{"id":129610,"date":"2025-03-28T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129610"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T22:27:23","slug":"1978-chevy-c30-with-a-cummins-24v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129610","title":{"rendered":"1978 Chevy C30 with a Cummins 24v"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sean Ramage and his company Empire Fabrication<\/a> spent a year and half building this 1978 Chevy C30 dually. The truck originally came with a 454 ci V8 and Turbo 400 three-speed automatic transmission. Empire Fabrication swapped the big-block for a 5.9 L Cummins 24v turbodiesel inline-six producing approximately 260 hp (191 kW) and 350 lb-ft (474 Nm) of torque. Behind that is a transmission adapter bolted to an Allison six-speed automatic transmission running a standalone controller and a Dana 70 rear axle. The truck rides on a restored factory chassis with a notched rear, air bag suspension, and a set of 22.5-inch Alcoa wheels machined to a 22-inch wheel. View more photos at the project’s page and build album<\/a>.<\/p>\n