Black dawg
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Has anybody ever weighed one? Wanting to do a swap, but need to know actual weight before I decide
6.9 weight??
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just engine or with everything attached?
most say 1100 dry weight
most say 1100 dry weight
Black dawg
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engine with accesories i guess.
On the web I am seeing anywhere from 860-1290.
wanting to replace a 454 with one, but do alot of snow wheeling, and really dont want to give up much of what it will do now
On the web I am seeing anywhere from 860-1290.
wanting to replace a 454 with one, but do alot of snow wheeling, and really dont want to give up much of what it will do now
FarmerFrank
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I love IDI's, but a stock 6.9 won't hold a candle to a 454. And normally a gas engine will start easier for you snow wheelin.
Just my opinion. And i dislike GM greatly.
I also agree with the 11-1200. Dunno about a BBC but a 460 dressed is around 800lbs
M.
Just my opinion. And i dislike GM greatly.
I also agree with the 11-1200. Dunno about a BBC but a 460 dressed is around 800lbs
M.
79jasper
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For fuel savings, why not convert it to cng?
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Black dawg
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never researched cng, but the few cars around here that are cng, it seems to be more trouble than it is worth.
not worried about power, a 5psi boosted IDI will do everything that I need. A big part of wanting to go diesel is WMO.
A 6.2-6.5 would be easy initially, but I am looking for near bulletproof reliability.
FarmerFrank
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Eh. 6.2/6.5s aren't flimsy. I work on hmmvs for a living and I've seen them take a pounding all day and the next.
Black dawg
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I have had 4 6.2s and 2 6.5s, They just dont seem to hold up in the big picture. This 454 replaced a 6.5.
FarmerFrank
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Ah who am I kidding, IH idi in a chevy! Do it.
marvgarr
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The only reason a 6.2/6.5 doesn't hold up is pure maint. They are like a women if you don't care or love them they will leave you hanging.
Black dawg
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I really wish that were true. If I wanted to put one in, I would put the low mile one that I have saved in. I have been saving it to resell. THey are like gold around here, lots of 6.5 trucks with bad engines.
Lots of 6.9-7.3s around here with bad trucks.
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
The 6.2/6.5's are weaker on the bottom end. The bearings on the crank are also a lot thinner than on a 6.9/7.3. I don't know their history, but I've seen quite a few Chevy's with spun bearings. Not very many on the Fords. Besides, a diesel with a timing chain or a hex shaft to drive the oil pump doesn't seem to make sense to me. 6.2/6.5's have both. They are good for getting better fuel milage. I too have worked on HMMV'S and from what I saw, it was the truck that took the most abuse, not the engines. My experience was from being a civilian contractor in Iraq.
Knuckledragger
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BBC weight is about 600 lbs. About half of the IDI.
PwrSmoke
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My Ford Data Books list 860 lbs for a dry 6.9L NA and 900 lbs. for the 7.3L turbo. I weighed my 6.9L as I was installing it (have a line dyno) and it was a scratch under 900 with oil in in and some of the turbo stuff installed.
6.2/6.5??? IMO (and I had one for about 8 years) is a good light duty diesel and only a fair HD diesel. Later is better, as they worked out many of the bugs. I think it's a great half-ton diesel.. very economical. Not so hot in HD applications.
6.2/6.5??? IMO (and I had one for about 8 years) is a good light duty diesel and only a fair HD diesel. Later is better, as they worked out many of the bugs. I think it's a great half-ton diesel.. very economical. Not so hot in HD applications.
Black dawg
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do you remember which accesories were on the engine at this weight?
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