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GM did not make bigger injectors for these engines and adding a turbo with out major engine modifications is not a good idea. I was in charge of maintenance on a large fleet of the civillian version of these units in the fire service. We found a very good injection lab that would turn the pump...
As i have posted before when I worked for GM the instructors taught us that the broken tip can not come out of the pre chamber in the head and cause any damage, therefore there was no need to fish for it. You unscrew the glow plug, wiggle it back and forthe to break off the tip and screw in the...
We suffered through his all the time in the civilian world till we realized a magnet won't work on something made of non ferrous metal and a factory training instructor taught us not to worry about the tip. It could not get out of the prechamber and would not not hurt anything, life got a whole...
DB2 pumps are very common in the diesel industry, most injection shops can rebuild them about 200 bucks and if they are decent folks sell you a book on them. They are really simple to do, used to rebuild them by the dozens in my previous life as a GM technician
See my avatar. I used the stock bed shortened by 36 inches, moved the axle back and lengthened the drive shaft by 11 inches. I think it worked out great
Didn't get any pix but , had a great time. Mike put together a great crew and they put on an absolutely marvelous rally. The food was outstanding and plentiful, the people as always were great fun and after Brandon bent his Pinz showed what a group of folks with a common goal can accomplish with...
Just can't wait
Hey Mike got my tickets today wifey daughter and I can't wait for the fun to start.
Lloyd (AKA poppop) sorry you and the Mrs. won't make it this year but hope all go's well and we will see you next year
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I know you put alot of work into this but I can not get anywhere past the same message "read this first click here" don't know what it is I need to do but I give up for now e-mail when you have the time to tell me the secret formula. Thanks
Actually the olds 5.7 block was based on the 425 gas motor with some modifications to drive the injection pump off the cam and reduce displacement to 350 to allow for the increased pressures of a deisel. Early units were very unreliable but the last of the run also known as the "DX" blocks were...
RE: Re: RE: Steel Soldiers 2009 Florida Rally... Its on!
Count us in even if we don't have any green iron right now. Great people, great fun, great food,for a great price can't be beat. Mike, are you going to be collecting thru the OD Iron site again this year for entry and shirts?