{"id":93655,"date":"2022-12-13T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93655"},"modified":"2022-12-12T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T03:10:44","slug":"1979-cadillac-hearse-with-a-twin-turbo-6-5-l-detroit-diesel-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93655","title":{"rendered":"1979 Cadillac Hearse with a Twin-Turbo 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Sizemore built his unique 1979 Cadillac Superior hearse with help from his friends in the Cemetery Knights club<\/a>. The 7,000 lb car is now powered by a twin-turbo 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8. The stock motor features two T3\/T4 60 mm turbochargers and a GM electric lift pump. A TH400 three-speed automatic transmission with a mild shift kit and mechanical modulator valve sits behind the diesel V8. A factory driveshaft and rear end complete the powertrain. The Series 75 chassis the car rides on features Hydro-Boosted 12-inch front disc brakes and 12-inch rear drum brakes. <\/p>\n

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Robert Sizemore built his unique 1979 Cadillac Superior hearse with help from his friends in the Cemetery Knights club. The 7,000 lb car is now powered by a twin-turbo 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8. The stock motor features two T3\/T4 60 mm turbochargers and a GM electric lift pump. A TH400 three-speed automatic transmission with… Read More »1979 Cadillac Hearse with a Twin-Turbo 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-series-75"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101648,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101648","url_meta":{"origin":93655,"position":0},"title":"1970 Chevelle with a Twin-Turbo Diesel V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu is for sale on Bring a Trailer located in Costa Mesa, California. 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