Common misconception that those were conversions since it was the 350ci engine size. It was NOT, the diesels were a much stronger block which was made only for the diesel application and is now highly prized by the hotrod crowd.
As an aside that engine and the 4.3 made about the same time are, at least in my mind, why Americans hate diesels so bad. The 5.3l made something like 110hp. In 1979 Mercedes Benz brought out a 3.0l 5 cylinder turbo diesel making 120hp. GM's engines were bigger and clunkier and didn't make the power they should have considering the displacement and fuel consumption. Oh, the 3.0l in the IH Scout made 101hp, so not as good as the MB but still better than the GM so it wasn't just Benz beating them...
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