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I just got a 79 shortbed with a 350 diesel olds and would like to know if the trans is a bop or chevy?doing an ls conversion SOON
 

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Believe it's bop, a 455 would be an easy swap.
 

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Yep, BOP bolt pattern.
 

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thanks anybody want to buy a diesel 350 and trans lol
 

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The trans will be the valuable part there, I think anyone working with any BOP engines would be all over it. I can't say I've heard of anyone finding something useful to do with that 350 diesel yet. lol
 

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maybe a low budget backup generator. almost no load there...
 

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I wanna say 500” out of a diesel block when using a 425 cid crank.
 

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wow. Never saw a price tag to do that though. What if EFI , turbo, supercharged......
 

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The main webs are an inch thick and the cylinder walls are quite heavy.
You can actually build one helluv an Olds stroker with a DX Diesel block.
Wise made a 465 stroker with them.
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/wise-performance-engineering-465ci-oldsmobile-engine/

I actually re-built a 350DX with the 350N truck heads, injection pump, pencil injectors, and 350N intake. Power was on-par with a 305 but noticeably better fuel mileage.
 
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I worked at a large Chev Olds Cadillac dealer in 1981, you could buy any GM car or 2wd pickup with a 5.7 Olds diesel. (S10's and Chevettes had an Isuzu diesel, I had an Acadian 5 speed diesel, it ran great on heating oil) They lasted a few months then started coming in with connecting rods poking thru the oil pan. It got that you couldn't find a gas Olds 350 to swap in place of the troublesome diesel

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