Roadkill: Cummins swap in a ~81 Cadillac Brougham

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kevm14
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Roadkill: Cummins swap in a ~81 Cadillac Brougham

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Oh man!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qDK86kzgUPg

This should be pretty fun. Partly just because the Hot Rod Garage crew joined them.

A Duramax would be better but isn't really old enough to be Roadkill. The GM diesel available in the era of this Cummins was a 6.5TD which is NOT better than a Cummins...
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Re: Roadkill: Cummins swap in a ~81 Cadillac Brougham

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Sweet 9C1 in the background at 4:50!
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Re: Roadkill: Cummins swap in a ~81 Cadillac Brougham

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kevm14 wrote:The GM diesel available in the era of this Cummins was a 6.5TD which is NOT better than a Cummins...
I was thinking more about this. The one thing the 6.5 had going for it, which was the design intent, is it is far more compact and light than the Cummins 6BT. So it is theoretically easier to swap (and I think fits in the footprint of a BBC). Although this Brougham seemed to more or less accept the 6BT, which is kind of amazing.
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