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So I want to swap my SM465 for an NV4500. From what I've read, it's a pretty straight forward swap but I'm not too sure. Is it pretty much a bolt in swap? My main concern is the hydraulic clutch setup. Can I retain the SM465 master and slave? Can I just swap bellhousings and keep the whole...

Thanks for that tidbit. That eases my mind a bit in swapping the filter.

I have a nasty fuel leak at the filter on my truck. It is the model 80 filter setup. I took the filter off of the mounting plate and it looks like all the grommets on the back are in good condition. The hold down clips also seem to be doing their job. I just can't seem to get it to stop leaking...

So I've been contemplating my options for a little while now and had an epiphany. I was going at things all wrong(I think) in trying to to make my truck fit the turbo. After checking out the forum some more and running across Heath's landspeed 6.5 I thought to myself "Hey, I can fabricate...

Yeah you're right. I just took her for a ride and it's right there on the glove box "Sierra Classic". I need to spend more time with my truck. Maybe I'll get the badges for the fenders at some point. I've got the dual tanks too.

After going out and looking at the tag I stand corrected. It is an SM465. I must have forgotten which one it was. Getting senile at the ripe old age of....27. Lol. The one thing that's missing on my truck(multiple things actually) are all the trim level badges. I believe it's a Sierra though, it...

Yeah, I don't know why but I love the 73-87 body style. And it's in really good condition, no rust and flawless paint. Unheard of in No. Utah. I also figure it would be cheaper to do the turbo swap on my truck with stock parts than to buy a new truck. I'm already heavily invested in a rock...

Do you think a body lift would help my clearance problems with the turbo? I've been looking around the web to see if there is some kind of mod to the A/C box to make it fit but came up with nada. Just a lot of people saying it would interfere. I just don't want to go into this full bore and end...

I would buy a newer truck if that was in the budget and I cared to get into something more complicated. I have sourced all of the parts, except the exhaust, fairly cheap. From what the mechanic at Gillett said, I would gain about 20-30% more HP and torque with the turbo installed. I figure why...

Here's the deal: I have an '86 K2500 that came with a 6.2 from the factory. It went boom. It was swapped for a NA 6.5 by Gillett Diesel in '95. They tell me that the NA version they swapped in is the same longblock, with the same compression ratio, as the turbo version and that adding a turbo...