I called banks a few months back and was quoted $25-30k for their version of the V6 engine with a beefed up GM 6L90 tranny with a custom converter and bell housing. (its the version of the 6L90 that goes behind the supercharged LS engines) Apparently I was quoted a price for the military spec version and the civilian version is said to be thousands cheaper........Well it damn sure better given the MSRP of a brand new tradesman ecodiesel ram with an 8spd auto is $31k and change.
Banks put a VM 3.0 V6 in a one ton GM truck and rates it at 300hp/500 lb/tq ..... same as the original
LB7 and less than half the size. Claims it gets 22% better mileage than the original Dmax. video below shows this truck.
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I think one of these V6's would be a hoot in an S10.