Turbo 6.2 Detroit diesel driving

[@dgkbeast36]

I got a 1982 about 10 years ago for 2500. It’s a k20 single cab short bed 6.2, lifted, with good paint, new th 400 trans, banks turbo and injectors, Upgraded fuel filters both are spin on. It was my first car and im never selling it

[@ScottDLR]

I had an 82 as well but it had a 700R4. That must have been an option over the TH400. It was a bit of a dog in OD and really struggled just to keep it's speed up if it was on any kind of hill.

[@Edprine4127]

Not being a jerk but if it's a single cab with a short bed is a k10, they never made a K20 single cab short bed

[@sandasturner9529]

I've ridden one of these 6.2 diesel hm trucks when I was very young.they did have a good bit of torque whenever the engine was healthy. Sometimes the truck would not start.

[@markmullen1852]

Love that truck. So much personality. My dream truck would be an old crew cab Power Wagon with a 12v.

[@compressorhead02]

That would be awesome the only downside is the getrag transmission I've heard they are not super reliable, I plan on building a crew cab squarebody with a Cummins and nv4500 in the future and if I do I'll be sure to post videos.

[@jesses.7107]

Don't do a Cummins swap build a Detroit

[@repairmanjoe8081]

Plowed parking lots for years with my uncle's 84 3/4 ton Silverado. Boy, did I ever love that truck. I put a new engine in it at about 256,000 miles. I bought it from him for 500 dollars about 12 years ago. I drove it for a few years but she is pretty well rusted out. My son is going to swap the motor into his 85 chevy 3/4 ton. Then I will part out the rest of the 84. I also have a 85 3/4 ton chevy, but it is a gasser. I also had a 82 Blazer with the 6.2 diesel. Man that was such a nice truck with a 4 inch lift and 33s. Sold it to my brother and he lost it in his divorce 💔. My other uncle had a 83 with a 6.2 . It was a 1/2 ton 2 wheel drive. Both of these uncle's ran a business together. One of them had a Buick LeSabre with the 5.7 diesel, and the other had a Oldsmobile Delta 88 and also a last year built Buick LeSabre diesel. I did a lot of work for them over the years on these vehicles it also started my ❤️ of diesel when most people 😳 hated them!

[@lanemcreynolds9894]

Same here!

[@bldontmatter5319]

The 350 diesel was awful though. Wasn't even supposed to be diesel

[@repairmanjoe8081]

@bldontmatter5319 no matter, they had to start somewhere.

[@compressorhead02]

I'm so glad to see people in the same boat it's like you need to understand the reason the engine was invented it wasn't meant to be some crazy powerhouse it was meant to be a reliable fuel efficient alternative to the gas engines at the time. What makes it more impressive is this economy engine for pickups were used in the Humvees so when people tell me they are junk I always ask "if they are such a trash motor why did the us military use them for decades" my truck was my daily for almost 2 years and never left me stranded.

[@Pontiac65Cat]

Slow but she’ll get the job done and keep on truckin. I’ve got an 85 6.2. I love that truck.

[@Lexter462]

Hey man, youtube recommended this to me in the Netherlands! Would love to drive a truck like that one day. In the Netherlands a big engine is anything above 2.5 liter. For myself i drive a "fast" car, with a 1.5 ecoboost 182hp.

[@compressorhead02]

that's awesome this truck is not fast by any means lol but it works

[@anthonyproietti-nelson6259]

Lol 6.2 diesels are 180hp from the factory

[@aaronpatterson2369]

....my condolences!

[@anthonyproietti-nelson6259]

@@aaronpatterson2369 wym?

[@Victorsvolkswagens]

@@anthonyproietti-nelson6259 if that haha mine has 110

[@XxFalametartxX]

God I love you build bro got me a blazer myself actual K5 ofc n I wish I could enjoy a manual like you do but living in the city I don’t have the joy. Anyways you make me wanna diesel swap my baby too 😂

[@bobbymoser16]

Just bought a k5 blazer yesterday with the 6.2. I'm going to pull the sm465 out of a k10 and swap it into the k5. Hope to order the banks turbo kit this year

[@compressorhead02]

They don't make the banks turbo kit no more your gonna probably want to find a solid old kit or put a 6.5 intake/exhaust and turbo on they will bolt on as long as your truck doesn't have ac

[@ElectronicsForFun]

when you tell your wife that you're going to get a dog, keep in mind she doesn't know you're talking about an old truck.

[@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we]

I had a 1982 GMC Sierra with the 6.2 diesel. My 1990 GMC with 350 gas & 700-R4 trans with overdrive gets 16 mpg if I'm lucky. The 6.2 diesel in the 1982 had a Turbo 400 trans put in it back in the '80s, apparently a lotcof the 1st year 700-R4 (s) failed, and it was not uncommon to put a turbo 400 put in its place back then. No overdrive. 3.42 gears. It still got 17 mpg. Even if i dtove a lot in town, or idled it a long time while I was in the house, diesel mileage didn't suffer, that's one huge difference I noticed when I bought a gasser after i sold the diesel. Think i saw Sam Memmolo on tv years ago say instead of 14.7 to 1 on a gas, on a diesel, specifically at idle, some are near 100 to 1 air to fuel ratio. I said to my father, no wonder big rigs can run alll night

[@SOU6900]

I wouldn't mind having one of these with a 6.2 na. Wouldn't really mind having a Ford either with a 6.9L or 7.3L IDI but prefer the square body because of the interior design.

[@joseesparza2364]

Awesome truck

[@compressorhead02]

Thank you so much

[@joseesparza2364]

@ashtonmo2002 I'd give my left you know what to have a 6.2 4 speed square. It's my absolute favorite truck ever made.

[@compressorhead02]

Thanks man it is allot of fun to drive I'd accept the offer but I already have 2 you know whats

[@joseesparza2364]

@ashtonmo2002 Yeah, I hear three's a crowd lol.

[@joseesparza2364]

@ashtonmo2002 Where I live, it's hard to find a non rotten one, let alone a diesel. I've gone to look at two, and both of them had excellent photographers, if you know what I mean.

[@user-uq6xf2vh5r]

Hey nice truck I just got one could you send me pictures of the engine bay and the battery hook up? It’s a 24 V and I don’t know how to do it go to get it going.

[@compressorhead02]

Mine is 12 volts probably wouldn't be much help also I have a video on my channel that shows the engine bay

[@user-uq6xf2vh5r]

@@compressorhead02 thank you

[@compressorhead02]

Of course!

[@anthonyproietti-nelson6259]

Nice!

[@compressorhead02]

Thanks!

[@mcalvert1000]

This looks a lot like Enumclaw! Sick truck BTW NV4500?

[@compressorhead02]

It is enumclaw and thank you also it's an sm465 I can bite the bullet on a nv4500 they are really pricey, especially because I want to build a Cummins crew cab square body so I'll just have an nv4500 then. It gets by fine the way it is for just cruising to work and doing truck things lol

[@mcalvert1000]

@ashtonmo2002 Crazy.. Small world dude! I grew up in Enumclaw. Funny I recognized it.. Mt peak gave it away. Buddy and I used to ride dirtbikes up it. I just got a 93 6.5 with the NV4500.. a lot of fun to drive. Feels like a little dump truck.

[@compressorhead02]

@@mcalvert1000 that's awesome man

[@AidanDaGreat]

Hey, dude. How’s life going?

[@leonthebiker]

Nice videos

[@Meanwhileinsweden1]

Awsome! Whats mpg?

[@compressorhead02]

I think like 17 I haven't tested it since I put the turbo on

[@jamesryplewski2860]

did that truck come with the Detroit from factory?

[@compressorhead02]

Yes sir the 6.2 diesel was designed by both Detroit and gm it's different than the gas conversion to diesel

[@Wingnut353]

@@compressorhead02 Yeah the olds diesel. It isn't an exact copy of a gas engine but it does use the same tooling as GM's V8s... which mean the head bolts were too weak. The olds V6s were redesigned somewhat and were a bit more relaible. The Detroit diesel V8 was basically the result of the fallout from a failed diesel deisgn and GM asked Detroit to design an engine for them, that said the V8 Detroit DOES have problems... and most of them were intriduced by GM cutting costs, for instance Detroit specced the engine to have a forged crank, and GM used a cast one.... its one of the weakest links in the engine along with the head bolts either can become a problem with putting a turbo on it.

[@jrod264winmag]

Does it make you kids feel better referring to it as Detroit? You won’t find a Detroit logo on these engines but you will find manufactured by GM

[@compressorhead02]

Detroit diesel teamed up with GM to design the engine there's service manuals that have the Detroit logo on them for the 6.2 also Detroit diesel was a company that branched from GM.

[@kalebdelong3781]

What does that get for mileage if you drive it on the highway? Or around 55-65mph?

[@compressorhead02]

N/a it was getting like 17 mpg I dont know what it's getting with the turbo now

[@sqmotorsports9230]

I had an 82 K20 6.2 with the 4 speed and 4.10s that could get 20+ on the highway but it geared out at 63 mph....

[@tylerfedun6645]

Very nice truck, which transmission does it have 4-Spd?

[@compressorhead02]

yes sm-465

[@tubesocktv69]

Who’s whistling you or the truck 😂

[@compressorhead02]

All truck there big hoss

[@puppetmasterblaster]

Banks turbo?

[@compressorhead02]

No it's a WH1C holset turbo that was adapted to work with a dorman exhaust manifold and 6.5 intake. everything besides the exhaust manifold, turbo and intake manifold is custom to get them to work together

[@farmboy6441]

What kind of exhaust are you running?

[@karelh186]

A bit of a scania V8 vibe.

[@cavemanjoe79]

They are both V8’s. Even my 7.3 sounds like a baby CAT 3408.

[@krieger6974]

How much did it cost for the swap?

[@compressorhead02]

There was no swap

[@krieger6974]

Oh thanks for the comment tho

[@marlborodemoura1377]

Qwantuz hp ???

[@andrewbeveridge3006]

Sounds rough!

[@IDIoilburner]

what part of washington are you from?

[@compressorhead02]

Western Washington south of Seattle

[@IDIoilburner]

@@compressorhead02 Nice we don't live far