Re: Big truck drag racing
Most likely IS a Cat......could be a Cummins, not many at all doing this stuff with a S60 Detroit.
The E-model Cats lend themselves to this kind of tuning very well.....the fact that they make the power and TORQUE they do at a stock level as a starting point makes it that much more logical to use them. I was raised on Cummins engines, and worked for them as my last "wrench"job......I do still like the old mechanical 855's, but it's outdated technology.
The "biggest" engine I've ever had in a truck was an E-model Cat in a '98 379 ext.-hood Pete...550 HP, 18-speed.....3.55 rears, 280" wheelbase.
I pulled over 118K on one load.....the thing didn't even break a sweat, and this was on a 90 degree day.
Too bad Caterpillar is getting OUT of the Class 8 truck engine market.....they just can't meet EPA regs, and are done fighting with them.
Most likely IS a Cat......could be a Cummins, not many at all doing this stuff with a S60 Detroit.
The E-model Cats lend themselves to this kind of tuning very well.....the fact that they make the power and TORQUE they do at a stock level as a starting point makes it that much more logical to use them. I was raised on Cummins engines, and worked for them as my last "wrench"job......I do still like the old mechanical 855's, but it's outdated technology.
The "biggest" engine I've ever had in a truck was an E-model Cat in a '98 379 ext.-hood Pete...550 HP, 18-speed.....3.55 rears, 280" wheelbase.
I pulled over 118K on one load.....the thing didn't even break a sweat, and this was on a 90 degree day.
Too bad Caterpillar is getting OUT of the Class 8 truck engine market.....they just can't meet EPA regs, and are done fighting with them.
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