I had a 359 mixer with one of those engines. Tough as nails. Buku torque. I don't think they have a ton of hp though. Like mid to high 300's.
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Thanks, Dave In AZ... yeah, any feedback on this subject is appreciated. I live in Washington State. I haul 70,000 gross. I wonder how this engine with the 10 speed would fair on Interstate 90, east of Seattle in the cascade mountains. (Don't know rear end ratio yet.)
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But rarely did I go above 60mph. And it was 99% local. Even nuke plant was flat travel. -
yeah, the thought of crawling up the mountains is definitely making me think this through carefully.
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I think the ISM is 11 liter. A little short on displacement for making big power.
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Thanks, I don't know EXACTLY what I'm going to be doing. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have at least 450 HP. I don't know the HP on this particular ISM though. It could be 450 HP but I don't know if this engine is big enough to make 450 HP going up the mountains without overheating? There's some gaps in my knowledge about horsepower in general and what this engine can do.
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