My new truck search concentrated on diesel engines as I wanted something heavy duty enough to pull a car & trailer. There are two problems with the GM Duramax; the engine option costs over $2500 more than the Dodge Cummings and has not been proven,durability-wise,over the latter. Another problem has been the Allison transmissions. They have had a lot of breakage. As for horsepower,I've seen Dodge trucks with 600-700hp and over 1,000 ft/lbs of torque out there. The Cummings engines are in a very mild state of tune and bumping one up to 400hp is easy. The only downside to a hot rod diesel is being required to run a manual trans. The autos just can't handle those power levels. Clint Hooper LT5 Registry Director Wichita Falls,Tx (940) 855-6636 '91 ZR-1 Callaway Aerobody TX TAGS: USA ZR1 http://www.LT5Registry.net/ '69 El Camino Pro Street ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <PRE>If you want to stay with a Chevy truck you can look into the turbo disel then > go to the Gale Banks web site. He has HP kits where you can build them over > 400 street hp > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
