New to here and would like some opinions. Give ya a little back ground info. mbn was running one of pitts tunes for last three years has borg warner turbo and a pdi exhaust manifold. Nothing against pitts when motor was set right it ran strong and was getting good mileage low to mid sixes. 2 years ago complete inframe new liners, reman head and rods and main bearings done from blown head gasket. They messed up liner protrusion told them what i wanted for liner protrusion and didnt do it set it to within cat specs. And head went second time. Cat repair shop put reman head on dec 9 2009 blown head gasket wonder why 2nd reman head overhead was set wrong and brunt valves. Been in cat shop four times in last year for overhead problems. Ecm even shut down motor because of high intake temps! poor power and mileage and now have spun main bearings so dont want to put any more money into the boat anchor. Thinking of either putting 6nz motor in or finding bxs removing intake valve actuators and replacing cam then putting my turbo and exhaust manifold and ecm on bxs motor which would be better choice on fuel,reliability and power and finally cost of doing such thing. Am done with Cat dealer repair shops.
which engine to replace mbn with 6nz or bxs tweaked?
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by shovel98, Jan 15, 2011.
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You will likely be able to find a lower mile BXS in the salvage yard...the only drawback I see is the high compression....but lots of positives also...strong rods and more displacement...if you have the parts from the mbn...I'd think either one would be fine....low liner protrusion effects them all
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Thanks for reply have parts from mbn. What would be safe boost levels with that high of comp at 18.1 think mbn is 16.1 was thinking about putting head from mbn on bxs motor do valve job on head then have liner protrusion checked at same time after this time cant afford anymore major break downs. Had one payment left on truck great time for this stuff to happen.
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Boost has a relationship with exhaust gas back pressure in the exhaust manifold. To have 65 psi of of boost doesn't mean you can build 1000hp with the combination. Can you run the higher compression pistons safely? Yes. At what boost level does this present a problem with the high compression ratio? Don't know, but I'd say the power level is safe for 750 hp. So you need to pick a turbo with a low exhaust gas back pressure and strive for 750 hp with a lower boost pressure. The turbo is going to be expensive to build and be a custom design.
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