I toyed with the thought of putting a 12 valve under the hood. I can pick a whole truck up for under 2500 witha shot tranny. It is pretty tempting but im not sure about it. I know I could do it just the time and money part is not at its best right now. Oh and I love the PSD. But man it is tempting.

 

If Dodge would put a truck around that motor I would have bought one over the PSD.If I came across a good deal on a 12v,I would pick it up for a future swap(had the temptation of a 12v swap in my suburban a few years ago).

 

you can make a LOT of HP out of a 12v VERY cheap.

 

with the economy tanking and the future certainly looking bad i would keep the $2500.00 and be happy with the powerstroke and buy food staples and put them up,,really

 

Wouldnt call you a traitor, but wouldnt do it myself.
might, however, take a 12V and put it into a rock crawler... he he he that'd be one bad-a** Rock crawler if you ask me.

 

I have a '49 F500 waiting for a 12 valve

 

I think it will be more fun making my PSD out run a 12 valve but im sure more costly. It was a thoguht I had at the time but now that I think about it I really cant afford the down time and other things at this time. I really wish I could though.

 

Need a big rig for the 12v......4BT swaps are a little more common because of weight(and can run off of 1 wire)......I have everything sitting here minus the motor for a VW TDI swap in my Toyota,should be able to wheel damn near a whole year on a tank of fuel.

 

Yes I would call you a traitor.....But not so deep inside I would be checking your pictures and write up on how to do it for a project truck!!