Darrin Tosh
IDI Hound
Yes I am considering installing a Cummins in Big Ed.
The doner truck that I picked up (1986 F350 Crew Cab SRW 2wd) has a 12V Cummins. The complete conversion was done in 2001 in Arazona and has only 20K on a Cummins Reman, with the GV overdrive. The nice thing about this is that it also has a C6 trans. SO everything that I need to do a complete conversion is there. Motor mounts, Trans adapter, touque converter, brackets, VRV, AC, Cruise Throttle cable hookup, ALl guages and wiring, tac pickup, etc,..
Then when I am done I will have a rust free california truck, c6, gearvendors, banks turbo, and many other parts to sell and pay for the conversion. It should basicly be a free conversion, minus my labor, and that's cheap.
So what do I get, a 20K mile Cummins with lttle work will have 80+ more HP and 150+ more torque, it will go 500K with little difficulty, and still get about 5mpg better than my IDI. Ans everything that I have done to Big Ed, will work with the CUmmins, Prolane, exhaust, guages, hood scoop? not shure,
I am still in the early stages but I think it will be a go.
There, I feel much better!
The doner truck that I picked up (1986 F350 Crew Cab SRW 2wd) has a 12V Cummins. The complete conversion was done in 2001 in Arazona and has only 20K on a Cummins Reman, with the GV overdrive. The nice thing about this is that it also has a C6 trans. SO everything that I need to do a complete conversion is there. Motor mounts, Trans adapter, touque converter, brackets, VRV, AC, Cruise Throttle cable hookup, ALl guages and wiring, tac pickup, etc,..
Then when I am done I will have a rust free california truck, c6, gearvendors, banks turbo, and many other parts to sell and pay for the conversion. It should basicly be a free conversion, minus my labor, and that's cheap.
So what do I get, a 20K mile Cummins with lttle work will have 80+ more HP and 150+ more torque, it will go 500K with little difficulty, and still get about 5mpg better than my IDI. Ans everything that I have done to Big Ed, will work with the CUmmins, Prolane, exhaust, guages, hood scoop? not shure,
I am still in the early stages but I think it will be a go.
There, I feel much better!