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4bt in 2500 suburban

01-03-2006, 03:01 AM

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PhillipsR

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4bt in 2500 suburban

i have a 95 2500 chevy suburban with a dead 6.5 turbo diesel that we have owned since 97 it has always been slugish no power but got good mileage and was dependable all those years until the crankshaft broke. it is like a member of our family and my wife don't want another car, she wants her suburban back. i don't want to put a 6.5 back in it,what i would like to know is if anybody has used a 4bt in a suburban before and if you think it would have enough power and what kind of mileage could you expect.the suburban would be used mostly on short trips to town and back on a daily bases,since i own a small business and my wife runs our errands for us. it would never be used in towing,we use our dodge 3500 for the hard work i'd appreciate all the help anybody could give on this

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