2009-2011 tahoe engine swap

[alecclbrsn]

Hanging around the bonfire my friends and I got to talking about swapping the 5.7 gas engine in a Tahoe for a 5.9 cummins. at first thought it sounds awesome! much better mpg, plenty of power, and come on its diesel. pending on many hours of research and planning I wouldn't mind actually doing it. would love to hear anyones thoughts on this. pros? cons? concerns?

 

[soulsea]

I suppose it'd be a Tahoe version of the Duraburb. I'm guessing the cost would offset any fuel saving, unless one drives 100K miles a year. I dunno enough about it to be honest to say for sure.

 

[yates ™]

5.7? If it's 00+ it should be a 5.3, maybe a few years earlier I can't remember for sure. I wouldn't put a diesel in a half ton, the duraburbs are 2500 suburbans.

 

[alecclbrsn]

5.7? If it's 00+ it should be a 5.3, maybe a few years earlier I can't remember for sure. I wouldn't put a diesel in a half ton, the duraburbs are 2500 suburbans.

upgraded suspension?

 

[Blazed]

I'd assume you'd probably want to drop the escalade 14 bolt rear end in that Tahoe at least to take the power because the 10 bolt would definitely crumble.

 

[yates ™]

I wouldn't think the frame, suspension, our the axle/s would hold up.

 

[TheFuzz]

Duraburb has an SS line of trucks that are based on Tahoes/Yukons. They do more than just 2500s.

ETA: Shorter wheelbase, lighter weight, plus DM and Ally trans = wicked fast trucks. If I had an extra 20k laying around, I'd rock one of them in a heartbeat.