"Was that the Olds 350 engine in the late 70's, early 80's?"
Remember those nasty things well. Knew two people that had them in GM pickups and swapped in a 5.7 gasser to replace the half arsed diesels, once they'd croaked. And a neighbor with a Olds Vista Cruiser, that swapped the OEM diesel for an Olds 350 gasser. Those 350 Olds gas V8s were decent engines. A cousin ran two of them over the years, in Street Stock dirt track races. IRRC, they put out more torque than the 5.7 Chevy engines?
Think my uncle's Suburban that balked in the Rockies, was the first generation 6.2? Neighbor pulled about a 28' tag along RV for years with a 3/4 ton Chevy, 5.7 engine. Got a new RAM maybe a year or two into the Cummins era and loved that diesel for pulling that camper.
