Diesel Conversion Specialists
C10 Talk
Truck Talk Media
4.9 • 691 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Well when you are visiting Northwest Montana you might as well stop by and say "HI' to Sean and the crew over at Diesel Conversion Specialist (DCS) and that is exactly what I did.
DCS - specializes in converting Cummins diesel motors to what ever you want to put them in. Chevy Trucks, GMC, you name it they probably have seen it or done it.
So if you are thinking about swapping in a 12 valve Cummins into that old Squarebody truck, or how about a rad C50 Series. Either way they have you covered - from wiring to adapter plates and relocation brackets too.
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Thanks Sean and the DCS crew - I appreciate the shop tour and your time, Ronnie.
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| 0:00.0 | C-10 Talk, Episode 143, DCS, Diesel Conversion Specialist. |
| 0:09.0 | You're thinking about doing a diesel swap? |
| 0:11.3 | You better listen up. |
| 0:13.2 | Some of the Turbo 400s, yes, they can be built to hold up. |
| 0:16.2 | If you just want to burn out King, for sure. |
| 0:18.9 | That's a great transmission. |
| 0:20.4 | But because it lacks an overdrive this is |
| 0:22.8 | where your fuel economy is really going to be left to be desired there and so with the 4l 80 i'll |
| 0:29.8 | using this example modern transmission control modules such as u.s shift they offer a quick four |
| 0:36.5 | is one module that i'm familiar with. I really like it. |
| 0:40.2 | It's very user-friendly. If you've never tuned a transmission in your life, you've got a real good shot. |
| 0:45.1 | They made it very simple to tune. Now, the more modern, let's say 6L and 8L, 80 and 90, they might be fine |
| 0:53.1 | transmissions from a conversion perspective, but really, |
| 0:56.0 | I would beg the question, what do you gain? Honestly, there's a lot more gears here to keep those |
| 1:02.3 | engines in the power band, if you will, but you really don't gain anything on the top end. So if you |
| 1:07.4 | want to go 80 miles an hour down the highway, you're not going to get any really that much better cruising speed or cruising economy out of an 8L80 or an 8L90 versus a 4L80. It's just more gears. |
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