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The motor mounts and crossmember came from Tennessee Diesel Conversions. I actually traded him (Scott Oswalt) a Warn 8274 winch. I didn't use the crossmemer that came with the motor mounts because I had already had one made from some measurements I had taken of the motor and oil pan, plus is was way beefier. Used to, you had to lift a Chevy 4" to put a Cummins in it, but Scott re-designed his mounts (if for no other reason but to prove it could be done) to make if fit with absolutely no suspension lift!
The transmission crossmember is a stock Chevy piece from an 80s model K-10 with a 700R4 trans and NP208 transfer case and has a good bit of drop on the passenger side to clear the NP205. I used a stock transmission mount from a 1999 K-2500 with a 5 speed manual transmission. The transfer case (round pattern NP205) is rather hard to find and expensive when you do as they were only made from 85-91 in GM 1-ton trucks. Of course, my experiences are with a manual transmission. I'm pretty sure an automatic would have been a cake walk. You just have to know what vehicle certain parts came from so you can get mounts or whatever it is that you need, it's pretty easy.
As you can see, I've spent a considerable amount of time and money on this project, but no matter how much I spend, you can't buy any production model truck with these options....or hardly any new truck for that matter. I have about 13,000 in the truck total. That's the purchase price, lift/tires, all other mods and all the Cummin's swap parts. About $8,000 of that is just the Cummins and associated parts.
There's no way you could build (or probably afford to build) a reliable 6.2 that could come anywhere close to the performance (or again, reliability) of even a stock Cummins. Mine was 160hp and 400tq in stock form. I put on a different turbo, exhaust, fuel pin, governor spring, lift pump, and injectors and should be between 300-350hp and 600-700tq I believe. I'll get the real numbers after it gets running and I get the chance to dyno it. Also, I should go from my 13-14 mpg with the 6.2 and 700R4 to about 18-20 with the CTD and NV4500.
So....was it cheap? Hell No!
Would I recommend it? Very much, it's a fun project.
Am I glad I did it? You bet your sweet ass!
Would I do it again? Probably if I could afford it
All this was just off the top of my head, I'm at school right now so I might have overlooked some things.
The transmission crossmember is a stock Chevy piece from an 80s model K-10 with a 700R4 trans and NP208 transfer case and has a good bit of drop on the passenger side to clear the NP205. I used a stock transmission mount from a 1999 K-2500 with a 5 speed manual transmission. The transfer case (round pattern NP205) is rather hard to find and expensive when you do as they were only made from 85-91 in GM 1-ton trucks. Of course, my experiences are with a manual transmission. I'm pretty sure an automatic would have been a cake walk. You just have to know what vehicle certain parts came from so you can get mounts or whatever it is that you need, it's pretty easy.
As you can see, I've spent a considerable amount of time and money on this project, but no matter how much I spend, you can't buy any production model truck with these options....or hardly any new truck for that matter. I have about 13,000 in the truck total. That's the purchase price, lift/tires, all other mods and all the Cummin's swap parts. About $8,000 of that is just the Cummins and associated parts.
There's no way you could build (or probably afford to build) a reliable 6.2 that could come anywhere close to the performance (or again, reliability) of even a stock Cummins. Mine was 160hp and 400tq in stock form. I put on a different turbo, exhaust, fuel pin, governor spring, lift pump, and injectors and should be between 300-350hp and 600-700tq I believe. I'll get the real numbers after it gets running and I get the chance to dyno it. Also, I should go from my 13-14 mpg with the 6.2 and 700R4 to about 18-20 with the CTD and NV4500.
So....was it cheap? Hell No!
Would I recommend it? Very much, it's a fun project.
Am I glad I did it? You bet your sweet ass!
Would I do it again? Probably if I could afford it
All this was just off the top of my head, I'm at school right now so I might have overlooked some things.
