duramax in s10

[02ilduramax]

i am currently deployed but have an s10 that i put a sbc in and i just bought a duramax and love the engine and now iw ant to put one in my s10 i need and engine and trans tho let me kow what ya got

 

[Vrabel]

I did a sbc in a 4wd. It's gonna take a lot to make one fit in.

 

[TDFDiesel]

If you follow through on this, I want to see pics.

 

[59 camaro]

good luck on the swap
sounds like it might be a pita

 

[jraymer]

Sounds interesting but why put a 3k to 5k motor in a $1,200 truck?

 

[baggedLB7]

Lets see a write up on this if it happens I have an 01 Extreme that I would love to do this to if work ever slows down.

 

[1lowdiesel]

It actually shouldn't be too bad. New firewall, trans tunnel, motor mounts, trans mount and shit ton of wiring. Here's a pic of one in an s10

 

[turbo_bu]

1lowdiesel,

Happen to have any more pic's of that S10????

Wondering how much of the firewall had to be taken out. Good news would be that the whole thing should be ~4000-4500lbs. A 4L80E could work with this weight.

 

[1lowdiesel]

personally i would just cut the whole firewall out and build a new one around the motor. Same with the floor or trans tunnel.

 

[TDFDiesel]

I wouldn't want to work on that.

 

[Mdmax]

Ive been wanting to do this for years but I figured its gonna cost atleast 15k to do it right. i have a custom s-10 rotting away next to my garage. its got smallblock, airride, bodydropped. already got 20k into it and its piece of shit.

 

[1lowdiesel]

The pics I posted are in a bd'd crewcab dually s10. It had a vette motor now it's getting a dmax.

 

[duramax3388]

I really want to do this as well. But with looking at those pics I think I would really want to move the turbo not much room for the stocker much less a bigger one. But think of how much fun it would be with just a stock motor and some tunning bad a$$ for sure.

 

[1lowdiesel]

yea i agree, i would def remote mount the turbo. If not just for the heat reduction on the firewall.

 

[rmallen30]

if it is b/d then he lost a good bit of clearance there so it should have more clearance on a regular transplant

 

[1lowdiesel]

yea about 2-3" but that's it. Personally i'd run a dry sump and remote mount charger. Then it wouldn't be any bigger than a small block.

 

[rmallen30]

true then room to upgrade

 

[Redbowties88]

sure its neat and all,

but you'll go faster for cheaper with the SBC....

 

[duramax3388]

sure its neat and all,

but you'll go faster for cheaper with the SBC....

Thats no joke there is one just down the road from me that just needs some paint and they only want 1800 for it but the cool factor is with the duramax.

 

[DieselS10]

I managed to get an LLY/Allison into mine without touching the firewall. It did require moving the column over a bit and removing the HVAC system in favor of a Vintage Air unit and that's with an AC condensor and an intercooler that was meant to be in a ricer. Mine is a 4wd drive with the IFS removed though...Just got to finish it.



I could see it being far more trouble with 2wd though.