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    Quote Originally Posted by Wulf202 View Post
    I know someone selling a 77 highboy been stored most of its life but its got a 460 in it gets 6 city 8 highway.
    Electronic ignition won't be emp proof

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    And the holy grail would be the 1998 12valve 4x4
    You rang? And yes it is a 5 speed. LS in back and a brake on it. I paid $10K for it in 2001 and it now has 175K on it. And I have driven it with no electrical. You have no dash, lights but as long as that solenoid is wired open it will run until the fuel runs out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jerrymrc View Post
    You rang? And yes it is a 5 speed. LS in back and a brake on it. I paid $10K for it in 2001 and it now has 175K on it. And I have driven it with no electrical. You have no dash, lights but as long as that solenoid is wired open it will run until the fuel runs out.
    Just the fuel shut off solenoid? I was pretty sure that was all you had to do on the p pumps just not 100%. That is all you have to do on 1st gens as well but Im going to gut mine and just make it a cable shut off

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    Quote Originally Posted by soldier-of-the-apocalypse View Post
    Just the fuel shut off solenoid? I was pretty sure that was all you had to do on the p pumps just not 100%. That is all you have to do on 1st gens as well but Im going to gut mine and just make it a cable shut off
    That is it. One could take the batteries out and bump start it if ya had to. My alt went out miles from home. I jumped it to start and locked the solenoid with safety wire.

    Lost the dash and lights a few miles down the road. drove another 80 miles and it never missed a beat. When I got home I cut the wire and it promptly shut off telling me that I had less than 6V in the system.
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    Default Cummins 4BT

    You could buy the K5 blazer. Drive it. Buy a Cummins 4BT diesel later. Then install the Cummins 4 cyclinder when you are ready. They make bell housing adaptors to bolt the Cummins directly to the Chevy transmission. I read guys were getting over 30 mpg on this little diesel. The Cummins 4BT was in some of the older bread trucks and aluminum bodied delivery vans. Or you could go Cummins 6 cyclinder like this guy...

    http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showth...-swap-for-real!

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    How much are those Cummins 4BT diesels? I wonder if one would fit in my Amigo? Never mind. Not allowed to swap a motor into a vehicle that is newer than the motor right?

    Quote Originally Posted by soldier-of-the-apocalypse View Post
    Electronic ignition won't be emp proof
    Yeah, but that mileage is worth the risk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    How much are those Cummins 4BT diesels? I wonder if one would fit in my Amigo? Never mind.



    Yeah, but that mileage is worth the risk.
    I tried and I tried.. I even begged Graves if he can hook me up w/ one. No go. UPS/ROYALCREST/MEXICAN Food truck fleet apparent destroyed their vans upon retiring them. You may get lucky w/ craigslist and ebay.. but the jeep guys whom I know that have swapped into 4bt bought crate engine. Conversion can be in the upward of $8000. Here is one for sale.. http://www.dieselenginetrader.com/en...s.cfm?id=43248

    Not allowed to swap a motor into a vehicle that is newer than the motor right?
    Brand spanking new engine.
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    4bt cummins is usually about 2500 to 3500 great motor but not cheap

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    here is my dads 98 he still wants to get a zombie/elk proof bumper up front and some ballistic fab dif covers and it should be prety tough after that


    also another great emp proof vehicle would be 1980-1989 mercedes diesel
    here is my moms we also have a WVO kit on this car just in case you cant buy diesel anymore the dodges will also run on WVO we just dont have kits on them so we dont

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    that s good to know

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