6.2/6.5L Performance Parts
 

What kind of performance parts are available for these things?

What about free HP tweaks?

if its a mechanical pump you can turn it up, or have a custom chip burnt or have the ECM reflashed on the electronic ones.....depending on the years.....

you can get 40 horsepower marine injectors for the mechanical or you can get different resistors for the electronic pumps from Diesel Care....


contact Peninsular or Heath for anything else related........

yes heath will take car of you. They will take the time you need n help you out because they care.:U::rocking:

i need to get some power out of my 6.5l. any help??:argh:

How deep is the wallet, and what is current condition of the truck is it healthy enough to take on more power. heathdiesel.com is as good as it gets for one stop shopping 6.5 care & performance

ssdieselsupply.com is also a great site for 6.5,6.2 parts and preformance

After doing some reading here and elsewere, I've come to the conclusion thaty SSdiesel is more mirriors than smoke.. jmo

we got parts there for my pops 94 c3500 cc dually. got the intake system, marine injectors and the pump driver heatsink. truck already had a flowmaster 3 inch downpipe into 4 inch straight pipe. he loved it till he got his 08 f450 cc 4x4 dually with the 6.4

no its not

whats wrong with them? just curious. i have sent many people there with no complaints.

the injectors they sell are herzogs which to my knowledge dont make 6.5 injectors. this fact has been proven by other people too. these so called herzog injectors tend to leak a little once torqued down. and once in a while the tips will break off sending the owner off for a new engine. these injectors more than likely are chinese junk.

there soloution for relocating the pmd is to mount it on top of the engine where all the heat rises and kills the pmd again. they also sell a cold air intake which does not harm anything but will not increase any power but probably bring it down. sucking hot engine compartment air does not increase performance.

his rebadged westers garage tunes he offers claims a 3o horsepower gain for economy and 80 horsepower gain for performance. well engines in 1994 made less power than they did in 2000 and 1/2 trucks also made less power than 1 ton trucks and since all the trucks get the same programming it is not always going to be the same power increase. in other words a 2000 1 ton truck is not going to feel the same amount of power as a 1994 1/2 ton would.

also the glowplugs he sells like to go bad a lot and when they do last and get old they likr to swell in the hole so you cant get them out. theres not a whole lot of stuff wrong with his products but there is a lot of misadvertisment. other than that all his other products he sells that i didnt list are fine

they are pretty :edit: injectors

I have a 1990 chevrolet with a 6.5 turbo diesel with a banks turbo kit on it what can i do to get free horse power out of it and it there is after market any suggestions?

turn the fuel screw up

i was just about to order their (ssdiesel) chip kit til i read this. so should i or should i not get it? (their 80 horse reflashed kit) AND if i did how's this going to affect me in the next year when we get the emmisions? Would i just be better off going with some gears?

first off any performance parts you put on are going to cause to fail the emissions test. saying that you can put performance stuff on your truck you just have to take it off before the test. but it also depends on what emissions test you are going to go through. if they hook your tailpipe up to a computer your screwed. but if its a opacity test or just an inspection you should be fine. for the computer upgrade i would get a Heath GL4. best computer in the market. plus i was just looking at prices and its cheaper!

any other questions im here to answer

You sure on the 6.5 & Banks, that should be a 6.2 possibly, the 6.5 came from factory with the turbo, unless somebody did some swapping on you.

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Mud Vein before telling you a build plan, let us know what your goal is, several ways to build a 6.5 for different things, 1st how about some details in a signature for what vehicle we are advising on, it matters, also is your 8th VIN digit a S or F

Im interested in adding some 40hp marine injectors. All the rest of the blazer is stock 6.2. Would it be safe to also turn the pump up with the marines added without a turbo?

ssd the way to go

I wouldn't say ss is the greatest, i have had a bit of problems with them already, and i have only ordered one thing from them. i can say i will not be going back

my thoughts excalty

too show how bad ssds is it cost me 5k to rebuild my motor after a marine injector tip blew off. thanx ssds. and as a way too go give dave kennedy a call. Im not saying hes better than Heath but he is cheaper and his parts are lasting.kennedydiesel.com but you cant go wrong with Heath diesel. they have the right parts for your 6.5 and they know what they're doing. and there chip gave me 75 more HP I was blown away. but anydody besides ssds is great.:dang:

Okay, you used the words "free" and "horse power" in the same sentence. Those are two diametrically opposed terms :argh:

I'll assume you turned the pump up when you installed (or somebody did) the Banks. After that, nothings free. The Banks exhaust is about as good as your going to get and your not going to put more than 10 psi through the turbo.

Now, if you want to spend some cash you could mount a Holcet turbo on the Banks manifold. Its a custom job and not easy but you can get 35+psi. Of course, if you do that you need head studs and crank girdles. Fact of the matter is your never going to get more than about 330HP out these 80's technology engines (and that is with a fair bit of work!)

Most folks are happy with the Banks Turbo kit. Decent power, reliable, easy to install. If you want too much more than you have, your going to have to move up the technological ladder to a Cummins, Dmax, etc.

Good luck!!

Hi guys have been reading a bit about these engines as i have a early 6.2 chev with mecanical fuel pump in a extended hj75 toyota ute what i would like to do is have one built in the states and ship it out to australia,you guys seem to have alot more knowledge about these motors than people i talked to hear an i would feel more confidant traveling into the desert knowing that i have a engine built by people who have had a life time with these motors .Where do i go and who do i contact any help would be much apriciated thank you .
hammertong

there is a company called diesel depot that built a motor for a guy named bill heath who owns a very good 6.5 diesel aftermarket company who runs at the bonneville salt flats doing high speed runs. he is also turning 5,000 rpms so they know they make a good motor.
here is the link. i hear there not great with answering the phone so be patient and maybe e-mail them and call them a few times.

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help please have a 92 6.5 td powered by a banks turbo kit she is slow wondering what is there to do it what about tranny swap r any other helpfull ideas she is using a mechanical fuel pump egr is shot would not open up for the life of day just curious as to what needs to be done she runs great closing on 300000 miles

Free mods would be to remove the snorkel out of the fender if it is still in there, that's a big one. Also, open the entry point into the airbox a bit.

If you want to go huge, just ask!

What's this holcet turbo anyone have it any feedback on it?

he is just talking about a regular old holset hx-35 turbo. there cheap but they contrbiute to high cylinder pressure which can cause blown head gaskets unless you lower your comp ratio

a nice add to the system is propane injection - it lower egt's,increases mpg 1 to 3 mpgs
& you can run it when you need it - run full time it uses 1 gal propane to 10 gal of
diesel roughly

would 94 to 01 dodge tow mirrors work on a 92 chevy

you would need to check the mounting stud pattern

I'm new to this site and in the middle of a repower of my 97 2500. I bought the marine injectors from SS and have them installed on the fresh block. After reading this thread and some other thread here and elsewhere. They are now coming out and going into the trash for all I care. Everything Else performance wise came from heath. I guess this is a long way of saying thank you for the heads up. I'd rather lose a little money now than than all the money on this build and the hours of my labor on some part that I tried to save money on. Lesson learned Thanks again.

it's nice to be able to learn from other peoples experiences at times. it can make projects so much easier

way to keep an old thread going
 

I just joined the site due to this thread and id like to thank everyone in this thread as well as who all are regestered on this site. im going to be swapping an old 6.2 into my 95 K1500 stepside in search of decent fuel economy as well as power. i was looking at the injectors from ssd and thanks again for the info so i dont waste money on my project. im going with the 6.2 because of the price and because i already have the turbo and exhaust manifold off the 6.5, not to mention i got the motor for $50. its mostly there and turns over but has been outside under a tarp for 7+ years. i plan on an over haul first but im looking for ideas. as of right now i need a mechanical injector pump, lines, injectors, intake from a 6.5, and the fuel filter housing. sorry for the long winded post and thank you in advance for the advice.

a wrecking yard is going to be your best bet for the parts you need unless someone sees your post & they have or know someone that has the parts your needed parts - mechanical pumps are harder to come by for the 6.5 - they only were used for 1 year. good luck w/your project

my 6.5 runs great but id like to try and put a fmic on it. any thoughts? also i quickly realized that intake maifold has that pipe that is part of the casting, that goes almost all the way over to the turbo. so id have to get a different intake, anybody have suggestions on that?

94 k-1500 ext cab shortbed, with the 6.5L turbo diesel. all stock at the moment

Great Thread!!