronger engine, and
> considering the type of driving that i do, I wanted to price out and
> understand the difficulty of the conversion so that in the future I
> could make a better decision.
>
> I can find crate rebuilds for approximately $3K - core required. Can
> you guys recommend reading materials for this conversion?
>
> I don't want to get into an argument of why the 6.2 is a fine engine,
> I agree it would work great in a military application, but in my
> application of daily driving, highway, stop and go, and hauling, it
> just doesn't seem to have the power I need to get around - and I'd
> rather get all the information first just to see what's involved (yes,
> I am also considering a banks kit).
>
>
> Chris
>
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