Western PA/Eastern OH Semi Pulling

Hard to get any diesel engine overheating when cruising without load.

 

Only problem is it will dilute the oil with raw fuel. So you need to change the oil more often.

 

Never in PA. not nearly enough beans to play with those fellas. I've pulled as far a syracuse (2.5hr drive) and as close as 30 min away. Will be again in Mass. in a few weeks
my rig

 

The clutch started out as a standard Lipe unit that has been machined for bigger springs and thourghly checked over by a guy in PA that builds these clutches for sled pullers. It has 6000 lbs of plate load and is actually pretty decent for pedal effort in my 379 Pete. The fuel pump is shimmed to bring my fuel PSI up to 105 PSI at 1400 RPM. This is a different setting than what many guys use, but it fits my operation perfectly since I never run the motor over 1400 RPM in daily use. When I pull I just take one shim out of the pump to drop the pressure enough so the motor will rev to 2100 RPM without pushing fuel past the injector o-rings. If you want to know how to shim the pump do a search for it. It is explained in at least 5 different threads here that I know if

 

Hi RW: Where in Mass? Were you at the Northampton pull a few weeks ago?

 

yep, in the rain. couldnt even move on the track. hopin it stays dry for the end of the month. U there?

 

How is tha for everday use? stop and go?

 

Let me know when there is a pull in my area next summer and I be there. I would be curious what this ISX would do. I've out pulled a few C15's and an N14 up the hills around here.