Derek's Chevy Suburban 6bt Cummins Conversion

[joeftw18]

SEXY!!

[xMOLD3NHAU3RRRx]

How much you want for that truck

[cammingchevy]

Get a p pump and it would be sick

[CoreoBroomstick]

It's beautiful. 0_0

[javier231316]

Damn! Thats a nice burban.

[502MS]

That's awesome! I have a 6bt swap that I'm working on for my C/10. What did you use for the brakes system....(master cylinder, vaccuum pump, etc)? Thanks so much

[boobies1989]

dude that is sick. good job!! Wish I still had my old burb.

[TheBlacktahoe]

Did you do all the fabrication your self? Cause I ahv ea k5 blazer and Ive got 6bt with nv4500 in garage and just need some advice. What all did you have to do to get this to work out?

[bad91dually]

thats bad ass

[CDDF85]

dude that is so sweeet!!!

[jt4265]

wow that is a really clean conversion. looks great. i'd love to have a rig like this.

[digzdirt]

2wd? sweet rig !

[chevelleguns92]

i have an 88burban, im planning a 6bt swap into it and so far i figure itll cost me about $6,500. is that about right? i mean for a motor, avalanche engineering crossmember, adapter plate, billet plexplate, radiator, intercooler, new fuel lines, and fuel tank (converting fron piece o' shit gasoline engine!) also what was your milage, or would you guess the milage was? what cooling system did you use? (intercooler/radiator) will a dodge ram system fit?

[1foxtrot70]

I like the grill nice camo of the lights.

[lwest341]

derek time to build another 1



[lwest341]

derek time to build another 1

[atvrider0009]

damn thats clean

[raremountainbear]

I'm really sorry I sold my 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 GMC Suburban back in 2003. It had 145k on it, but it was cherry. If I had it to do all over again, I would've kept it and dropped a 6BT in it. I bought a 2003 Toyota Tacoma 4 x 4, hated it because it was so small, bought a 2005 GMC Sierra POS, and now I've got a '92 Dodge Ram with a Cummins 6BT. It's a nice truck, but I miss the luxury of the Burb. Thing would go anywhere, too.

[niggernoogie]

Clean swap, that is a sexy truck

[yanglopez]

what a nice BURB"

[doldford345]

sick. loves the diesel suburbans

[mollysmotors]

This Burb has been sold, The title should be Jamie's 6BT burb. New project comming soon.

[alienmode]

@mollysmotors very nice truck... what kinda mileage do you get from the 6BT in the 'burb?

[GMCim0nizer]

WOW! Great Diesel SUBURBAN truck.

[stiltner1972]

the first 5.3s were 323 now they are 325...thers a whole article on wiki about the vortec motors...some 5.3s had 300hp some 270.. its pretty neat to check out btw nice burban

[duramax250]

wow thats amazing

[twodoortahoe]

hmmmm sorry but the 327 is a 5.3 liter not 5.4

[FilthReaper]

327/61 = 5.36

Rounding up brings it to... 5.4!

[nachos1990]

first of all the 5.3 chevy motor is a 323 they just round it to 5.3 when it is 5.2........

[02lb72500HD]

its actually a 325 lol

[02lb72500HD]

nope they are 325s lol

[nachos1990]

yah mabye you should look into that because I know they are 323s and chevy and gmc also say that. Not to mention all the auto parts store say its a 323. You cant tell an engines exact displacement by the litre. They round the 5.3 liter off it is not exactly 5.3000

[02lb72500HD]

idk what kind of parts stores you go to but the last time i checked the 5.3 was a 325. they might have changed it but thats what the early 1s were

[nachos1990]

no it has always been the 323. Do some research

[nachos1990]

idk alot of people argue about this but really who the f cares. It dosen't matter

[02lb72500HD]

im not tryin to argue lol just sayin wat it was haha

[FLASHMAN1973]

as the guys who beat me to it so correctly stated, the 5.3 is NOT a 327... nice try though...

[big90burb]

That thing is SICK! I would love to do that in my '90 burb... Except I'm 18 and goin through college so extra money is kinda non-existant...

[trurydazuk]

looks nice im planning this conversion on my 84 dually as the 454 at the mo is giving around 6mpg whilst towing and that hurts haha good job on the burban any ideas of what it does mpg wise

[jeffcougar1968]

what all did you need to change to get it to fit in i am getting ready to do the came swap in to a 82 chevy duelly

[walyll0]

envious ......nothing but nice

[cumminsman101]

how much did the engine work cost all together im thinking of doing the same to a burban i own

[kgvacek]

So what kind of milage does this thing get?

[zachmajic89]

WOW, this is exactly what I want, only flat black with a TH400 or 4L80e. Sweet truck!!!

[pwarren1010]

In my opinion 4L80E is a bullet proof transmission.But I would still prefer a 5spd manual transmission with a gear vender.The rpm range isnt wide enough for an automatic.Since its a inline motor it has very low peak torque.You could run it all its life and never need to rev it over 1500 rpm.

[02lb72500HD]

man thats a clean lookin conversion. looks like somebody has the pump turned up a lil bit lol. sick lookin burb 2. i woulda done the same thing 2 it. it looks killer and has he power 2 pull watever u want and some things u mite not want 2

[02lb72500HD]

actually forrest17289t, ur partially right. yes you can make easy power with the cummins conversion. but i dont think thats the only reason ppl do it. they make pretty much drop in kits for the 12v cummins cuz its a full mechanical motor and stuff. thats y u dont c many if any 24v cummins swaps n these truck because of the wiring nightmares lol. same goes for uramax and powerstrokes. just 2 damn many wires lol

[mollysmotors]

there isn't a chevy kit, there is for a ford. Not exactlly drop in for a chevy. First step remove everything from the firewall forward. second step remove center crossmember. third step position engine to desired position...then start building. The most challenging part is the a/c. custom lines, reposition ps pump, a/c compressor, alternator, etc. with brackets from cummins, not used on Dodge trucks. the turbo sits to close to the evaporator....lots of work...but a pretty cool result.

[Z71ricrkilr]

Wow that truck is nice, I like how you stole my idea of putting a 5 speed in a suburban, ha. What kind of mpg are you getting now with the conversion done?

[zackypoo25]

yeah i know i have a 5.7 in my camaro

and yes you do that

[zackypoo25]

me??

[mornin151]

NICE RIG! how long did it take you? do any dynos? nice job!

[zackypoo25]

until 1990last one in that year to have one was k3500 7.4l i think

[FLASHMAN1973]

The last 454 powered suburban was the 99 model year 3/4 ton...

[zackypoo25]

ok ......

[j45007]

Cool video!

[zackypoo25]

thats true

but thats just a disgrace for a car that nice and tough

i saw a ford ranger that had a cummins in it

and it would tear that truck apart if he floored it

{not really im just sayin} but still a ford ranger what to cheap to buy a dodge or 350

[CaptainObviousIsHere]

Probably a 4bt though out of a bread truck or a tractor. They're not insanely powerfull.

[zackypoo25]

yeah

[zackypoo25]

it now gets 10 to the gallon or less

dont ever put a dodge engine in a chevy theyre just to good for dodge engines

i like dodge but dont ever do that to a chevy burb if you want to do a conversion on one put in a 454 v8

[dieselguzzler]

what world do you come from and do some research. my dodge which has a cummins in it and i can average 16-19mpg on the highway and im making 432hp. LEARN BEFORE YOU TALK

[zackypoo25]

so im making 500hp with my supercharged chipped 454 with whipple turbo and i get about 19 or 20mpgs

[dieselguzzler]

not picking fights or anything but i highly dought that. I had an old blazer with a 454 in it and i rarely saw 10mpg and that was bone stock. I've honestly never seen a v8 360 or over do any better than 14mpg

[zackypoo25]

thats because it was an 80s my suburban is a 1995

so its a big difference from yours

ny dads is a 1993 5.4l 350 v8 stock and it gets like 22 or so to the gallon

[Nza420]

yeah, but it doesn't have the torque of a CUMMINS! I have two of these bitches and let me tell you, even stock, it's probably more powerful than your built 350.

[FLASHMAN1973]

"dads is a 1993 5.4l 350 v8 stock and it gets like 22 or so to the gallon"

More bullshit... What, was that a special 350 that GM only made that year that was 5.4l? 22MPG with a suburban, HAHAHAHA priceless...

I have a '98 GMC K1500 pickup. It has the 5.7l 350 engine in it. with many mileage minded upgrades in it plus a tonneau cover, and I get 18 at BEST on the highway on flat ground

[zackypoo25]

ok well he does have flowmasters on it

[FLASHMAN1973]

"ok well he does have flowmasters on it "

GM NEVER made a 5.4 liter engine. So unless your dad put a Ford engine in his suburban, you don't know what you're talking about. Second, the simple addition of free flowing exhaust will not increase the fuel mileage significantly.

My GMC 5.7 is chipped, with a K&N FIPK, headers, free flowing cats, and a full Magnaflow exhaust... With a 2wd pickup, a 5 liter, and a tonneau, MAYBE you'll see 20. Anything more is just bad math or wishful thinking.

[mineyours69]

GM DID MAKE A 5.4 liter engine its the 327 you find about any make and size engine shown in cid and liters here torque de motores bencineros y diessel

[FLASHMAN1973]

My bad, I completely forgot that the 327was a 5.4... Either way, that 'burban would not have had a 327 in it unless they put it in there themselves, as the 327 has not been put in a GM vehicle stock as far as I know since the early 70's. So let's say for the sake of argument that this guy took a 327 and put it in that suburban, he's STILL not getting 22 MPG, no way, no day.

[FLASHMAN1973]

"so im making 500hp with my supercharged chipped 454 with whipple turbo and i get about 19 or 20mpgs "

No you're not... First off, is it supercharged, or turbocharged? It's not both, Whipple doesn't make turbos.

And let me say this: THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GETTING 20 MPG OUT OF A BIG BLOCK PUSHING 500 HP. YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT.

[zackypoo25]

ok

you dont know much about GM do you

you full of shit

[FLASHMAN1973]

Actually, I've built DOZENS of small and big block GM, Ford and Chrysler gassers over the years, to varying degrees of power for varying vehicles. I know PLENTY about big block Chevys. Clearly you don't, you can't even figure out which lie to tell about whether you have a supercharger or a turbo made by a company that doesn't make turbos. Grow up.

[zackypoo25]

ok whipple makes turbos dumbass have you ever heard of them

oh wait i guess not.

and plus lets not argue today it heath ledgers one year of death date and i dont want to fight

[FLASHMAN1973]

"ok whipple makes turbos "

No, they don't. They make superchargers. Superchargers and turbochargers are two completely different things, but you must know that since you have one of each on your magical suburban... tard...

[wombbread1]

nigger

[zackypoo25]

hey you drivin the cummins dude

[02lb72500HD]

zackypoo the factory 454 only gets like 10mpg n a burb. unless it has some stupid ass trans set up wit like a 9 spd man trans with 3 or 4 overdrives theres no way ur gettin 20 mpg out of it. even if u r makin 500hp which i doubt it still wouldnt get that kinda mpg. and since u supposedly have it supercharged and turbod how do u have it set up? cuz that would b like a 10grand motor rite there since those 454s were never built 2 make much power over stock

[burgerboy13]

How hard was the swap?

[1988diesel]

an NV-4500 5-speed out of a chevy with advance adapters bellhousing with a dodge imput shaft.

How does that work?

[mollysmotors]

Dodge and Chevy used the same transmission in their three quarter and one ton trucks for several years.

[1988diesel]

how did you adapt the nv4500 to the dodge bellhousing?

[FLASHMAN1973]

You don't... You use a Chevy bellhousing with an adaptor

[mitsumivec4life]

I'm guessing 1989-1998 12V Cummins? NICE!

[mollysmotors]

It belongs to a buddy of mine. He is using a NV4500 out of a Chevy with an advance adapters bellhousing with a dodge input shaft. This keeps the transfer case left side drop, where as the Dodge transmission would require a driver's side drop front axle.

[76M880]

Very nice, i wish i had the money to put one in my 89 suburban, what are you useing for a transmission in it?