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August 13, 2008

Retrofitted Turbodiesel Park Avenue

By Jen Dunnaway

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A mid-80′s Buick Park Ave isn’t the kind of car that most people would think to put a lot of care and work into, and that’s part of the reason I love Bruce’s turbodiesel conversion. He’s fitted a Garrett turbo to his ride’s 4.3L diesel, and is currently reassembling the engine with a ton of performance internals. Having had an 80′s diesel all apart recently myself, I’m really stoked to see how this project will come together in the end—I’m betting that this old oil-burner will handily blow the doors off rides whose owners wouldn’t otherwise give it a second glance. Check out Bruce’s ride page to see how the project is going!

Comments

Anonymous
Aug 14, 2008 at 5:59 pm

There’s sleepers and then there’s crap. No offense, but this is the latter.

Anonymous
Aug 13, 2008 at 2:16 pm

that is indeed unique. Never heard of it. I wonder what they did to the tranny for the slow diesel rpm/torque.I assumed they would never make one again after the 81 eldorado. Vid to hear/see would be awesome.The “slight” porting makes me chuckle everytime LOL.

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