Twin Turbo Duramax Diesel Chevelle

I was reading about this car in Street Machine Magazine and I decided to do a bit of research to see if I could dig up some build pictures.

Pacific Performance Engineering and Muscle Factory teamed up to customise a 1970 SS Chevelle by slotting in a 6.6L Duramax diesel V8 from a H1 Hummer with a turbo strapped to each side. The magic numbers? How does 900-1200hp and 32mpg sound?

It’s refreshing to see someone taking a different approach instead of the usual big-block crate-motor route.

Here’s what I managed to find…

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/chevy/0906dp_1970_chevy_chevelle/index.html

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/chevy/0709dp_1970_chevy_chevelle_duramax/index.html

http://www.pacificp.com/gallery2embedded.php?g2_itemId=1463

http://www.topgear.com/us/tags/tag/chevelle/

~ by anth on May 29, 2009.