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Originally Posted by RonC5
Late 70's-early 80's GM had the infinite wisdom to rush to market a passenger car diesel. Said diesel was a quick conversion from the GM small block gas engine, which is why they were enormously popular and why you see so many of them still on the road today.
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Originally Posted by RonC5
RITE!
Which is why I said "GM small block" refering to the generic Buick-Pontiac-Olds all-in-one motors used in that era.
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"GM" small block? You do realize that other than distributor tuneup components and perhaps a bolt here or there, nothing interchanges between the Buick, Olds and Pontiac V8's- right? They are each of their own design - not generic.
As for the diesel, as others have said, the design was based on a small block Olds engine - with many components from their gas engine being interchangeable. Which gave the (more sturdy) diesel block the ability to accept gas heads, etc. making them a good choice for a base for a performance Olds small block.