I like your thoughts but I have seem 6
5 out last cummins time and time again and what make the cummins better un stock form than a 6.5 they all have problems the Cummins is only better becuase of the aftermarket support other than that it would have just as bad of rep as the 6.5 diesel becuase...
As far as my budget I d ok nt think I will be any were near that number i was thinking like 10k about I own the block heads and I can do most of the major modifications to the block and heads myself and the rest I have a close friend that owns his own machine shop and has always giving me a...
I know it wont be cheap but I'm young and dont plan on having it done for a while yet time is not an issue nor is money over time one pice at a time is how this build is being built
I was thinking or having a billet steel set made I know a guy with a cnc machine but that's as far as the idea has gone but the big issue I'm worried about is rolling mass and what about a custom machined set of billet pistons would it be worth the coin to get them made ??
Yes I have a block and a fully stock rolling assembly and stock 98 heads with no cracks that I want to port and open up and biger valves but idk if this will cause major cracking issues and cause leaks I want to put optimizer heads on but at 1200 per head I think stock heads opened up is worth a...
What exactly is you hp number and glad to k nk ow I'm not the only one out ther who wants to stomp around in a hoped up 6.5 diesel what's yours going in to ?? The engine I want to build is going in to a custom build 76 4x4 240d Mercedes Benz
I know cost for the girdle is going to be expensive but I'm planning on making my own and as for as my 660 block it is brand new only has 500 miles on it from a military unit so low miles and always well maintained and can or would you port out factory heads and put biger valves in and open...
Okay thank you I have heard from others builders the chryo treatment is not worth what you pay idk how solid that info is but ho is not cheap in a 6.5 diesel amd would a optimizer block be better than a 660 red block with the supposed "high nickle" in the casting???? I dont think any block other...
I understand this is not going to be cheap and as far as crank goes I was thinking going with a scar crank and injection set ups any one ever thought of putting 2 inline 4 injection pumps in a custom gear case and runing that then you would have all the fuel you could ever want and then some I...
Ok so call me crazy but I'm a diesel tech and know my way around the 6.5 diesel all to well I have owned many and done small mods but I want to go BIG custom girdle studded bottom and head studs oring the deck I want to do this all in a 6.2 red block with forged steel crank optimizer heads...