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burbn10 · 07-30-2010, 14:22

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Originally Posted by niferous

I'm not as hot as I should be on Cummins motor swaps. With the older 12 valve motors do they have any kind of computer or stuff like that or are they pretty much mechanical just like the 6.2? I know that they were using vacuum to control the cruise control as my brothers busted a hose and we had to repair it. I'd like to do this one day to my Suburban!

The 12v Cummins is all mechanical like the 6.2. It weighs 1200lbs roughly and the stock engine can take a ton of power without failure. Mine had a computer hooked to it, but that was to control the electronically controlled 47RE transmission. I've fired the engine up sitting on the cradle before by just giving it a fuel source and hooking the battery to the starter and fuel shutoff solenoid. This is the only medium-duty application diesel put into a light-duty chassis.