Ha haha, sorry I'm late! :~ ) thanks, Norm...
Well donner, the results are just great. I've had a lot of drivetrains in that truck over the past 30 years I've onwned, 318 Poly [GREAT!], LA318, built 360-3 [about 375hp and rev to the moon] but that Baby Cummins 4BT is the sweetest of them all! Okay, I'm a bit older, but it still has a magic all its own.
Bone stock it has more than adequate power for anything I've needed. As mentioned in Gordon's 'Fuel Mileage' thread, the power potential is incredible, and thankfully cheap. Ridiculous good mileage, instantaneous starting, stump-pulling torque off idle. The NV4500 trans is great. I need to install my 3,200 rpm governor spring in my Bosch VE injector pump on engine to raise the redline. Big gap between 3rd and 4th but the spring fix helps fill in the space.
If you're contemplating this swap DO IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I absolutely guarantee you'll never regret it. You can have an ultra-relaxed cruiser or a gnarly, raunchy animal. Curious thing with the diesel: you can tweak the daylights out of it but they virtually never need a performance cam upgrade, until you get into plain silly power levels. Because of maintaining stock cam, if you decide you don't need the max power you can 'un-tweak' it in a very short time with no side effects. That's next to impossible with a gasser.
I've got some pics, but not organized, e-mail me if ya like and we can chat. Anybody e-mailing me, put Dodge or Cummins or Diesel in subject header or it's in the can.
JimmieD
Well donner, the results are just great. I've had a lot of drivetrains in that truck over the past 30 years I've onwned, 318 Poly [GREAT!], LA318, built 360-3 [about 375hp and rev to the moon] but that Baby Cummins 4BT is the sweetest of them all! Okay, I'm a bit older, but it still has a magic all its own.
Bone stock it has more than adequate power for anything I've needed. As mentioned in Gordon's 'Fuel Mileage' thread, the power potential is incredible, and thankfully cheap. Ridiculous good mileage, instantaneous starting, stump-pulling torque off idle. The NV4500 trans is great. I need to install my 3,200 rpm governor spring in my Bosch VE injector pump on engine to raise the redline. Big gap between 3rd and 4th but the spring fix helps fill in the space.
If you're contemplating this swap DO IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I absolutely guarantee you'll never regret it. You can have an ultra-relaxed cruiser or a gnarly, raunchy animal. Curious thing with the diesel: you can tweak the daylights out of it but they virtually never need a performance cam upgrade, until you get into plain silly power levels. Because of maintaining stock cam, if you decide you don't need the max power you can 'un-tweak' it in a very short time with no side effects. That's next to impossible with a gasser.
I've got some pics, but not organized, e-mail me if ya like and we can chat. Anybody e-mailing me, put Dodge or Cummins or Diesel in subject header or it's in the can.
JimmieD
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