[Spridgets] Chevy Diesels

[Frank Clarici]

On 3/26/2011 5:06 PM, Kirk Hargreaves wrote:
> I am reading this and thinking of the diesel engine that General Motors came
> out with in the early 1980's where they tried to make a diesel engine out of
> a small block gas engine. .  a huge failure by way of an attempt to cut
> costs.  As bad or worse than the Vega all aluminum engine that had aluminum
> cylinder walls.
>
> Does anyone remember this converted small block that did not stand the test
> of time?
>
I had a friend that bought an Oldsmobile 350 diesel (I think it was an 
Olds and I think it was a 350)
A GM V8 diesel for sure.
1980 give or take a year, it was a nightmare. He will never own another 
diesel thanks to that car.
I think he had it only 2 years.


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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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