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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | They were used in trucks too, or mostly.
A friend of mine runs/works a few of the GMC V6 gas engines (478's mostly) the diesels were based on, and knows a fair amount about the toroflows also...
His opinion is the toroflows were decent engines in small trucks that weren't worked, but lousy engines if in a large truck. They run fine when they run, but don't last if put under a good load. At lest that's his take on them, and I've heard the same from others.
Grigg | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,851 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,851 | Rumor has it that somewhere, General Motors has a nutcase engineer that they keep stashed away in a rubber room. Every now and then, he escapes, and designs an engine, or an entire vehicle, and they capture him, sedate him, and lock him away again.
Some of his more noteworthy projects have been the Corvair, the Vega, the Pontiac OHC 6-cylinder, and of course, the Toro-Flow Diesel. It was intended to be a Diesel conversion of the GMC V-6 that would sharwe as many parts as possible with the gas engine. I think by the time it got off the drawing board, the only shared part was the oil pan. The diesel was an utter flop, and never was very successful.
So much for compatibility!
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 266 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 266 | Jolly Goodfellow can tell you a good bit about them Toro Flow. www.6066gmcguy.org is his webpage if you want to contact him. | | |
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