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wheels244:

--- Quote from: turbonutter on December 10, 2008, 20:24:19 ---iv been speeking to a mate about the gmc v8 diesels , iv been warned off them !!

another mate has a iveco daily 5 tone truck with the 2.8 td motor

so any more info on these ?

what power do they put out ? and has it got low down grunt ? the bmw motor had some go to it but not alot low down

next thing can it be used with a zf auto box as i still want to change to auto ?

 

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What did he say about the GMC's ?

turbonutter:
he had a 6.5 turbo gmc , it had to much grunt and snapped halfshafts all the time

as for the 6.2 non turbo that they didnt have enough grunt !
he said that it aint worth the aggro of fitting it , plus they are heavy motors

i didnt ask about the 5.7 tho , i read that they only have 100bhp didnt see the torque figure and thats less than a 200 tdi !

realy stuck with what to do with my truck , may get fed up a break it yet !

i drove a td5 90 yesterday and realy liked it so may scrap the disco and find a 90 instead !!!!

JIMBOBLY:
with the gmc engine mate,dont do it,thats my advice,you do what you want,but why not tune a 200tdi and put in,turn the fueling up a bit,good air filter and exhaust,and something like a ali sport intercooler,i know it sounds expensive mate,the some of the other ways you are thinking of could end up beeing worse,with the tuning on a 200 or a 300,you will get something like 125 130 and 220lbt of torque,and if you blow that,you only have one night on e bay to find another one :-k

Chris Putt:
One of the lads I used to work with had a 6.2 GMC V8 in his Rangie....It was awesome. It only really broke stuff when you drove it with a heavy right foot.....like all engines really. He put a fast idle control on it so he could just engage that and let it get on with its business!

turbonutter:
there does seem to be mixed feelings on the gmc , same with alot of engines i suppose

realy cant decided what to do with my truck now

thing with putting a 200/ 300 tdi back in it is id have the cost of the motor and then all the bits to get more power , why not put somthing with more power to start with ?

 

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