i have a 2005 chevy 1500 crewcab short bed. and i want to put a cummins into it. but i havnt heard of anyone doing that before so i just wanna know if it can even happen

 

There is an article in Decmeber 2010 Diesel World Magazine about putting a 4BT into a 05 1500. Haven't seen anyone put 6 cylinder in one yet.

 

you tube it i believe there is a black 90s 1500 with a cummins 12 valve in it

 

You're looking at a long road ahead of you.

I've seen some older GMs with the conversion, for sure. I'm thinking you'll find difficulty around every corner, with money being secondary to these issues:

-weight of the cummins (chevrolet front ends are already terrible, now you're looking at a substantially heavier motor)
-shoehorning that viking longblock in there
-electronics. There are people who have swapped gas motors (new 6.2s into older 6.0 trucks) and there is heavy, heavy work done with the harness, ecm, bcm, etc.

Now, for some real fun, youtube search for "duraburb"


Hope this helps. I'm not a mechanic by any means!

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