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Cost wise, it would be wayyyyy cheaper to just buy a nice 6.2 from BMI and swap over all the accessories from your old motor.

if ur not gonna turbo it, then yes it is an easy swap. Sensors, intake manifold, exhaust manifolds, alternator and ps pump brackets, coolant cross over, water pump plate, water pump, vacuum pump, return lines will need to be exchanged from 6.2 to the 6.5. Depends if ur gonna use V belt or...

you will need to take off a lot of the electronics and need a mechanical injection pump with electric lift pump yes. With bigger plungers 4911 pump will be good. I have a pump if u need one. $100 send pm if interested. If 200,000+miles I would run away from it. 95% of any early 6.5 block with...

This current motor is a 6.5 Optimizer yes sir!

Things left to do... Temporarily adapt a 6.5 air box until I get one custom made for the snorkel. Exhaust Built 700r4 trans Install Pyro and Boost gauges Tidy up the motor bay electrical Oil Change after 300 break in miles Check and Fill all low fluids Replace rusted rocker panels New...

I would like to add if you plan on using OEM 6.5 oil cooler lines, these fittings will work for the Optimizer. Thanks to a SS member for sharing this knowledge because I had thought about using a 6.5 oil cooler but decided to try out the 6.2 cooler and see where my temps are at with the new oil...

I hooked up the batteries and cranked it a few times and she fired right up! Now that I know the motor is good, I will take the passenger fender and wheel well off and have it towed to an exhaust shop to get the Down pipe and exhaust done. I will get you pictures and videos once the exhaust is...

After cutting, installing new Exhaust Manifold Studs and installing a 6.5 OEM exhaust crossover, it fits very nicely. There is about 3” of space between the driveshaft and Crossover. I will have to get the Crossover shortened after I do the first test run on the Optimizer. FYI I have about 5...

Flushing the oil cooler and priming the oil was an easy task! Using small extensions with an 8mm socket and with the 6.2 vacuum pump off, I easily primed and flushed with the cordless as instructed from BMI. To get the 6.5 Exhaust Crossover to mate well with the Optimizer, I had to cut a...

The 6.2 and early model 6.5 oil cooler fittings were too small for the Optimizers oil cooler line ports. I went into Ace Hardware to get adaptive fittings to make this work. My goal is to use the OEM 6.2 oil cooler lines and adapt it to the Optimizer keeping the oil cooler lines as far away...

Darn it! 3 days off with 3 days of rain and snow... :-( Sigh...

Pictures of the Offroaddesign Motor Mounts and the Offroaddesign Motor Crossover Brace. Fits great with the frame and 6.5 Optimizer.

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After power washing the motor bay and installing the ORD motor mounts and Oem motor mount spacer keeping the bolts loose, I got the motor in the M1009. I don’t think I can call it an M1009 anymore with all the upgrades it has acquired over the decade. What do you guys think? Anyhow... At first...

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Today is a beautiful day! She is all done! I got the passenger exhaust manifold on. Installed Quadstar glow plug heat shields. Had fitment issues with the made in China turbo. The Turbo master would not work with the mold bolt patterns. I cleaned up a Gm1 turbo and installed it. I had to...

Thank you! I hope it helped!

I went to O’reillys and picked up another 1/8 npt tap and a 21/64 drill bit. Putting the 21/64 bit on the drill press and slowly drilled the pyrometer port on the passenger exhaust manifold using wd-40 as a lubricant for the bit. Taping the threads was easy with an adjustable wrench with the...

Well, when it is time to drop in the motor I’ll figure it out. I have spare lift point brackets I could use to make it a 4 point but it does not solve the bracket bending issue. The 2 point with lifter/leveler is a good idea. The intake hoist bracket is too pricey and I don’t feel comfortable...

That is a great idea! I also noticed that the two brackets always bend when the motor is lifted with one chain doubled up. I was also thinking about getting or making a 3’ bar with loops on it to prevent the brackets from bending and hitting the return line causing pinching. Well, today I was...