If so, ABC News wants to talk with you......
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=2320392&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=2320392&page=1
I think that's where I saw the article too. It was in the last few months and it was new article. The bought a few cheap old diesel cars and drove them cross country, IIRC.quote:
Originally posted by javacontour:
Maybe they should talk to the C&D folks. Didn't they do a cross country with one of these in a recent article, or perhaps a recent re-print.
According to the owner it had big-blockesque torque at low RPM and used 1/3 the fuel that his previous 350 chebbie did on the trail. This wasn't a daily driver and I think he had a heavy dose of "dare to be different" going on.quote:
Originally posted by jsharp:
My boss had one of the big Olds sedans and it was almost scary to drive in traffic it was so underpowered. I drove it into Chicago one time and told him I'd quit before I ever did it again.
He had plenty of trouble with it. The injector pump went out right after the warranty was up, the cam went flat, and he went through lots of batteries to try to get it to start in Illinois winters. When he finally sold it he decided it probably cost him far more to maintain than he ever saved in fuel.
I sure can't understand using one of those engines in a rockcrawler. I can't see anything they would do that a normal small block of any brand wouldn't do better and longer.
My old neighbor had a good side business going for a while pulling those engines and replacing them with 350 Chevys...
260 cid V6 actually. Saw a couple Olds Ciera FWD diesels back in the 80's.quote:
Originally posted by kschachn:
IIRC these were the Olds 350 engines, they also had a 290 (?) right?