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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
Going well, though working on it very rarely. Busy with other projects and other stuff keeps breaking. Went with a late 90s chevy radiator/shroud. Which was obviously bolt up but had to make custom plumbing. Otherwise just knocking around town with it and tinkering as we go. Straightening out...- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
Been chipping away at this in our very limited spare time. Still not settled on a radiator. Due to the chevy steering box location and the IDI engine fan sticking down so far a drivers side lower radiator port would be really difficult to plumb. So current plan is to use a Chevy radiator that at...- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
The ford radiators you guys suggested are pretty close. I stumbled across this one last night which is a little tall, but close enough that I can probably get it to work without modifying the radiator suppport...- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
Starter's fit. Fuel system done. Next hurdle is figuring out a radiator. The ford van/truck radiators that came with this engine are 10" too tall. Seems chevy went for the short/wide style on these trucks. So I need to find something 20" tall (and up to 40" wide) but with an inlet (1 3/4") on...- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
We ended up just notching/boxing the chassis. It wasn't as bad as I thought. Thank for all the input though.- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
Interesting, thank you. I'll look into that. We pulled the truck back into the shop today so I'll get a few pictures of what I have and how they fit tomorrow. Thanks- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
I wish we could do a manual, but his arthritis is too bad to be shifting gears. With the original style starter it would be a relatively small notch (and box out like you said). What I don't like is that it would be end of the solenoid where the cable connections are that would be in the notch...- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
I'm not worried about changing gearsets. Just would like to pick up the OD and keep a tall gear. Ultimately, it doesn't need to do much heavy hauling or high speed so probably will keep the basic c6 and regear. I'm just always looking to do a little extra.- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
Yes going to stick with the c6. He doesn't want to do anything fancy, this is really just a run around truck. I'm going to try to talk him into a gear vendors OD unit instead of re-gearing the 4.10 12 bolt in it now. We'll see. Usually we make the driveshaft and take it somewhere to get balanced...- FoxNotch
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88 Chevy 2500 6.9 IDI swap
I'm helping my father out swapping a 6.9 IDI into his 2500 Chevy. You may be wondering why, I sure am also. He's had the Chevy for 20+ years but the 350/th400 is shot. The truck itself is straight and rust free. He's had a number of IDI's and always had good luck and got this 6.9/C6 setup from...- FoxNotch
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