Chevrolet brought an influx of new concepts, accessories and crate engines to the 2017 SEMA show, but buried in the details surrounding the new iron-block 6.0-liter L96 V8 crate engine was another announcement. Chevy will now offer the 6.6-liter Duramax turbo-diesel engine block through its performance catalog.
The brand says it’s the perfect starting point to breath new life into an older pickup. The block is based on the 2010-2017 LML/LGH production engines. GM replaced the engine with the latest L5P Duramax turbo-diesel engine last year. Chevrolet will offer two configurations for those interested in the Duramax engine block:Â one for 2010-17 LML- and LGH-code engines and one for earlier versions of the Duramax, with engine codes LB7, LLY, LBZ and LMM.
At present, only the LML- and LGH-code engines are available, and Chevrolet expects the earlier engine-code blocks will go on sale in 2018.
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Guess now with the new L5P blocks coming from Germany they have some capacity from the old supplier to finally give us some blocks.
Are these blocks the same compacted graphite iron (CGI) as the original specification ?
All the verbiage I have read, leads me to believe that they are not and that manufacturers
are avoiding actually calling out the category of material casting of the blocks, e.g. GJV-400.