I wouldn't call the Olds 5.7 diesel a POS. After GM wised up, beefed up the bottom end and put roller cams in them they weren't a bad little diesel--in a passenger car. I owned several, two Olds 88's and one 98, and had good luck with them all. I drove one of the 88's to California once and went 4,000 miles on $118 worth of diesel fuel. (Good old days).
I wouldn't have put one in a pickup, but I heard the 5.7 into a full size Dodge van made a nice swap.
We had a nephew who had a full size Bronco with a 400 gas burner in it. He and my wife squared away at a stop light once with my wife driving one of the 88 diesels. She smoked him thoroughly.
The poor kid had two indignities heaped onto him. He got beat in a drag race by his own aunt, and she did it with a diesel.
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