D-Max powered GNX?!?
#12
Originally Posted by kbracing96
Oh ya, and he said it get 35 MPG 

So who'd going to be the first to swap a DMAX into a 1/2 ton GMT800?
#14
It's a Cutlass with a GN rear clip. The guy who built it is a smart cookie; he got the Cutlass because it started life as a diesel, and as a result, the VIN is not subject to the normal CA smog checks. So his conversion is perfectly legal, in spite of the fact that it will likely have in excess of 500HP/1000TQ. Very elegant. I bet it will turn over those meats as well.
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Originally Posted by duwem
Lets hear it run. Looks like they shoe horned it in there, Bet it hangs down pretty low because it clears the stock hood. Cooling should also be interesting.
#19
Originally Posted by kbracing96
It is running. I don't think cooling will be a problem, diesels run fairly cool any way, and its not like it will ever see much of a load in that car 

nice car, bet thats a lot of added weight on the front end though
#20
Originally Posted by nightrunner
on the cooling - exactly, half the rpms = half the heat, or at least that is how it was explained to me, check out whippled_496's thread on retrofitting a dmax intercooler + radiator in his whippled 8.1L, he had overheating problems and had to go back the the big block rad and a whipple aftercooler


