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Good view of the precup. The valves... Those are quarters laying on the valves...

How large these pistons are... Hard to see, but does this look familiar?!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Detroit-Diesel-638-Engine-for-Bering-Hyundai-LD-/250707860984?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a5f5a5df8&vxp=mtr And these guys appear to have a few for sale...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Bering-LD-15-Series-Alison-Auto-Trans-Detroit-Diesel-Cab-Chassis-/350497961629?pt=Salvage_Parts_Cars&hash=item519b4e769d&vxp=mtr The trucks this engine normally is seen in.

Oh, and I have a little power steering pump neatly tucked in under the injector pump. Then, I made brackets, and mounted a a/c compressor rite beside the injector pump.

Thanks for that pic Pepper! That is it! Mine has slight differences. I have v-belts, and a chevy bellhousing, which puts the starter on the other side. Also, mine is used... not near as purty!

At the moment, no. I'll take pics as it progresses. Will even get pics of the pistons and heads, just so y'all can see what it really is!

Underhood sound is very similar to a 6.2, has the typical idi chatter. the exhaust sound is strangely similar to a 5.9 cummins. Very deep. And when wound out, gets extremely loud. Seems the high compression makes it's presence known in the upper rpm band! Will definitely get videos of it so u...

There is a mercruiser 4.2 "cmd" that appears cummins had a hand in. Actually alot of different versions of the 4.2... One of them has parts interchangeable with my 3.8! The vm that I have was originally made by vm, then detroit bought it, and put their name on it. As of about 5 or 6 years ago...

Doing some research. Found a VERY similar engine. Mercruiser 4.2l. It even gives a direct injected version of the mercruiser. Hmmm... Also, the Mercruiser gets taken north of 300hp for marine application. Interesting!

Is it getting worse than when I was there last?

Pump, turbos, injectors, porting, etc etc. Absolutely no reason to run stock!

The engine originally came with an electronic bosch ve pump. Same as the early vw 1.9tdi. But we had no ecm to run these engines, so I made a cummins ve pump turn the opposite directon, put a small drive shaft in, and made a long nose on the front. Cummins is a large shaft, short nose, standard...

Well, they come in a behring ld15 truck. Those engines have an sae1 bellhousing. Common names to search: detroit ld15, detroit 638, vm638, turbotronic 638, and a mix and match of those terms. Now, there is a detroit/vm dealer in arcadia florida that can get you any part u need to build or...

Cutting the manual flywheel for torque converter bolts... The backside. Finished!

Why GM never put this engine in a pickup?? I'll never know. Smooth, and has ridiculous amounts of torque. Takes a healthy cooling system to keep temps in check. Also requires air to air cooler. Aluminum heads don't like high egt!

http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/showthread.php?38211-6-5-to-vm638&p=435993#post435993 Here for further discussion on the swap...

Yanking out the 6.5 and installing the vm soon. This is just the start of the thread, so I have place to post pics, and interested folks can follow the progress. So far, we got a flywheel made, and intake remade. Pics will be posted as i have time.

Volvo also used the hx40.

One thing that I will be posting here is pics with me showing the measurements of the compressor and turbine wheels of my turbo. I know if I simply say what they measure, nobody will believe it. So, stay tuned for pics of how crazy I really am! I will be using the turbo that is currently...