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6.5L engine August 2000 mfr - questions

NormB

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Well, poked around a bit, got a line on a “kit engine” meaning clean, all parts ready for easy assembly.

Cheap.

Engine block # 12555506, date cole H020 (Aug 02, 2000).

So far as I can tell this is far beyond the cracking blocks/bolt hole problems, don’t know about the heads. Doubt they’re GEP/optimizer (but these are available in sets for $600-1200 depending on source/new, etc.

”Kit engine” I’m looking at is only four Benjamins.

Add a harness, maybe a few ancillaries, headers/intake, off the 6.2L, I’ve got a new engine ready for installation/break in.

Curious if anyone, off hand, knows if this will marry up to a TH400 bell housing (currently connected to a 6.2L NA 14022660 mfd 11/1990).

Pitfalls?

More trouble than it’s worth? Wishful thinking?

As usual, appreciate any/all input/feedback/constructive criticism.

Alternative is finding a (an allegedly) low mileage engine/drivetrain, and I’m seeing these in the $1600-4500 range lately.



Here’s the thing - to preempt several nonstarter comments I’ve gotten in other posts. Engines seem to be the weak link in these trucks. I plan/hope to keep mine for several more years/decades.

Having a “spare” just makes sense to me and I’ll have the space to store one “pickled” (like a blueprinted 454 my brother once kept on hand, finally using it in a Fury III he tricked out).

Thanks in advance.
 

NDT

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That is one of the last of the GM 6.5s. Would have been a turbocharged engine found in 2500 and 3500 pickups. Have your machine shop go over it for cracks, if good, sure I would build it.
 

ken

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Yes it has the same bell housing pattern. It will bolt up to the TH400 no problem.
 
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