Corvette with V10 TDI
 

What does everybody think about a corvette running a VW touareg motor with over 400hp and over 600ftlbs of torque? :cool:

sounds like somthing I would do!

I like the idea of a W116 300SD with one even more.................with a 6-speed stick............. :D :D :D

It'd be a lot slower. ;)

But far more comfortible.............

And quicker than a 450SE 6.9 :D

Until I can duplicate my car to Mr. Eddy's 6.9 from Lost Highway :D

A fellow motorhead friend and myself watched that once and tried to figure our what they had done to that engine... Too many years ago now... Anyone have any good guesses? :D

Can't say I remember ever seeing that movie..

That car had a 6.9 badge on it when Bill Pullman drives away at the end and is then chased by the police going flat out on the freeeway :)

I tried freeze framing it when the mechanic guy adjusts something under the hood. I thought I saw two intake runners that are adjusted for...fuel? Who knows... a twin turbo 6.9 with NOS? :D

Still it's the absolute best road rage scene with a W116 ;) ....I nearly peed my pants when I saw it...if anyone hasn't seen it and they want to watch a artsy movie with a 116 that makes NO sense at all... Lost Highway is it :)

YES! You're talking about the new C6, right? Properly tuned, the V10 TDI should be able to produce more than 800 hp and 1200 lb-ft of torque. Now try and find a transmission to handle it. :eek: How sick would that be? :D

GM uses a Detroit-Allison transmission in their HD diesel pick-up line. That should be able to handle the TDI engine but you would have to fabricate some sort of adapter to hook it up.
It all seems like fantasy. There are less expensive engines available from directly from GM that have the same potential and they're not diesel.

That's not the point. ;)

With that kind of weight from the diesel and the allison truck transmission I think the application is in the wrong body....how about a driftracing prepped diesel ice cream truck! :D

I need to know the weight of the V10
 

I was thinking of a 1984 c4 corvette. It only weighs 3089lbs .92 g's 200ft skid pad and comes with an all cast iron small block that weighs 600lbs. I can also switch out the front spring with one from a zr1 and can then take a big block's weight. I know a guy that graduated from Hobart with an A average so i should be able to get a roll cage welded up which i am sure it would need with all that torque.

Other projects could include

Crown Victoria + PowerStroke 6.0
Caprice + DuraMax

There are diesel dragsters now. They take a Top Fuel Dragster body and mount a large diesel that has been tuned to the hilt. There are videos floating around on the internet somewhere.