I have checked them out extensively ,depending on if you get the one with steel
crank...and where they are machined,,,casted at the navistar plant along side of the cummmings..or done someotherplace...most of the time you can get shipped to your door without core charge for under 6000 ...i...
you are all quite right....all I am saying here is that even to put 300 hp
into a stock gm 6.5 is asking for trouble ...these engines were poorly designed and machined from the get go. the 6.5 is plagued with many issues and sometimes takes a lot of money too work them out...there not like a...
no I am not pushing 425 hp.,close to 300hp..maybe..but it is possible..
not sure anyone here knows about the new optimizer engines regineered
by american genereal but this is a start for the foundation...I had mine
balanced and splayed with 18.to 1 compression....way too much money
to get a...
If you got the money and time....
Sorry guys to hear all about how poorly the 6.5 is incapable
of producing 425 hp..it has been done years ago and is still
able to do it..cooling is a issue but now with h20 it might also be a tad easier...there is a new way...but I should say it is back too...