Re: '77 Luhrs 28 ft. diesel repower SPLASHED!
Wow where have I been? I cant believe I missed this one, Its too bad this didnt work out as well as you hoped it would. A few things I didnt see mentioned- I think you can take just the turbo setup from a 6.5 and it will bolt right up to a 6.2, that with some very easy pump adjustments could get you up to 250 hp. You could also turn up the pump without adding a turbo, you could probably get another 30hp by doing this.
I think its a fact of life that all naturaly aspirated diesels are dogs, I've installed a few turbos on older ford diesels (6.9s) and it made a massive difference in power.
It sounds like you've written this off but you have a few options left, this is a cool project and it would be awesome to see it work the way you intended. I'm not sure a 350 would be all that great in your boat either, I'll guess you probably need 225hp to get up on step and 175 to keep it there and that'll be about the most you'd want a 350 to do.
I've been wanting to do a diesel swap for some time now, I have a cummins 12 valve waiting for the right 26'-28' older tolly express or chris-craft to come along. needless to say Ive read all 20 pages of this with keen interest.
