how good is a 6.5 chevy
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Not very good at all. It was an engine made by Detroit Diesel when it was still owned by GM. Back then GM's focus for the diesel engine wasn't like it is nowadays. The 6.2 and 6.5 weren't ment to be powerhouse engines, they were made as fuel efficient alternatives to the gas engines. They were both poorly engineered IDI engines. A small block 350 would outdo them any day.
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There not that bad. If you just want a daily driver that you pull lighter trailers with they work fine. The biggest problem in 94 was it was the first year for the ds4 pump and they had a whole lot of problems with them. By now all the original pumps are long gone. As far as comparing them to a 350 I never have had a 350 get as good fuel economy make as much power or require less maintenance than any 6.5 I have ever had. As far as selling your Cummins to buy one kind of depends on how bad you want the 4x4. They still used the 6.5 in 2000.