Trucker MySpace
- Truckers Making Friends. Chicken Truckers Come Meet Other Truckers!
Good Trucking Jobs
- Forget Those CRAP Trucking Jobs & Find A Good Trucking Job!
|
Trucker MySpace
- Truckers Making Friends. Chicken Truckers Come Meet Other Truckers! |
| |||||||
| Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board - The Premiere Truck Driver Forum | |||||
|
Sponsored Links
|
| Important Truckers Forum Notice! |
| Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ] Roll On Big Mama. Forum/Discussion about Eighteen Wheeler Trucks. What truck do you like or dislike? Is your favorite truck a Mack, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Marmon, Volvo or Freightliner? Which diesel engine do you prefer; Detroit Diesel, Cummins, or... |
 |
| | Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| It might be aftermarket but for that price you almost can't beat it! The new one I bought is 2 yrs old and sitting on the garage floor cause it leaks. I took the old one and had it welded. So if you do buy and aftermarket and it leaks you can always get it welded, just make sure they know ho w to weld cast steel.  |
| Remove This Ad By Registering. Join Our Truck Forum and Trucking Community For Free. Sponsored Links: |
| |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| You cant weld it, you can braze it. As long as it aint cracked it wont leak on ya, if the slip joints are together and its tight it wont leak. And i strongly advise against brazing the slip joints LOL! 830 let me get with my buddy, i might be able to snatch his manifold for a case of beer. Les is the 550 turbo wastegated?
__________________  LOAD EM LIKE RAIL CARS, DRIVE EM LIKE RACE CARS!!!! |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Quote:
No turbo is not wastegated. |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Cast will never hold, especially in something like a truck where it vibrates 24/7. Yeah you can weld it, then bake it and slowly bring the temps down, but eventually it will crack around the weld so its pointless. Thats why i said you cant (meaning shouldnt) weld it. Your EGTs sound fine to me, i dont know what CAT did, but maybe they did something to it to turn the fuel down. Its been years since i played with a B model. I just messed with the AFR and fuel screw. It sounds like a stock 425hp motor the way you describe it behaving.
__________________ LOAD EM LIKE RAIL CARS, DRIVE EM LIKE RACE CARS!!!! |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Oh its far from stock....LOL. I can put 80,000lbs on the deck and run down the road like a normal truck grossing 80. |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Same here, i have a pretty radical set up in my C-15..... very far from stock. It will push over 50psi of boost...... I know what you're thinking this aint no acert! lol 80k on the deck, so you're a steel hauler? I use to play the MI steel game, would load 120+k on my doubles all the time. But now the business is dead.
__________________ LOAD EM LIKE RAIL CARS, DRIVE EM LIKE RACE CARS!!!! |
| Remove This Ad By Registering. Join Our Truck Forum and Trucking Community For Free. Sponsored Links: |
| |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Quote:
|
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Yeah typical hang out. HAHA i know you tandem axle guys 40k over the drives and another 40k over the spread on trailer and haul ### with the lights off.... I got busted numerous times. Never when i was excessive though, i had 165k on the trailers once, was able to do around 112 on the deck legally. When i did it they paid 1.05+ FSC and fuel was 1.70 a gallon. Today they pay 1.00+ FSC which is about 6 months behind and fuel is 4.50! Thats outta gary, IN. Rates outta detroit last i heard were 65c!!!!! Im glad i got out of it.
__________________ LOAD EM LIKE RAIL CARS, DRIVE EM LIKE RACE CARS!!!! |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Over here no one really changes settings or enhances performance.Not like 20 years ago when 425 CATs were being played with and the 500 V8 E9 Mack, 444 Cummins fuel was cheap great fun!!!!  |
|
07.25.2008
| ||||
| ||||
| Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh the old days....lol The rates are starting to come back up out of Detroit to the Cleveland area. But I don't miss Detroit! |
|
| Truckers Forum Bookmarks - Like This Thread? Tell The World! |
| Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board | |||||
 |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Trucker Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Swift Transportation Company, Inc. - Phoenix, Az. | TurboTrucker | Report A BAD Trucking Company Here | 1023 | 19 Hours Ago 05.28 PM |
| JB Hunt - Lowell, Ar. | WiseOne | Report A BAD Trucking Company Here | 1237 | 10.06.2008 11.30 AM |
| Getting Better Fuel Mileage | maxeffort | Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ] | 62 | 09.14.2008 01.13 AM |
| Ways to Increase fuel mileage. | drfuller18 | Ask An Owner Operator | 33 | 06.07.2008 05.37 PM |
| Real devices/additives that will save on Fuel gas mileage? | ybfjax | Questions From New Drivers | 21 | 03.05.2008 03.37 PM |
Trucker Forum Disclaimer: All content, information and opinions (collectively, the "Material") presented on Our Trucker Forum Discussion Board at TheTruckersReport.com are those of the authors of posts and messages (collectively, the "participants") and not The Truckers Report. The Truckers Report does not guarantee the reliability, completeness, accuracy, timeliness or up-to-date-ness of the material presented on the Truck Driver Forum. The material is published "as is," and does not represent the official views and opinions of The Truckers Report or any company. Any reliance upon the Material presented on these forums shall be at User's own risk. The Truckers Report does not review the substance of the content posted by users on these forums and is therefore not responsible for any of such content. The Truckers Forum merely provides a space for its users to express and exchange their own opinions.
Linear Mode
