Thread: 6.5 GM Diesel
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11-27-2007 12:38 PM #1
6.5 GM Diesel
I've got a GM 6.5 diesel engine which I am rebuilding and I am considering installing a thicker head gasket to loose some compression in order to give it more boost. I would go with cometic gaskets but I'm wondering if diesel engines have the same concern with quench as does gas?
What I'm asking is, I wonder if I could go with .200 thickness head gaskets and what would my new compression be. Stock gaskets are .050 and I have 21.3 to 1 compression and I would like 18 to 1.
The bore size is 4.055.
I used to have a compression calculator but I couldn't find one on line. Thanks for the help.Objects in my rear view mirror are a good thing unless,.... they have red and blue lights flashing.
You're welcome Mike, glad it worked out for you. Roger, it's taken a few years but my inventory of excess parts has shrunk a fair bit from 1 1/2 garage stalls to about an eight by eight space. ...
1968 Plymouth Valiant 1st Gen HEMI