Originally Posted by sixto

Can't comment on towing since I've only towed a small trailer with a walk behind concrete saw. Otherwise our 97 'burb TD has been a great [extended/multiple] family car. It gets 20mpg with 8 aboard if you avoid the fast lane. Coupled with the 40 gallon tank, Phoenix is a pack of Depends away

I wish the ride and height were more like a gasser C1500 than the C2500 that it is. Bilsteins and highway tires made a difference but it still thinks it's a truck. And it's freaking loud when the engine's cold. I mean B model Mack loud. Curious that you can engage the AC compressor with the blower off.

Based on what I've read at dieselplace.com, I don't get the sense that the 6.5 is an engine you want to push too hard mod-wise. Uncork the exhaust, bypass ECU control of the wastegate and reflash the ECU to some J-VIN or S-VIN spec with the right IP resistor. It won't take a lot more than that. The Duramax, Powerstroke and Cummins engines to respond better to mods and there are a lot more mods to choose from.

You might want to check dieselplace.com for B100 compatibility. The Stanadyne pump can be a prissy little unit. As it is you replace it like an M116/7 timing chain at 150K miles.

You might luck out and find a poorly running one in need of a PMD/FSD. Kinda like buying a MB TD cheap because of a clogged ALDA line, but you actually have to buy a new PMD/FSD

Sixto
87 300D
97 C2500 burb